[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I dare say if he hadn't suffered injuries, Lindros would have lived up to that label - and for a period of time - he did.
A unique combination of physicality and skill that we hadn't really seen before. And I think he was still getting better when he started to have injury issues.

I suppose we can solve this in part by making a distinction between Generational Potential and Generational. The former list would always be larger than the latter given that only a sub-set of those with the potential will live up to it.

Right now the league probably has one Generational player (Crosby).

And the league has a few potential generational players
- Matthews
- McDavid
- Eichel
- Laine?

Feels odd only to include forwards but the bar for Dmen and Goalies seems to be even higher. I don't know there exists a dman or goalie with generational potential in all of hockey (prospects included).

Yeah bang on the head and I agree about Lindros. The potential is there with McDavid, but he isn't there yet. He needs to meet, probably exceed that potential.

You are right about D men and goalies.

Setting aside Orr, has there been another generational D-man? I am not sure there is a unanimous vote.