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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Such an amazing achievement.
The sad thing is that with all the legends I grew up watching (Sakic, Selanne, Roy, Brodeur, Lidstrom, etc) the ones who are left (Jagr, Iginla, Thornton et al) will all soon be retired. Who's the next older''legend'' to take over? Iginla maybe? Thornton if he plays until he's 40? Who's the next player to be that true legend that will break some of the all-time records? I can think of Ovechkin and Crosby maybe if he stays healthy.
It's so neat to watch some of these guys break records that have stood for decades. But other then Ovechkin maybe breaking some of the goal records, I fear we'll be in a record-breaking ''drought'' once lots of these older guys retire, as I don't really see any of the new wave of superstars coming anywhere close to what these guys did.
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You might get to see a record this year that may not be broken for the next several decades - Braden Holtby getting 50 wins in a season. Brodeur came close. Kipprusoff came close. Nobody has done it yet, and maybe nobody ever will do it. If Holtby gets it (41 wins already, Caps have 16 games left) it would be quite the achievement.
As for Jagr - the guy is generational. There is no doubt about it. If he isn't generational, then I have no idea what that term means. In fact, he seems to be 'multi-generational' - guy looks like he can play another decade at times.
Out of all the players I started watching when I was younger, Jagr has always stood out to me as one of the more thrilling players who controls a game in so many ways. I can't wait until he pushes down Messier. I can't stand the Moose (even his nick is stupid).