Personalities: Esposito, Sanderson, Mahovlich, Clark; players without helmets seemed like individuals instead of the robots they seem like today. Goalies designing individualized masks: Tony Esposito's, Ken Dryden's; Gilles Gilbert's.
Drama: Orr's rushes; Summit '72; undiluted rivalries.
Memorable teams:
Bruins: Orr, Espositio, Cheevers, Sanderson, Bucyck, Cashman, McKenzie.
Canadiens: Cournoyer, Mahovlich, Dryden, Savard, Ferguson, Lemaire, Lafleur
Flyers: Clark, Barber, Parent, Leach, Flett, Van Impe, Schulz
Black Hawks: Tony Esposito, Bobby Hull, Dennis Hull, Stan Mikita, Keith Magnuson, Pat Stapleton
Rangers: Giacomin, Ratelle, Park, Hadfield, Gilbert
2007-03-24 15:11:36 · 10 answers · asked by ashscar 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
AMEN. Good question and you are undoubtedly right. I laugh at some of the above posts. Comparing Briere to any of the personalities you mention.
You know what I think hurts it? Helmets. You seemed to have a better identity of the players then. Laleur's hair flying in the breeze. Bobby Clarke's toothless smile. What a bunch of characters. You look at some whole teams out there back then. The Big Bad Bruins- The Broad Street Bullies. Full of clowns. The league is so diluted and Europeanized now.
I also laugh that people would think that anyone will ever remember that "great TB Cup team" or that "great Hurricane Cup team" in the same light as the collections you mention. Once again, GREAT question.
2007-03-24 16:31:21 · answer #1 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for the 70's, but I did love the NHL in the 80's. The NY/NY rivalry, the Oilers dynasty, the scoring, the fighting and overwhelming number of hall of famers that played in that decade.
Who would have thought the league would have changed so much in the following 20 years. The NHL hasn't been the same since the first lockout. Whether it was the trap, Bettman or other factors can be debated, but the game has simply not been the same since.
Sure, they've managed to manufacture some entertainment value by manipulating some of the rules, but we've ended up with a glorified nightly special teams clinic. The game I miss was the uptempo, high intensity 'full and even strength' battles of an era passed.
2007-03-24 16:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
surely although, attractiveness does lie contained in the eyes of the beholder. women people's visual charm replaced with the evolution of desire and style. Fifty years in the past, it became considered greater eye-catching for females people to have a sprint meat on their bones. right this moment, people attempt to look skinny as that's what the media prefers those days. So, it relies upon. for my section, i do no longer think of so. i've got not got lots of a decision, in all likelihood by way of fact i'm a woman.
2016-10-01 10:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by matzen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today's hockey doesn't compare in a lot of ways. They modify the rules every year and the equipment has evolved into body armour and super-flexible hockey sticks. Plus, there are way more teams now....
I can't understand how you can list memorable teams and not have the Maple Leafs on there.....? If you're going to list the Original Six teams - list them all!
2007-03-25 07:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by TML ♥'er 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No- its still great
Sidney Crosby
Alex Ovechkin
Daniel Briere
Joe Thornton
all are great ambassador's of the sport.
Nashville could be this year's Carolina Hurricanes
Detroit is still the Red Wings
Hockey Night is still # 1 in Canada
The V.S Network is doing a great job promoting the game
I LOVE OLIE Kolzig's"S HELMET
GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-24 15:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Hollywood 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
went to a hockey game last nite. i am now hooked on hockey. it was thrilling, the fast paced passing, then the frequent fights. i sat on the edge of my seat the whole time and the crowd FELT with the team. When number 39 started punching someone, everybody cheered. When a Knight smashed head first into the glass panel, everybody gasped as one. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
2007-03-25 08:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Lyra Silvertongue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. This always happens, people always yearn for the "good old days". In another 20 years they'll be saying the same thing: "wasn't hockey better 20 years ago with Lemieux, Jagr, Messier ..........."
In fact 35 years ago they were saying the same thing. You people are never happy with things there way they are. So sad.
2007-03-24 16:18:31 · answer #7 · answered by MajorTom © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely Right!
It was the best.
I still watch, you
never know when
something great
might happen.
But you are right,
there is a special
time in any sport,
more worth watching,
than any other.
2007-03-24 15:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing you were in your twenties in this era. Everyone likes the era when they were young.
2007-03-24 15:18:34 · answer #9 · answered by Hokee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's better now
2007-03-25 10:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