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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I suppose. I guess it depends on your definition of elite. I don't consider Gillies an elite player, nor Glenn Anderson.
I just consider "elite" a description of skill at a particular moment.
HOF is more accomplishment based than skill based. I think Newy made it based on rings with different teams. I think Gilmour made it based on Toronto.
In Newy's time in Calgary, he was nowhere near being in the handful of the best centres in the game, which is kind of how I view elite. His best year he was 22nd in scoring. Now TBF, he played when Gretzky/Lemieux/Yzerman/Hawerchuk/Messier/Sakic/Lindros/Oates/Lafontaine did.
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51 goals as a rookie screams elite to me.