Prospect Info: [2024 - 21st] Michael Hage, Chicago Steel (USHL), Committed to U of Michigan

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Nope that's just fiction.

Not fiction. The game was definitely slower and the average athlete less talented and the difference in equipment is highly overstated.

 

[schwang26]

Nope that's just fiction. Also, put McDavid in the old game and his ankles would snap trying some moves with those skates.

Um what? I grew up watching hockey in the mid 70’s and have followed ever since. What exactly is fiction? Watch old clip of games from the 60’s, 70’s and parts of the 80’s and tell me that there weren’t a lot of slow moving players compared to today. Remember when they played the Soviets for the first time in ‘72? Canada couldn’t keep up. What we consider slow today would be much faster back then. You can’t measure speed by comparing it to your opponents. A turtle looks fast compared to a snail. But it’s not actually moving that fast. Its perception. As for Mcdavid, I’m talking speed not moves.

Not fiction. The game was definitely slower and the average athlete less talented and the difference in equipment is highly overstated.

Yes. Thank you!