Legends of the NHL | THE MAGNIFICENT ONE |

[@bufford5483]

No other star player was slashed and hooked as often as Lemieux. In his prime he was unstoppable.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

💯 agree with you on that one.

[@dextrosebizarre]

Maybe Rocket Richard

[@patrice5976]

Him and Forsberg. Kharlamov had his leg broken by Bobby Clark, who became a Canadian hero

[@footfungus6226]

The greatest ever

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Absolutely 💯

[@robertosavard6750]

Le plus beaux talent brut que le hockey a connu. Pour moi c est le goat. Mario le magnifique

[@rolieg81]

From a lifetime Canucks fan I still think that return in December 2000 game against the Leafs was one of the most goosebump Inspiring things I ever witnessed.....I think he had 76 points in 48 games after a 3 year retirement after beating cancer.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

He was absolutely unreal! Can you imagine his where his numbers would have been had he been fortunate enough to stay healthy. Mario is the definition of generational!!

[@emmittmatthews8636]

43 games but yeah, goosebumps is right.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Love your channel name!!! We are 💯 on board with that. Cheers 🍻

[@emmittmatthews8636]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork It's very frustrating on here anymore. Great video too btw!

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Thanks man! But ya almost everything we do gets slapped with an age restriction.

[@lacorriveauband]

Mario le Magnifique

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Absolutely 💯

[@carletonrutherford1799]

In my opinion Mario was the greatest player to ever lace them up. If you swapped him and Gretzky out, and put Lemieux on that Oiler team, Mario would have been getting 250 points a year.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

He was a 1 of a kind talent.

[@September2004]

I think it’s a valid question as to whether Gretzky would’ve gotten a single 200-point season if he had played in the Eastern Conference during the 80s which was less wide open.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

That’s a good point.

[@Chakdefatte194]

@@September2004 very true, Mario was the greatest. Averaged the most points per game in history. Played almost half of what Wayne did, still put up absolutely insane numbers.

[@September2004]

@@Chakdefatte194 Chris Pronger: “When you look at his stats, they’re arguably better than Gretz’s… when you look at them.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYaWqGauf8mhqck (28 second mark)

[@sandymigs1158]

Best of all time

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

This numbers don’t lie!! 💯

[@philobresil6152]

Most exiting, dominant player of all time. GOAT

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Absolutely 💯

[@georgeinfante1106]

Amazing 🏒 hockey 🏒 legend Super Mario

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

The greatest to ever lace them up.

[@djyanno]

The best ever in my opinion. If he was as protected by the referees as Gretzky, who knows the numbers he would have reached. "Before th2 start of 2001-02, Pittsburgh was forced to trade most of their expensive players." I never believed this, I always thought it was a plan to improve their chances to get Crosby.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

#truth

[@dannycarlow8204]

How were the refs protecting Gretzky exactly? If we look at the stats, Pittsburgh had the most powerplays in the league during Wayne's first nine years while Edmonton was 18th out of the 21 teams. The Pens had 454 more powerplays in Mario's first five years than the teams Wayne played for in those years. In Mario's two highest scoring seasons, the Pens had 491 and 500 powerplays. The Oilers had 295 and 341 powerplays in Wayne's two highest scoring seasons. In 85-86 when Wayne had 215 points and Mario had 141 points, the Pens had 130 more powerplays than the Oilers. It seems Mario was the one being protected by the refs, or so the actual facts tell us. The refs tried their best to help Mario beat Wayne, he just wasn't good enough to beat "The Great One".

[@rickey4735]

The real SUPER MARIO! Gear vid!

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the support 🍻

[@puu5tin3n]

Wow, great video 🤩

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Thank you. We appreciate your support!! 🍻

[@The-Dom]

One of the first highlights is the let between his legs. This guy grew up watching Mario for sure.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

You better believe it!

[@emmittmatthews8636]

He would've scored over 1,100 goals if healthy. It's not even really a stretch.. that's still giving him some shortened seasons, but mostly healthy.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

For sure he would have. His metrics and numbers were unreal.

[@hanslilja3873]

Absolutly i think he would have been scoring over 1250 goals IF he would have been playing as many games as gretzky and that he could have been healty The whole time

[@resabape]

He may be the best forward that every played the game. He certainly was the most gifted. Like Orr, health curtailed his career.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

It’s crazy to think what his numbers would have been had he been able to stay healthy.

[@nickgangone9541]

#66 in your program, #1 in your heart

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Absolutely 💯

[@September2004]

People compare Gretzky to Lemieux and Gretzky to Orr but I wonder about the Lemieux/Orr similarities. * Both won 2 Stanley Cups and 3 Hart Trophies. * Both won the Conn Smythe trophy every time they won the Cup. * Penguins and Bruins jersey color are quite similar. * Both had injury issues that shortened their careers and were constantly playing injured so much we often wonder how much better they could’ve been. * Both of them required numerous surgeries. * Their injuries were so bad that they sometimes locked up (back, knee) * Both were great physical talents. * Both were players that even casual fans could see right away were better than everyone (with Gretzky, you had to watch closely.) * Both played for teams that were last place either the season before they arrived or during their rookie season. * Both players had so much excitement and anticipation before they arrived in the NHL.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

That is a crazy comparison. I didn’t realize they had so many accolades in common. To see the parity would be really interesting. Could make for a good vid.

