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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So pretty much they need to put an asterisk next to Ken Dryden HHOF entry... indicating freak of nature size.
They need to stop counting the Canadiens 5 Stanley Cups that they won mainly because he was bigger than basically anyone else on the ice.
Billy Smith 5-10 175
Grant Fuhr 5-10 184
I think that Dryden should watch some of his old games. The players were smaller and slower and shot the puck significantly slower with less accuracy.
The skill level has gone up exponentially. Go back and compare the number of tape to tape passes from Dryden's "golden" era to what you see every game from all teams.
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Bobby Hull and Bernie 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion shot the puck better than 90% of todays shooters even with wooden sticks, Maurice Richard and Guy Lafleur had killer accurate wrist shots again with wooden sticks, Yvan Cournoyer, Sid Abel, Gilbert Perreault, Henri and Maurice Richard, Frank Mahovlich, Stan Mikita, Jean Beliveau and of course Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr all had crazy skill....some of those old guys were legends for a reason