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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
You're confusing the "Generational" label with Franchise. There are 30 franchises. That should mean there's upwards potential of ~30 Franchise players, and probably more since some teams are going to have multiple franchise players at different key positions (Franchise Center + Franchise Dman + Carey Price)
In the past we had Kipprusoff and Iginla, they were our franchise players. The Kings have Doughty and Kopitar, the Hawks have Keith/Kane/Toews.
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Yes, that's what the term 'franchise player' has come to mean in recent years. But that's not the way it was always used. Back in the 80s-90s, it meant a player who could single-handedly turn a franchise around, revive its fortunes on and off the ice. Sakic, Yzerman, Bourque, Lemieux, Hawerchuk, Brodeur. There were only a handful in the league at any time. Most teams did not have a franchise player.