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Originally Posted by Mutt
that goal is one of my first memories of being on this planet. it was a warm sunny spring day, and Bobby Orr did indeed fly through the air.
i have no problem with people who were born 1970 onward thinking Gretzky or Lemieux are the greatest ever - their stats speak for themselves.
The difference with Bobby Orr is that you don't have to look at his stats - you just had to watch him and you knew it.
And if you look at his stats - leading the league in scoring multiple times as a DEFENCEMAN - and his plus/minus record which will never be broken - they also speak for themselves.
Just a shame his knees were shot so soon and his career was so short.
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Quite agreed.
As a kid growin' up - hockey players were always my heroes. Orr, Dave Keon, Mahovalich, Esposito, Ken Dryden, Daryl Sittler...my era.
But one of my best moments happened just a few years back - I got the chance to meet and talk to Paul Henderson while he was on a motivational speech tour. I was eight when he scored the famous goal against the Soviets in '72....and that's still my most vivid memory as a kid.
He was no Bobby Orr, of course - just another player who happened to be in the right place at the right time when we needed him.