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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I agree that nobody else is as good, although McDavid and Matthews are putting up a case for being in that conversation.
The whole NHL though is lacking in that upper tier of talent. There is no generational player right now. There is no Howe, Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Hasek, Roy or Dryden. That's not a slight towards anyone. They are supremely talented, but not quite as much as those others.
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No. This is a common misconception, it isnt that its lacking in upper tier talent its that the gap in talent is much, much smaller.
Current AHLers are miles better than most of the bottom 6 players in the NHL from 1970-1990.
In Gretzky's day the bottom 6 players would be asking why there are knives on the bottom of their shoes.