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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Lemieux was amazing when he was coming back into the league after his injury. He was better than literally all the star players at the time.
Crosby is about the level of those star players like Sakic Forsberg and Yzerman.
Gretzky and Lemieux were a clear tier above them.
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I'd have Crosby above that tier of player, honestly. To me, a Sakic/Yzerman are on the level of Kopitar/Getzlaf/Stamkos. Star players, franchise players, can absolutely win you cups.
Crosby has been considered the best in the game for almost all of his career. Since he's come back from his injuries, there's no credible case to be made that any player in the world is as good. And his last two seasons have been as impressive as anything any pro hockey player has ever done.