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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Mario
He didn’t have the durability that Gretzky did but in terms of absolute peak he was the best. I saw his last game in Calgary and I think he put up 4 points. If you built the perfect player it’s Mario.
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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
Definitely Lemieux, was at the game after he came out of retirement and they trounced us 5-3(?).
The scary part was he didn't appear particularly fast but he was always exactly where he needed to be. IIRC, he had 2G 3A that game...
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Originally Posted by Igottago
Another vote for Lemieux. I remember a game I was at where he calmly tore the Flames apart.
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I was at this game too, when he had the puck he was like a snake charmer and all the Flames were just standing there completely paralyzed while he did whatever he wanted. I particularly remember an insane no-look assist on one of their PP's, and then actually standing up and cheering when he iced the game with an empty netter, despite wearing my Flames jersey.
and this was the ancient ghost of Mario too. prime uninjured Lemieux, as brief as that was, stood head and shoulders above anyone that ever played. imagine his point totals if he was in Gretzky's spot in the 80's, instead of that early Pittsburgh team that was as pathetic as today's Sabres.