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Originally Posted by Weitz
Health matters as well to be the best of all time.
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It depends on your criteria for ‘best’.
When I think of the best of all time, I don't think of the guy who scored the most goals over his career, but the guy who had the best ability to score goals at his peak.
Do you think Bobby Orr was a worse defenceman because his knees got wrecked before modern surgery techniques were invented? I think every intelligent observer of the game considers him the best ever to play the position, and he did not have health or longevity on his side. It's because of what he was at his best.