He is still in my top 5 but Crosby has the recency bias vote to be right there with him. But Rocket was the first Greatest player. His nickname of The Rocket and scoring goals at such an unheard of pace but him up there with Babe Ruth, who years prior had rewritten the baseball record book just as Richard did for hockey. He was the first measuring stick for The NHL.
His stories are part of the Original 6 lore that captured me as a lifelong fan. I've read thousands of stories about him but only seen a little bit of video that evidenced his greatness. He gets top 5 because he is almost a mythical entity. And he should stay top 5 too.
He is still in my top 5 but Crosby has the recency bias vote to be right there with him. But Rocket was the first Greatest player. His nickname of The Rocket and scoring goals at such an unheard of pace but him up there with Babe Ruth, who years prior had rewritten the baseball record book just as Richard did for hockey. He was the first measuring stick for The NHL.
His stories are part of the Original 6 lore that captured me as a lifelong fan. I've read thousands of stories about him but only seen a little bit of video that evidenced his greatness. He gets top 5 because he is almost a mythical entity. And he should stay top 5 too.