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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Not true.
Gretzky was the greatest of all time, and was magnitudes better than his peers. He was so far above them that there was room for Lemieux to come along and, while not being Gretzky, was still so much above the rest of the league that he was generational.
Lemieux was a generational talent.
Gretzky was the GOAT (a once in a century talent)
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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Some might argue that Lemieux - given better health - was the GOAT. I am swayed into that perspective. I really believe that Lemieux was the greatest player this game has ever seen, but had a bad back + cancer that vastly derailed his career.
I can see it both ways. Those two are #1 and #2 for me, regardless of order.
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I'm sympathetic to this view from a pure talent perspective at least.
But then again I also am sympathetic to a third option:
