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Originally posted by Forksref
My vote goes to Gordie Howe who did it when there were only 6 teams, not the current watered-down version of the NHL.
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Gordie was good. No arguement here. Gretzky even modelled his # 99 after Howe's # 9. He's even said that Gordie was his hockey player idol. There's a famous pic with a young Gretzky (I'd guess at about age 12) with Howe in his Red Wings jersey.
However, the NHL of today is not like the NHL of the late 70s and 80s, which was Gretzky's dominate years.
Not sure if you get ESPN Classic Canada (why would you), but when they show olde school Edmonton games - I can remember watching some of those games live and seeing Gretzky play those games again makes me laugh. It some cases, it seems like a man playing with boys.