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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The most impressive thing to me is that today's goaltenders are so much better today than at any other time in NHL history. Not to take anything away from Gretzky or any other player from that era but if you look at his 80's highlights it's laughable how bad the goaltending was in the 80's relative to today. The goaltenders were small, equipment was small, and a lot of them played a stand up style that led to a lot of net to shoot at.
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the "defense" from that era was just as bad, if not worse. yes, the goalies were like swiss cheese compared to today's standard, but Gretzky was also able to waltz right up to the circle with ease whenever he wanted and take a slapper with zero resistance from the defenders. people complain about gap control these days would have their brains cave in if they watched enough footage from 35 years ago.