Orr or Gretzky??????

Onlypsahockey · March 4, 2006 10:50AM

ORR!

lawnmowerman · March 4, 2006 10:53AM

Matt

Onlypsahockey · March 4, 2006 10:55AM

Yeah boy!!!!!!

Makes me smile every time I see it!

Bob C.

shagrotn77 · March 4, 2006 10:56AM

Gretzky. Not even close.

ravenman · March 4, 2006 10:56AM

ole gary rissling!!

nightcrawler · March 4, 2006 10:58AM

ORR, you shoulda started a poll

Gretzy was protected by the league, he was good no doubt, but he really was to small (skinny that is).

If it was open season on him he wouldn't have lasted long.

Sorry Wayne

tennesseebanker · March 4, 2006 11:00AM

<< <i>Yeah boy!!!!!!

Makes me smile every time I see it!

Bob C. >>

This photo is hilarious ! What the Hell is he doing ??

Onlypsahockey · March 4, 2006 11:02AM

I agree. He wouldn't of lasted a season back in Orr's day. You had to have talent and testicles to play then!

Bob C.

rbdjr1 · March 4, 2006 11:04AM

The Great One!

rbd

jad22 · March 4, 2006 11:07AM

Orr, a defensive leading the league in scoring. One of the greatest pictures in sports

Onlypsahockey · March 4, 2006 11:09AM

This photo is hilarious ! What the Hell is he doing ??

Levitating. That's why he's the greatest of all time!

Bob C.

Brian48 · March 4, 2006 11:09AM

The kid with the funny looking crew cut.

downgoesfrazier · March 4, 2006 11:28AM

You choose and I'll take the guy you don't choose.

Hub · March 4, 2006 12:50PM

ROBERT GORDON ORR -- THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST HOCKEY PLAYER EVER!

No one else can even carry his laces, never mind his skates.

poppie · March 4, 2006 1:06PM

There would have been no doubt that the Greatest One would have been Orr, had knee reconstruction of today been available in the 70's. But it was not, and the greatest to ever play was 1) Gretzky 2) Orr and 3) Gordie Howe. Ps Orr would have been a super star in Howe's era. Gretzky would not have survived!

theczar · March 4, 2006 1:35PM

lemieux

jomer · March 4, 2006 2:33PM

Tabe · March 4, 2006 2:38PM

<< <i>Gretzky. Not even close. >>

Agreed. It surprises me there's even a debate.

Tabe

Knuckles · March 4, 2006 3:01PM

dmdclassics.com turn on the radio

It's tough to say who was the games best ever when injuries come into play.. the era.. different positions.. whatever.

I think Lemieux would have smashed quite a few of Gretzky's records (or they would have been Lemieux's records to break to begin with).... if he was healthy.

My vote goes to Terry Sawchuk

Boopotts · March 4, 2006 4:47PM

<< <i>

<< <i>Gretzky. Not even close. >>

Agreed. It surprises me there's even a debate.

Tabe >>

They were both fantastic players who changed the game, although I find myself siding with the Gretzky guys. But it is close, and I could be totally wrong.

aro13 · March 4, 2006 9:37PM

Greatest career Gretzky - Greatest player for one season at their best Orr

Brian48 · March 4, 2006 11:08PM

One season? More like one decade. If I had to minimalize a player's career to just one season, I'd give it to Mario. He should have shattered Gretzky's record for most points in a season that year before getting hurt towards to end.

Knuckles · March 4, 2006 11:18PM

ok ok I won't stray away from the topic talking about other players

I pick Gretzky. No brainer really after reading the bellow.

He set 40 regular season records (including 9 MVP awards and 10 scoring titles), 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records and won four Stanley Cups. He was the only player to total over 200 points in a season, accomplishing the feat 4 times; in addition he tallied over 100 points in 15 seasons, 14 of them consecutively.

RedHeart54 · March 4, 2006 11:30PM

Even Gretzky wrote in his book that for pure talent, Mario could have scored 100 points a year using half of a hockey stick. The criticism on Mario was that he took too much punishment despite his 6'4" frame. In other words he theoretically could take care of himself on the ice (unlike Gretzky who had Marty McSorley watching his back). I'm too young to have seen Orr play but you figure anyone (let alone a defenseman) who could score 100 points a year in 1970s-era hockey HAD TO take care of himself. (And look what happened to his knees as a result.)

This is an argument that is always fun to argue. There are so many factors to consider but I think the difference in the era in which Howe, Orr, and Gretzky played in is the most significant thing. Then again, like all sports, players and coaches just adjust to the current style of play. I guess it's all relative.

Writer11 · March 4, 2006 11:40PM

My vote is for Gretzky.

Comet · March 4, 2006 11:53PM

I saw them both play. Orr. If Orr was in his prime during the 80's, he would have scored 300 points + a season.

nightcrawler · March 5, 2006 1:55AM

The only guy that ever hit Gretzky was thrown out of the NHL. He didn't even get to play the rest of the game. Dave Seminko never had to stick up for Gretz once, because the unwriten rule was, DON'T HIT GRETZKY- AND IF YOU HIT EM, GOOD BYE. If that wasn't the case and it was open season, someone like Scott Stevens would blown him apart like one of them little bombs made out of popsicle sticks.

The real guts of the Oilers, the ones that stayed after Gretzky was gone, had no trouble winning another cup, until the Moose was let go.

Like I said, He was good no doubt, among the very best. But it seems a little unfair to me that he will be the greatest of all time and all the other talent stacked on the 80s Oilers are just regular guys (NOT).

Greztky was definatly protected by the league, so in my books he looses points for that.

I'm only giving him a seventh overall, sorry again Wayne. And thats not counting all the guys that could have wrecked him.

Funny thing I find is that someone like the Pocket Rocket (Henri Richard) can win a dozen rings and then go unnoticed a generation later. To me, the rings are more important than the goals.

Orr or Gretzky??????

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