Rhiessan71
Just a Fool
Quick, how many people here think that less than 5% of all posters in the history section have eve r used the word vapid in a sentence.
I'll also take the under on 50% of posters even knowing what it means (I'm in the under category and very well read, although one might not guess it with my posts...lol).
I'm quite confident that Orr would have been close to the scoring leaders in an 06 league, depending on team situation and coaching.
Raw numbers might have been less impressive and might have swayed how some view his legacy but it is pure conjecture.
Another poster asked me if I would want Orr for his career or Lidstrom for his which is still going. Bottom line is that I would consider it as a GM and that's why I think there is a debate for number 1.
Gotta look at this from both sides though.
Contemplate Orr playing today and Lidstrom playing then.
You have to know that with today's medical improvements, it's pretty much guaranteed Orr would not be limited to just playing a single decade.
By the same reversal, does Lidstrom make it through 1500+ games unfortunately prolly going through the same kind of crap that Salming went through?
I think it's a fair contemplation, all things considered, no?
...and yes I do realise that Orr's numbers today wouldn't be quite so gawdy and that Lidstrom's numbers would most likely improve.
It's still a trade off for each player but in the end I think Orr loses a lot less in his numbers than Lidstrom losses in longevity. Just my musings though.