sr edler
gold is not reality
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Bure was a cherry picking acceleration machine who excelled at breaking away from the pack in 3 strides. Yes it allowed him to score a lot of electric goals. That doesn't make him a better goal scorer unless you are giving points for flair and showmanship(And in his case, basically leaving his teammates partially shorthanded as he hovered around the blueline looking for a cherry pick breakaway. Playmaking centers like carrying the puck and that would actively work against Bure's style more often than not.
Yeah, you're on that same old false narrative. Fresh. Sounds like CNN fake news or something. If Bure built his career on cherry picking then he wouldn't even have needed that crazy acceleration in the first place. I can post you countless of GIFs of Bure accelerating around HOF defensemen scoring. You see what I wrote there? Around. You cherry pick around people? That's news to me, if so. Really. I can post you a GIF where he's accelerating around and beating HOF defenseman Nicklas Lidström scoring a goal shorthanded, and then you can post me a GIF in return when someone else is doing the exact the same thing.
Do you want me to do that?
I can post you a GIF where he's going straight through Ray Bourque scoring a goal. I can post you a GIF where he's skating around the whole New Jersey Devils defense, deking Scott Stevens, and then scoring a goal. There's so many countless examples of what I mentioned, on this thing called the internet, I shouldn't even really have bothered replying to your comment in the first place.
If you want to watch someone cherry pick quite a lot, watch some clips from Teemu Selänne's rookie season.