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They went over to the World Championship and played with Crosby, which is similar to Messier and Gretzky. Not that they needed any encouragement but those two Oilers flanked Mario Lemieux at the crucial moment of the Canada Cup in ’87
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Umm, Gretzky was already the greatest player that ever lived, several seasons in. And Messier was already on the verge of being one of the greatest. They had already won 2 Stanley Cups and were one own-goal from owning 3.
Suggesting that the Canada Cup was some sort of launching pad for Gretzky and Messier is beyond laughable. One could argue that it was a launching pad for Mario though.
Then to extrapolate that last year's World Championships might be some sort of catalyst for similar greatness from Eberle and Hall is...
I can't even