back in the day .. just 6 teams & no helmets or ads on the boards... now we have the stanley cup in florida in june ..
@kenshattuck550Күн бұрын
I’m a Bruins fan and grew up watching those Orr lead Boston teams. To me he was the best ever, awesome defense plus an offensive machine for a defenseman who could skate and puck handle like nobody in the league during his time. Great on the penalty kills, and one other asset he had …. he could fight with the best of them! One tough hombre …. to me the B’s never were the same when he left. Those B’s should have won more than just 2 cups imho.
@jaysparks97742 күн бұрын
The most important part of his legacy is that he wasn't a quitter, he fought to get to where he wanted and made the game the way it is today. He never gave up even when he was down from the vicious attack from Bertuzzi. Unfortunate that an NHL career was cut short on such a talented player that could have put up so many great stats and achieved greatness. I will never forget this day in 2004. Steve Moore, YOU are a legend and will never be forgotten. <3
@blackfrancis552 күн бұрын
And yet I love Mike Bossy more than Gretzky.
@terrywright97652 күн бұрын
Redefined how his position could be played. I put him #2 all time after you know who.
@RyanMorrisseau-qc9gr3 күн бұрын
The greatest hockey player ever😊
@Ivan.80p3 күн бұрын
He's the greatest pro athlete Washington DC has ever had. No other DC pro athlete has the accolades that Ovi has. I'll miss him dearly once he retires.
@OneTeeGlory4 күн бұрын
If he didn’t miss so much time with lockouts and Covid, he’d be passed Gretzky already and just building on the record
@jamiehammond74014 күн бұрын
The definition of golden boy.
@timothyroche64454 күн бұрын
WHAT THEY DID TO HIM WAS BULLSHIT, THE BRUINS SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME THUGS SKATING BY HIM ALL , crippling one of the best ever, , I DIDNT WATCH HOCKEY FOR 40 YEARS
@westonraske81525 күн бұрын
The video clips seemed mostly random and hardly ever matching the narration. Couldn’t even finish watching it and I’m a huge Gretzky fan.
@bounce126 күн бұрын
Gretzky and Bure were my two favourites growing up but everyone has to admit neither would put a patch on mcdavids ass!! If he played back when goalies were small and not half as good as today the sky Is the limit
@bounce126 күн бұрын
I admit Gretzky probably had the best hockey iq but McDavid is right there
@bounce126 күн бұрын
Loved Wayne’s Easton aluminum. Best looking stick of all time. Probably hurt the most as well
@willpanter2096 күн бұрын
No competition
@georgelewis30476 күн бұрын
Elevated the team for sure. He was surrounded by Hall of Famers, and when he left for LA the Oilers won the cup without him! Do you have to repeat yourself so damn much and use so many wretched buzzwords?
@georgelewis30476 күн бұрын
"From the frozen ponds of his hometown". I'm not sure Brantford has any backyard ponds. You need to take about 20% off the hyperbole son. Were you actually born when WG played or are you just a 'content creator' (meaning: scarfing whatever I can off Wikipedia and the www and monetizing it)??
@matsforsberg62876 күн бұрын
I was lucky to see him play. He was the greatest......"sorry Wayne"
@coloritos56 күн бұрын
The greatest point scorer Hockey has seen and perhaps will ever see… just wondering what could have happened if Mario Lemieux would’ve been the one playing in Edmonton those years and if he had been healthy. Possibly a 3000+ points scorer
@josephcrowe29086 күн бұрын
He knew things before they happened. Backhand passes cross rink to players coming off the bench...on the tape. He was once in a lifetime talent
@johnforeman6347 күн бұрын
I used to love how he’d take a hard slap shot basically right in front of the net. That’s a situation for a wrist shot, but not for the great one.
@mfirstchoice7 күн бұрын
The greatest in this order…Howe Orr than Gretzky
@philwalters60427 күн бұрын
He was all that and then some
@jimtheoharis3698 күн бұрын
He was NOT instantly the highest paid player, he just thought he was. They lied to him at first and told him to keep his salary a secret, because he was allegedly getting paid way more than anyone else. that was the story they told him. Truth was, a bunch of players were getting paid more than him but it did eventually come out and he was not too happy !!!!
@handelbaroque8 күн бұрын
Jean-Guy is a male name and Pierrette a female one...
@euclideszoto9978 күн бұрын
Gretzky was great. No doubt about it but he had Messier on the team as well.
