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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
There were some who were better than others, just like today, but they didn't just pick any guy with skates to fill out the roster.
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Hang on - are you trying to tell me the players in the NHL in the 70s and 80s were guys who were the very best in competitive leagues all through childhood, practiced harder than anyone else, demonstrated more talent, and were drafted by professional scouts, and then continued to practice and compete against the best players in the world once they were in the NHL? Seems hard to believe. I thought pretty much anyone could play in the NHL in that era. You just kinda walked on and were handed a jersey.
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
In 40 years the players will be better and bigger and stronger and bla bla bla, but we're not going to look back and say "man, the NHL was filled with a bunch of bums in 2015". Or maybe we will?
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You can bet 20-35 year old fans will look back and shake their heads at the slow, out-of-shape hacks who play in the NHL today. And the older fans who claim Iginla and Gaudreau and Ovechkin had talent will be snickered at as doddering old cloud-yellers. And so it goes.