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Originally Posted by CroFlames
The argument is silly. Take prime Ovi and put him in the 70s and he probably scores 200 goals in a season.
Take prime Hasek play him in the 70s and be probably gets 50 shutouts.
Take prime Rocket Richard and play him in 2022 and he might get 5 goals in 82 games.
Todays athlete is light years ahead of athletes 50 years ago.
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you're right. It is silly when you compare a player who has had an extra 50 years of hockey evolution over an era.
if you want to make it fair, plunk Hasek or Ovi into 1975, have have them having grown up in the same conditions, having them living the same way and training the same way and with getting the same medical care.
Gap isn't as far off as you'd think. Imagine Bobby Orr if he even had the sports medicine of today, and didn't have to play on #### knees his whole pro career?