It's safe to say these guys are among the top players ever. So who would come out on top in a caged ring match?
I say Orr. That man could throw lead.
2007-12-21 02:36:47 · 22 answers · asked by Siggy 6 in Sports ➔ Hockey
LINDROS as one of the best ever? Hardly. I wouldn't even put him in my top 100.
2007-12-21 02:41:05 · update #1
JOE B. - funny stuff! haha
2007-12-21 02:45:20 · update #2
SUSPENDED- Ah, I get ya. Cool
2007-12-21 02:56:27 · update #3
Well it seems to be down to Howe and Richard, so let's look at one thing: I Howe's rookie year, he knocked Richard out with one punch (after being shoved at the forum first time they met each other)
Based on that little encounter, I'm gonna say Howe. If he had the balls to knock a star player out in his rookie year, on the ice, as a visiting player, You really gotta go with Howe.
2007-12-21 05:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 05:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crosby is great, but he is in year 3, it is still a little early to be putting him in that company. Does the name Lindros ring a bell?
I am not putting Lindros anywhere near the greatest of all-time. When Lindros entered the NHL, he was hailed as the next Gretzky just like Crosby and look what happened to his career. That's my point. Can we at least wait until Crosby wins a playoff series before we put him in the company of Gretzky, Howe, and Lemieux?
2007-12-21 02:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by suspendedagain300 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tough choices-Claude Lemieux,Little Richard,Mark Howe,Brent Gretzky,Bing Crosby and Phil Bourque.Sorry I take Orr.
2007-12-21 02:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
agreed that lindros is a puss wuss. I think Howe was tough as they come, nowhere near the weak players of today. I never saw Richard, but guess he'd be up there also.
2007-12-21 06:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Crosby is a top player ever? Wow!
Lindros not in the top 100? He has the 14th highest points per game average in NHL history (and reached all his milestones faster than Sidney Crosby to date).
To answer your question, I'm going with Maurice Richard and Gordie Howe, unlike today's weasels, they could fight and score.
2007-12-21 05:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
One of the things most American hockey fans miss out on is hearing from many of the older players from the Original 6 era simply because TV hockey coverage in the US is way below that of Canada's. HNIC used to and sometimes still does, interview players, referees and reporters from the old days of the league. And one thing you'd hear quite often was that no one ever wanted to fight Richard. He was an animal when provoked. Sort of like a wolverine. Small and full of nasty. Even Gordie would have hesitated to throw down against him.
2007-12-21 03:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Howe. No one else was even close. Have you ever seen the picture of Lou Fontinato, the supposed NY heavyweight, after Howe got done with him. Fontinato's nose is sideways. I'm not exagerating. Howe could still kick all of our a@#es and he's in his 70's.
2007-12-21 02:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by bkemp2001 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Orr, if he played a full career, he'd be the best ever. Unfortunately he didn't. And we all missed out.
2007-12-21 07:25:48 · answer #9 · answered by Sakic fan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would never want to get into a cage with Richard. I don't think any of these other guys would either if they had any sense.
2007-12-21 02:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by 5 4 Fighting 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