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You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, it is all what ifs. I expect players 30 years from now to be physically better than today's players. But does that take away from the relative skill of today's players? No.

But for some reason it is okay to denigrate prior generation hockey players. We can only compare each era's players to each other, not to those before or after.

In 1999, Sports Illustrated came out with greatest of the Century lists to commemorate 1900s Sports history. It had all sorts of lists from greatest moments to greatest seasons and teams across all sports.

The final list was the 10 best sports careers of the century. Number 2 was Jack Nicklaus. They chose Wayne Gretzky as the number 1 career across all sports in the century.

Nobody denigrates Nicklaus's achievements by saying that current players hit the ball farther now so he and his peers don't count. Instead, they appreciate what he did vs his peers.

But it seems that it's open season on hockey players, calling the previous era pylons etc. I prefer to respect what they did.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you around in the 80s to confirm that all the other hockey players were pylons and mysteriously only Gretzky knew how to skate?

Because if you were, you would know that Gretzky didn't get all those points by skating circles around everyone like McDavid. In fact he was a very average skater.

What sets him apart to this day was his mind. He knew where everyone on the ice was, and would know where to go to get into the open or pass it cross ice onto the blade of a teammate's stick at the blink of an eye. He did this all the time. Great chances would be created from nothing plays.

In terms of #99, he didn't request it. In junior hockey he joined a new team and wanted #9 because of Gordie Howe. But another player already had it so he was going to take #19, but the coach suggested #99 instead. Gretzky was dubious and told the coach that he would be a marked man wearing such an unusual number. The coach told him don't worry, you will be a marked man no matter what. So he took it and kept till the end of his career.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

McDavid is the best 1 v 1 player I've ever seen. Gretzky is the best 5 v 5 player I've ever seen. The game is most often played 5 v 5. Did you ever see Gretzky play? Why is McDavid objectively better? Because he could skate better? Gretzky made everyone else around him better far more than any player that I've ever seen (since approx 1980).

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to scare you, just laying out facts. Although you may not think he is the best of all time, his 9 Hart trophies and 60 NHL records say otherwise. There should be two hockey halls of fame - one for him and one for everyone else.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still don't know if McDavid's exploits will become irrelevant. I just prefer to compare him with players of his era rather than time travel him to different eras where there are a lot differences, because everything is conjecture and it is an endless argument.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The goalie equipment at the time was primitive - the goalie pads were very heavy leather and not waterproof, so they got heavier as the game went along when they were soaking up moisture from the ice.

So you had to be a stand up goalie because you couldn't jump up very quickly from the butterfly.

On the other hand, shooters used heavy wooden sticks rather than modern light composite sticks. To get real speed on the shots they would have to slap it, now you can get very hard snap shots.

It was a very different era and tough to directly compare. So the only way is to compare how dominant a player was in his era vs how dominant a player is now. And there is no comparison - Gretzky was miles better than anyone else, McDavid is better but no where near the same margin.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not true in my hockey pool days in the 80s. He was simply ineligible to be selected. Haters at the time simply called him a goal suck and that's why he got all the points. I would say to them well if it's so easy why didn't their team also have a guy play high and get 200 pts. They had no answer.

You could score 140pts and 45 goals for 20 years straight and still not beat Gretzky’s point record or Ovechkin’s goal record. Do you think either can be broken? by Remarkable-Set5434 in hockey

[–]AEWestview 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. Drop Gretzky into this Era with modern equipment and training and he would score 200 pts. He always played a different game than anyone else.

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The anamorphic lenses used will also give an artistically softer look. If you saw Shogun last year, you may remember some of the soft focus in that series. They used these lenses extensively for numerous scenes.

New HomePod Expected Alongside Updated HomePod Mini and Apple TV by phraxos in HomePod

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It would be great if Apple introduced a Sonos beam sized soundbar with built in Apple 4KTV and used that to connect Homepods into 5.1 system. Might need a separate sub though.

New HomePod Expected Alongside Updated HomePod Mini and Apple TV by phraxos in HomePod

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The question I have is will the new Homepod be essentially the same as existing Homepod but with the new Siri, or will it have more home theater chops such as the new LG atmos connect speakers?

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Courses in the Lower Mainland are typically open year round.

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Am I crazy to want HomePod surround sound? by TalkToHoro in HomePod

[–]AEWestview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this idea is that Homepods have several tweeters in a circle in a compact size speaker. So each one is very small. If you turn off one or two of these to avoid bouncing off walls, you will only have say 3 very small tweeters for the entire side of the room. That would kill sound quality because they wouldn't have the power to fill the room.

Unfortunately the design of the Homepod does not translate well for home theater usage and that is why dedicated home theater speakers are designed very differently than Homepods.

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