Dave Dameshek
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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.
I'm not saying he would be a bum.
I think he would be somewhere stats line along the line of Adam Oates.
I don't think he could dominate the sport given the way he was built, his wheels, and all the rest of it.
How say you?
I disagree with that.
I disagree with that.
I think McDavid pops.
When you watch the Oilers play, you think this is the fastest human beings have ever been on skates, and he blows past all of them.
It's it's remarkable to see.
But the the cross sports analogies that I always make for McDavid versus Crosby are like McJesus is sort of like coming off the Olympics, like watching the Giants slalom going super fast.
And he just he gets around those gates before they even know what hit him.
And he's wending his way through them.
That doesn't lend itself to playoff success.