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Originally Posted by bluejays
Seriously, those who remember the 80s as great hockey have to go back and watch the “skill”. It was like watching today’s B division men’s leagues. The goaltenders were utterly terrible. Today’s athletes are incredible in comparison. McDavid and Crosby and MacKinnon are insanely good side by side. 20 years from now I wouldn’t be surprised if the average player is Pasternak and your best player is McDavid with the ability to hit.
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You're right, there's way more skill now. What you're maybe not giving enough credit to, though, is just how ruthless the game was back then.
I'm not sure McDavid makes it out of preseaon in his first year if he's in 1985. Same with Mac and Sid.
Iggy, though... Iggy would have scored 70 every single year from like 82-87, before settling down into a nice comfortable string of 50 goals seasons for the next five or six years.