@JesusSaviorJudge8 күн бұрын
Growing up with only six teams in the NHL I watched Bobby or Blossom into in my opinion, the best skater ever. I loved watching him killing the power-play.
@richiemarshall27558 күн бұрын
True gentleman humble talented down to earth Canadian
@mike2008alberta8 күн бұрын
Gretzky was a cherry picking, glass jawed sissy ... if it weren't for yuri kurri and messier he wouldn't of achieve the "greatness" title that people that din't watch a game give him credit for. You take away those 2 main players and what do you got ... another so so player with spurts of being good.
@budthewiser72948 күн бұрын
Gretzky has more career assists than the 2nd guy has total career points. And that 2nd guy is Jagr
@ColinSushiboy-lz4rg8 күн бұрын
Trevor Linden was better and so was LeBron James:P
@robculp3238 күн бұрын
Also should of beenn in the penalty box after cutting gilmour. All Canadian Final was lost
@masterchief1992HHQ9 күн бұрын
The 50 goals in 39 games is insane
@kentr24249 күн бұрын
Gretz wasn't the fastest skater, didn't have the hardest shot, and certainly wasn't a tough guy, but he had what NO ONE ELSE has ever had (and I include Lemieux, Lindros, Ovechkin, McDavid) to the degree he did - and that is hockey sense. He knew not only where everyone WAS, but where they were GOING TO BE, and would set up so that passes from him would go to right to the stick for the shot on goal. It was like he had a 360 degree radar dome on top of his helmet feeding directly into his brain. That's why his assist total is more than double his goals and why his points total record will likely never be broken.
@ADAMAXiUS9 күн бұрын
kinda sounds like written by ai at 11:35
@sss49879 күн бұрын
HYBRID
@XiNightmareZiX9 күн бұрын
bro get a thesaurus
@youthinkyouknowme55519 күн бұрын
# 99 was a remarkable +520 in his career and he had a phenomenal 73 SHG . At age 18 he led the NHL in Scoring and was +14 on a horrible Oiler Team that allowed the 2nd most goals in the NHL . His first line linemate was Stan Weir (anyone ever hear of him?) and Gretzky still had 137 points at age 18
@zeus0149 күн бұрын
Wayne Gretzky came into the NHL at a time when the over-all style of play was much more wide-open/run-and-gun and brute-force take-no-prisoners offense and defense. But the innovative, unpredictable and playing-outside-the-box style that he brought to the game not only inspired generations of later NHL players to elevate the game, it also sent all teams in the league back to the drawing board in order to design defensive systems to shut him down. With Gretzky and a slew of up-and-coming stars adopting his style and techniques, team defense strategies to counter the likes of Gretzky began to take shape: Stifling blue-line systems like the weak-side lock slowed the game to a crawl - so much so that the league had to eventually change the rules to speed things back up again: paying closer attention to things like the size of goalie pads, repealing the no-foot-in-the-crease-or-the-goal-does-not-count rule, etc. The end result of the Gretzky phenomenon was a plethora of new and exciting players who adopted many of Gretzky's techniques and play-making prowess, elevating the game to where it is now. Guys like Mario Lemieux, Pavel Bure, Temmu Selane and more recently, Connor McDavid.
@stevenmcinally44209 күн бұрын
Eagleson should. And is rotting in hell. With ballard
@stevenmcinally44209 күн бұрын
I saw him play. It looked like he was up against a pee wee team. . he was that good. . Oh and by the way. . he handed John Ferguson his lunch. He did not try that twice
@jorenreyes677810 күн бұрын
Y'all forgot to mention his years playing lacrosse (which he admits helped in his success as a hockey player) 😉
@mikelocke994310 күн бұрын
🐐
@hikeheaven110 күн бұрын
the single greatest athlete in team sports ever....he has his own record book
@xxxXSuperbXxxx10 күн бұрын
Goalies were so much smaller back then. The equipment has gotten way bigger. Its not hard to see
@dannycarlow82049 күн бұрын
Yes, the goalies were smaller but the equipment has technically gotten smaller, not bigger. They set the measurements smaller in the mid 2000's to help scoring. Leg pads, glove and blocker were all downsized.
@wholesomelunch657610 күн бұрын
“Gretzky a puck hog” Still leads the league in assists.
