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Originally Posted by Rando
12th Canadian to do it, 29th player overall.
That's really great, it's not easy to do...Hardly makes him one of the most decorated and accomplished players in hockey history. That's hyperbole to the ludicrous degree. No CHL title, no Memorial Cup, no World Junior gold, other guys have done one of those things multiple times. Sidney Crosby has three times the cup wins, two Olympic medals, a World Junior gold, and individual awards up the wazoo.
Again, amazing for Bouwmeester to have those three things, and I have no ill will towards him in regards to him time in Calgary.. but one of the most decorated, most accomplished players in hockey history?  No sir. |
Say you rank him 29th out of 29. Because the triple gold club is the bottom line standard (nobody cares about minor hockey accomplishments, really, and certainly not if you want to throw World Championships into the garbage).
So say the 28 other players in the triple gold club are all above Jbo. That means that of all the players who have played in the NHL since NHL players could play in the Olympics, Jbo is more decorated than roughly 99.4% of them.
That’s at worst. He’s one of the most decorated professional hockey players, period, because he’s part of the triple gold club, and he’s won all three trophies that actually mean anything.