Quote:
Originally Posted by looooob
this is hard once we go back too far- there is little doubt Bob Gainey had excellent reputation and his team had excellent results, but we just don't have the advanced stats to compare to guys now . there were other solid players in that era- his direct peer LW Craig Ramsay also comes to mind. interesting that alot of the guys with big defensive reputations in the 70s (Don Marcotte was another one) were wingers, the 'shut down winger' but I think probably the most preferred elite defensive Fs are going to be Cs.
I wonder how someone like Bobby Clarke would end up faring if we could apply modern metrics to them
|
It's really hard to compare because in the old days you could mug players and get away with a lot of obstruction. It's much harder nowadays to shadow opposition players. I will say Carbonneau was probably the first premier shot blocking forward in the NHL.