Dave Dameshek

Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby are two of the top three players to ever play hockey.

What are we talking about?

And then beyond that, Evgeny Malkin, who's one of the 25 best center icemen ever, and Ronnie Francis, who's certainly comfortably one of the 10 best center icemen ever.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

You think he needs to win a Stanley Cup, huh?

No, well, listen, you and I need to have a side conversation, and Roy and the gang, let's do this on the hockey show.

I will make a powerful list, a powerful argument for Wayne Gretzky.

Here's the trade that we need to discuss.

1982, Wayne Gretzky gets shipped to, let's say, 2012, 2013 for Sidney Crosby, and Crosby goes to 1982.

Who do you think wins that trade?

Sidney Crosby does.

He would dominate the early 80s.

Gretzky really benefited from the era in which he was born.

Well, we talk about top three, two of the top three.

That's what the Edmonton Oilers have and have had for quite some time now.

And Dreisaitl and McJesus are, at worst, two of the top five players in the sport.

They haven't won a single Stanley Cup.

That's bad, especially in the NHL, where most high-end stars get at least one.

Go through the list of names.

There are not very many high-end players that never hoisted the Cup at least once.