@user-jj1ts1tw7p11 күн бұрын
I'm unfortunately old enough to have watched Orr play and can confidently tell you he was the most dominant athlete I have ever seen amongst his peers to this day.people quickly started to claim Gretzky was better but I watched Gretzky play against many great players that were still around from the Orr era and can tell you that Gretzky would have been just one more player chasing Orr around the ice trying to get the puck.Greztky once said that his only regret was he would have liked to have been able to skate like Orr.gotta tell you it was almost supernatural at times .had he not been injured from his first few games he would probably have won 5 or 6cups
@Worrallthegreat11 күн бұрын
Gretzky never played without the two line pass rule.. wasn't admisited until 04-05.. he had already been retired for a few seasons
@mauricerose308212 күн бұрын
G.O.A.T.: Gretzky Of All Time
@RayTiempo12 күн бұрын
What in my opinion is also great about Gretzky is, that he isnt full of himself like other greats like in the NFL and NBA which always say they would dominate in todays game. Gretzky once admitted that its way more difficult to score in todays NHL since the goalies are way more athletic than they were during his time playing.
@muchidromedary.736812 күн бұрын
Mcdavid is the best there is now, he’s been in the league for 9 years and has 982 pts, if you give him another 9 years at his current production, he’d still 1000 pts short of Gretzky. It’s almost laughable how good he was.
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back in the day .. just 6 teams & no helmets or ads on the boards... now we have the stanley cup in florida in june ..
I’m a Bruins fan and grew up watching those Orr lead Boston teams. To me he was the best ever, awesome defense plus an offensive machine for a defenseman who could skate and puck handle like nobody in the league during his time. Great on the penalty kills, and one other asset he had …. he could fight with the best of them! One tough hombre …. to me the B’s never were the same when he left. Those B’s should have won more than just 2 cups imho.
The most important part of his legacy is that he wasn't a quitter, he fought to get to where he wanted and made the game the way it is today. He never gave up even when he was down from the vicious attack from Bertuzzi. Unfortunate that an NHL career was cut short on such a talented player that could have put up so many great stats and achieved greatness. I will never forget this day in 2004. Steve Moore, YOU are a legend and will never be forgotten. <3
And yet I love Mike Bossy more than Gretzky.
Redefined how his position could be played. I put him #2 all time after you know who.
The greatest hockey player ever😊
He's the greatest pro athlete Washington DC has ever had. No other DC pro athlete has the accolades that Ovi has. I'll miss him dearly once he retires.
If he didn’t miss so much time with lockouts and Covid, he’d be passed Gretzky already and just building on the record
The definition of golden boy.
WHAT THEY DID TO HIM WAS BULLSHIT, THE BRUINS SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME THUGS SKATING BY HIM ALL , crippling one of the best ever, , I DIDNT WATCH HOCKEY FOR 40 YEARS
The video clips seemed mostly random and hardly ever matching the narration. Couldn’t even finish watching it and I’m a huge Gretzky fan.
Gretzky and Bure were my two favourites growing up but everyone has to admit neither would put a patch on mcdavids ass!! If he played back when goalies were small and not half as good as today the sky Is the limit
I admit Gretzky probably had the best hockey iq but McDavid is right there
Loved Wayne’s Easton aluminum. Best looking stick of all time. Probably hurt the most as well
No competition
Elevated the team for sure. He was surrounded by Hall of Famers, and when he left for LA the Oilers won the cup without him! Do you have to repeat yourself so damn much and use so many wretched buzzwords?
"From the frozen ponds of his hometown". I'm not sure Brantford has any backyard ponds. You need to take about 20% off the hyperbole son. Were you actually born when WG played or are you just a 'content creator' (meaning: scarfing whatever I can off Wikipedia and the www and monetizing it)??
I was lucky to see him play. He was the greatest......"sorry Wayne"
The greatest point scorer Hockey has seen and perhaps will ever see… just wondering what could have happened if Mario Lemieux would’ve been the one playing in Edmonton those years and if he had been healthy. Possibly a 3000+ points scorer
He knew things before they happened. Backhand passes cross rink to players coming off the bench...on the tape. He was once in a lifetime talent
I used to love how he’d take a hard slap shot basically right in front of the net. That’s a situation for a wrist shot, but not for the great one.
The greatest in this order…Howe Orr than Gretzky
He was all that and then some
He was NOT instantly the highest paid player, he just thought he was. They lied to him at first and told him to keep his salary a secret, because he was allegedly getting paid way more than anyone else. that was the story they told him. Truth was, a bunch of players were getting paid more than him but it did eventually come out and he was not too happy !!!!
Jean-Guy is a male name and Pierrette a female one...
Gretzky was great. No doubt about it but he had Messier on the team as well.