[@curtisjoseph7228]

It between 66 and 4 as to who was the best player...unlike 99 Mario never sought the spotlight. I regret not seeing him play live but in Toronto it was a tough ticket (should of went to Buffalo easier ticket)

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Bobby Orr was amazing as well. We covered an episode on him.

[@Chakdefatte194]

I saw him a few times at maple leafs gardens, meet up at a golf tourney once. He’s a humble guy once he knows he won’t get bombarded with autograph requests.

[@dannycarlow8204]

@@curtisjoseph7228 Wayne scored the third most points in history in his first year and set the NHL single season points and assists records in his second season. He scored nearly 400 goals as a ten year old. He didn't seek the spotlight, the spotlight was thrust upon him at a very early age. Mario relied too heavily on the powerplay for his points to be considered the greatest.

[@mik8352]

I think the greatest goalie in NHL history, Martin Brodeur, said the best thing to define Lemieux: He's like a man playing with boys... To me, he is the greatest athlete of all time. Period !

[@blueodum]

Hasek was better, but Brodeur was right.

[@kadoodlehopper]

please turn the music down, its just too loud and overpowering. honeslty id prefer if there was no music

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

I appreciate the feed back. I’ll take that into consideration for the next one.

[@kadoodlehopper]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork 👍🏻 great video otherwise keep it up!

[@BigEGoPro]

The music is fine but the monotone AI voice got to go. Get a real person reading this. Very noticeable this is bad AI reading

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

Waiting on some mics. We’ve only had this channel up for 6 weeks. Lol. The Amazon man is here daily. But you have been heard loud and clear, and vast improvements are coming over the next few weeks. Thanks for the feedback

[@chobitASHL3Y]

had lemieux been just a bit more healthy in his career, i don't doubt he would have the nhl record for goals. at the pace he was going, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he would have had 1000+.

[@hanslilja3873]

Its just counting if he could have been healty his whole karriär then he would have been scoring like 70-110 goals in every season so its just to be counting we say 75 goals in 15 years that about 1200 goals its no cuestion about that he would have been scoring this amount of goals

[@dannycarlow8204]

What is the magic equation you used to come up with this, or did you just pull it out of thin air?

[@labrador1229]

My wife said "who is gie lafleur?", it is guy and pronounced gee, do ur home work please.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

I didnt catch it in review. Thanks for the heads up. 🍻

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

The visuals are not in sync with the narration.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

We will make sure to fix that in the next one. Thanks for the heads up.

[@jeremeyconnors2394]

I was just going to say the same thing

[@EternallyThankful-os6pz]

Fantastic that you put this video together and I support your choice of subject 100% !!!! BUT WHY WHY WHY do you RUIN / DROWN OUT the audio by playing that stupid annoying music ?!?!?!?!?!? I actually couldn't make it past the 2 minute mark...for the love of all thats holy STOP playing music over factual and interesting narration that we WANT to hear / learn but can't because of stupid music...ARRRGH !!!!

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

That is a point of contention among the team here as well. We’re hoping to find a happy medium that works for everyone. The mix is way too loud. Thanks for your support and also the feed back. 🍻

[@MikeTython369]

Would be nice with a human voice narration rather than ai. And the music is way too loud 🤷‍♂️

[@G.0.]

How are you going to pronounce Jagr as "Jagger?" This video lost credibility in my eyes as soon as you did that.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

I’m non verbal and use a voice reader. I must have missed the pronunciation on his name when I was putting it together. Thanks for letting me know.

[@G.0.]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork Oh. I'm sorry. I honestly wondered at one point if the video was using a voice reader. Unfortunately didn't put two and two together though. 😔 I enjoyed the video otherwise.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

No worries 😉

[@denbyshingoose1243]

behinde gretz in almost every category

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

He played only a fraction of the amount of games Gretzky did though. Not taking anything away from Gretzky though. He is a god!!

[@stmichelarchange9042]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork Dude 's never gona find one video of Gretsky getting slash or hit and just in this 5 min video Lemieux was slash a hundred time and still think Gretz is better hahaha

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

I think both players were great in there own right, but I’d love to see the heights Mario’s numbers could have hit had he stayed healthy.

[@stmichelarchange9042]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork Yeah same ...don't know if you had the chance of seeing them win the gold together but it was nice for sure.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

I watched it live on TV with my parents. Great memory!

[@jeenius9664]

Probably the only player who could have scored 1000 goals given a healthy 20 seasons career, maybe with Mike Bossy.

[@christenandersen65]

Get a human narrator, preferably with some knowledge of French.

[@SmokeNIceNetwork]

No

[@MarmiteMangoMachine]

@@SmokeNIceNetwork That hilariously blunt refusal just earned you a sub.