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Old 05-01-2024, 08:13 PM   #43
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I was born just a few years before Orr retired, so I was never able to watch him play. I've seen highlights and replays of him though, and the two times I saw Makar live, I was constantly reminded of the grainy black and white replays.

I'm old enough to have seen all the great defencemen since Orr... Like Robinson, Potvin, Coffey, Bourque, Chelios, MacInnis, Blake, Lidstrom, Pronger, Niedermayer, etc etc... Makar is the one that really seems like Orr to me.

Edit: Obviously, I'll defer to anyone who was lucky enough to see Orr while they were old enough to appreciate and understand what they were watching. I could be way off base, as replays and highlights can't ever compare to actually watching someone play.

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