Dave Dameshek

But as much as we can sort of blur that, those elements, like, you know.

Famously, like Mario Lemieux, for instance, would say, oh, the season's about to start.

I better stop smoking those nails and eating the fries on the side of my sandwich.

Literally, that was his training regimen to get right.

That wouldn't be the case in the year of the Lord, 2026.

I think he, you know, even the generational differences, strength and all of that, I think he would overwhelm with his wheels, first of all.

And like you say, I don't think it's owed to modern training regimens so much as it is just what the hockey gods gave him, which is those Earl Campbell-sized thighs.

If you've ever been around Crosby in person.

It's striking.

You're like, my God, your lower half is something inhuman.

I don't know what you got going.

I'm not working blue when I say that, by the way, about his lower half.

I'm just talking about his two legs.

That's it.

Working blue.

I think he would light it up.

The defensemen of that age would not know what to do with somebody with that speed and that skill.

But the other side that really is intriguing, and you say, DJ, you're going to get killed for it,

I think it's pretty straightforward.

There is no makeup of modern training routes, weights, and eating and all that that would get Wayne Gretzky up to speed to be competitive in this age.