Growing up with only six teams in the NHL I watched Bobby or Blossom into in my opinion, the best skater ever. I loved watching him killing the power-play.
True gentleman humble talented down to earth Canadian
Gretzky was a cherry picking, glass jawed sissy ... if it weren't for yuri kurri and messier he wouldn't of achieve the "greatness" title that people that din't watch a game give him credit for. You take away those 2 main players and what do you got ... another so so player with spurts of being good.
Gretzky has more career assists than the 2nd guy has total career points. And that 2nd guy is Jagr
Trevor Linden was better and so was LeBron James:P
Also should of beenn in the penalty box after cutting gilmour. All Canadian Final was lost
The 50 goals in 39 games is insane
Gretz wasn't the fastest skater, didn't have the hardest shot, and certainly wasn't a tough guy, but he had what NO ONE ELSE has ever had (and I include Lemieux, Lindros, Ovechkin, McDavid) to the degree he did - and that is hockey sense. He knew not only where everyone WAS, but where they were GOING TO BE, and would set up so that passes from him would go to right to the stick for the shot on goal. It was like he had a 360 degree radar dome on top of his helmet feeding directly into his brain. That's why his assist total is more than double his goals and why his points total record will likely never be broken.
kinda sounds like written by ai at 11:35
HYBRID
bro get a thesaurus
# 99 was a remarkable +520 in his career and he had a phenomenal 73 SHG . At age 18 he led the NHL in Scoring and was +14 on a horrible Oiler Team that allowed the 2nd most goals in the NHL . His first line linemate was Stan Weir (anyone ever hear of him?) and Gretzky still had 137 points at age 18
Wayne Gretzky came into the NHL at a time when the over-all style of play was much more wide-open/run-and-gun and brute-force take-no-prisoners offense and defense. But the innovative, unpredictable and playing-outside-the-box style that he brought to the game not only inspired generations of later NHL players to elevate the game, it also sent all teams in the league back to the drawing board in order to design defensive systems to shut him down. With Gretzky and a slew of up-and-coming stars adopting his style and techniques, team defense strategies to counter the likes of Gretzky began to take shape: Stifling blue-line systems like the weak-side lock slowed the game to a crawl - so much so that the league had to eventually change the rules to speed things back up again: paying closer attention to things like the size of goalie pads, repealing the no-foot-in-the-crease-or-the-goal-does-not-count rule, etc. The end result of the Gretzky phenomenon was a plethora of new and exciting players who adopted many of Gretzky's techniques and play-making prowess, elevating the game to where it is now. Guys like Mario Lemieux, Pavel Bure, Temmu Selane and more recently, Connor McDavid.
Eagleson should. And is rotting in hell. With ballard
I saw him play. It looked like he was up against a pee wee team. . he was that good. . Oh and by the way. . he handed John Ferguson his lunch. He did not try that twice
Y'all forgot to mention his years playing lacrosse (which he admits helped in his success as a hockey player) 😉
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the single greatest athlete in team sports ever....he has his own record book
Goalies were so much smaller back then. The equipment has gotten way bigger. Its not hard to see
Yes, the goalies were smaller but the equipment has technically gotten smaller, not bigger. They set the measurements smaller in the mid 2000's to help scoring. Leg pads, glove and blocker were all downsized.
“Gretzky a puck hog” Still leads the league in assists.
I'm unfortunately old enough to have watched Orr play and can confidently tell you he was the most dominant athlete I have ever seen amongst his peers to this day.people quickly started to claim Gretzky was better but I watched Gretzky play against many great players that were still around from the Orr era and can tell you that Gretzky would have been just one more player chasing Orr around the ice trying to get the puck.Greztky once said that his only regret was he would have liked to have been able to skate like Orr.gotta tell you it was almost supernatural at times .had he not been injured from his first few games he would probably have won 5 or 6cups
Gretzky never played without the two line pass rule.. wasn't admisited until 04-05.. he had already been retired for a few seasons
G.O.A.T.: Gretzky Of All Time
What in my opinion is also great about Gretzky is, that he isnt full of himself like other greats like in the NFL and NBA which always say they would dominate in todays game. Gretzky once admitted that its way more difficult to score in todays NHL since the goalies are way more athletic than they were during his time playing.
Mcdavid is the best there is now, he’s been in the league for 9 years and has 982 pts, if you give him another 9 years at his current production, he’d still 1000 pts short of Gretzky. It’s almost laughable how good he was.