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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Gilmour wasn't in his prime yet. He only became an elite centre in Toronto, after getting a surgical procedure to repair a constriction in his airway. After that, he had better fitness and endurance and could play a lot more high-intensity minutes, and it showed in his counting stats. He was never that player in Calgary, because he was physically unable to do it.
Nieuwendyk was a one-dimensional sniper in his younger days. He scored a lot of goals, but was not a good playmaker and was not good defensively. He, too, changed his game dramatically, beginning after he suffered that catastrophic knee injury in (I believe) '91. He never scored 40 goals again, but was a much more complete player. But he was never a franchise centreman.
Those were the elite centres in the NHL at that time. Gilmour and Nieuwendyk weren't.
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Maybe but you are saying Eichel is in that class with the all time elite lol
Eichel prays he has the career of Nieuwendyk