Essenege
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Guy Lafleur was not a generational player.
Look around everywhere and nobody outside Montréal are saying that he was one.
Lafleur was done at 29.. Lafleur was the best player in the world in the mid 70s for about 5 years.
By the time he was 29 he had a 104 even strength points season which was the best in history. Only Gretzky beat that (not even Mario which is crazy!!)
In his prime years, PP minutes were basically at their lowest, 30-50% less then in the 80’s/early 90’s. Lafleur’s prime is underrated because of that.
In 1979, before Gretzky, if we compare prime years which is all that matters to me, he was the best offensive player to ever play the game, and second best player ever after Orr, IMO. I don’t know how that isn’t generational.
Edit: for reference, in his best season, Mcdavid had 75 ES points to 71 PP points, and that includes 3v3 hockey…and we all know how dominant he his 5v5…