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I don't disagree that Hughes is not generational.
Is it too early to start Lose for Lafreniere??
I don't disagree that Hughes is not generational.
Is it too early to start Lose for Lafreniere??
Yeah. It doesn’t really roll off the tongue either.Is it too early to start Lose for Lafreniere??
Yeah. It doesn’t really roll off the tongue either.
I think it’s going to be a moot point because the team is going to be on its way to Cup #4 of this era.
I hate the term "generational". Only McDavid and Crosby could be considered as such for recent years, at least in terms of forwards.
Kane isn't generational. Toews isn't either. McKinnon, Eichel, Matthews, and Laine aren't either. But these guys are gamebreaking talents. That's what a team needs to compete, individuals who can break a stalemate in a playoff game and then celebrate with an awesome celly.
I'll be happy to welcome Hughes in if he comes here. Same with Kakko too. Both have legit gamebreaking potential. Any pick after that still has a chance, especially the immediate picks after, but the odds start dwindling real fast the later the pick.
Not generational IMO. Sorry Ovi.Alex Ovechkin says hello.
ohhhh id say ovi is. just my opinion thoNot generational IMO. Sorry Ovi.
In my view of the term "generational", it's the best player for a generation. Crosby was the better player during all of Ovi's career, so Ovi is simply a gamebreaking talent. McDavid, on the other hand, is quite a bit younger than either Crosby or Ovi, and is in a league of his own, so he'd be a generational talent.
I think Crosby has always gotten a bit too much love while Ovi has simply never gotten enough...the man has 8 -50 plus goal seasons lol...another at 49 goals and another at 46 goals...many of those years were in the very low scoring era. the guy is physical and plays with passion. he isn't a complete overall player and he is Russian - which is why he doesn't get mentioned as a generational talent as often as he should. I hate the term generational player, but there is no doubt in my mind he is a generational player - the man has done in over a decade what nobody else has been able to come close to...
Ovi is currently 15th ALL-TIME in goals...6th ALL-TIME in goals per game...during a low scoring era...and STILL can be playing for 4-5 more years of elite/near elite level..He is the best goal scorer of his generation - not sure how he wouldn't be a generational talent IMO.
when all is said and done, he likely will be....crazy to think we watched this guy for over a decade and he might become the greatest goal scorer of all-time while remaining in Crosby's shadow...Arguably the best goal scorer of all time.....
My threshold for generational is much higher than that. There are other players in Kanes generation that were better hockey players than him. Not just a couple, but over a handful. You have to be top of your generation consistently year in and year out to be considered generational. Where you are from plays zero part in it. He may be an American generational hockey talent, but not NHL.Patrick Kane will arguably be the greatest American born hockey player when it's all said and done. For our exercise, that is definitely generational. Kids in Canada and the US are trying to emulate his play. When was the last time that happened. Is he better than Crosby? NO. However, Patrick Kane impacts how the game of hockey is played for a generation.
Is Stephen Curry the best player in his NBA generation? Absolutely not. However, he's changed the game of basketball. He is a generational talent.
Someone compared Hughes to Kane. Is that true?If we got Hughes, as long as he is a legit high end 1C, I couldn’t care less if he is generational.
Hughes plays a LOT like you'd expect Kaner to play like if he was a center. And Hughes is roughly the same size as Kane was in his draft year.Someone compared Hughes to Kane. Is that true?