NHL Roundtable: MacLean sits down with Orr, Messier, Gretzky and Lemieux

Bobby Orr, Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux join Ron Maclean to discuss injuries and memorable moments.

[@ginazhang]

I'm surprised that room didn't explode with that much talent surrounding the table. So many legends in one place.

[@gatesgates7788]

Gina Zhang what does that even mean lol

[@ginazhang]

Filmon Tiku Idk bud.

[@dabadguy7882]

I was just thinking the same...Those 4 legends are easily among the all-time top 10. Hell they could be in all-time top 5.

[@ETRacing]

My head exploded just watching this!

[@user-hd1qx2bd1r]

You're so right Gina, These Canadian boys are the best of the best who have ever played the game, I wish Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau could have been there too!!! Amazing Home Grown Talent!!!

[@patkajape]

These kids have potential

[@h.p.6223]

yup

[@FINgaming1000]

patkajape are you sure?

[@jeffreydean5112]

Gretzky will be a bust tho

[@stephenjewell8455]

JD....You're not the first person to say that. I'm from Burlington, Ontario same region as Wayne Gretzky who was playing for Brampton, Ontario. I'm a little over a year older. Yet I played against him a few times in the 1970s. He was generating all sorts of new coverage at the time as a teenage player scoring lots of goals. I had a coach who at the time didn't seem to understand or appreciate that his father had chosen to put him in our bantam division as a peewee aged player for the extra competition and challenge he wasn't getting in his own age group. My coach on his first look at him, in a game where we held him to just two goals scored, came away with this infamous line I'll never forget, "He's good but I don't know what all the fuss is. He's too small and he's never gonna play pro!" How very wrong he was!!

[@sk8torboycrip]

@@stephenjewell8455 my dad actually played against gretzky one year back then but idk if your lying? Gretzky never played for brampton... only for brantford Steelers.. and he dominated the league with like 400 points that year and then left to play juniors

[@CanadianBongRipper]

When Orr was talking you could tell how they were paying attention. The goat.

[@RevAlKhemy]

give Bobby the puck

[@mikes3827]

To be arguably the greatest hockey player ever, t's almost unfathomable to think that 3 games into his NHL career, Orr had a knee injury, and consequently had TWELVE surgeries on both knees over his career. And keep in mind when Orr played, they didn't have scopes and the technology to make a "clean" procedure. Each of his 12 operations were about going in and tearing the knee up. It really is mind-blowing to think that as great as Orr was, imagine HOW much greater he could have been without his chronic knee problems. Similarly with Mario and his chronic bad back that plagued him throughout much of his career.

[@dgcmusi]

Mike S great point Mike...thinking how much greater he could have been...mind blowing...he definitely was mesmerizing watching him...especially a man down doing the ....catch me...👀

[@jamesd2128]

A lot like Mickey Mantle who completely blew out his knee in the 1950 WS [His rookie year] and played the rest of his career without an ACL or MCL, and still put up numbers most could only dream about. If only Bobby and Mick could've had the kinds of knee repair we take for granted now.

[@Excalibur2112]

He was better on 1.5 legs than most hockey players on 2.

[@aapelireijonen1839]

If i won in a lottery i would be rich ,stop with ifs cant know what would have happened for sure

[@lawrencewright2816]

Nobody told him about the topical application of DMSO.

[@fthechance]

One trait unites them all: HUMBLE

[@bbb462cid]

well said

[@dakruise1]

Unlike the NBA

[@ronbonora7872]

and Great!

[@caindog29]

Literally each one of them would say the other 3 are better.

[@PapaJoeB]

@@dakruise1 You don't think BIll Russell, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dr. J, Larry Bird and Magic are humble in interviews such as this? Because that's what the comparison is here...

[@sagedemko8696]

When Orr says "sorry to interrupt" too McLean and he replies " you played for don,you learned something" now that was funny

[@bailinnumberguy]

Amazing to see these 4 together. Messier, Gretzky and Lemieux, as kids in Canada, undoubtedly grew up idolizing Orr. Great stuff.

[@bbb462cid]

Well...Gretzky's idol was Gordie Howe.

[@jimwade7680]

And ever one oz was orr

[@4inchesofpleasure]

Randy Bailin Lemieux's was Guy Lafleur

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@4inchesofpleasure and Gretzky

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That's like having Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Micheal Jackson all in the same room together.

[@dominicbelleyweb]

I could sit at this table listening to these guys for hours !

[@HardRockMiner]

The Canadian Knights of The Round Table.

[@riff2072]

Add Howe and Béliveau for the even half dozen.

[@nolanmacphee4761]

Yzerman Sakic dionne lafleur Francis Esposito at the second table maybe. Crazy how many legends are Canadian

[@johnarouet5030]

Hockey players are awesome. So humble and classy compared to the other big time leagues.

[@lastlaff2777]

The only league, outside of maybe soccer, where the players all wear suits to the games.

[@richard_nj]

They're Canadian. Nuff said

[@miker7115]

@@richard_nj Yeah, but so are guys like Tom Wilson & Brad Marchand.

[@gunman462]

@@miker7115 Great point but those guys are rare.

[@jujuun8992]

@@gunman462 Mark Messier is on the same level of being dirty as Wilson and Marchand, though.

[@happytrails1963]

Bobby Orr...... such a legend

[@gollese]

You forgot the other guys! And gretzky, being so far ahead on the top - Unreal!

[@jimwade2045]

Orr best

[@manrajcheema6453]

@@nicke5487 First of all your grammar is atrocious. He wasn't overrated, was more than a ppg player, Canada cup MVP, two time champion, countless all star games. He's not the best but he is the best defensemen ever, and belongs at that table. Messier was way less than ppg player, played with the GOAT in Gretzky who was the main contribution to his rings, and missed 10 all star games.

[@manrajcheema6453]

@@nicke5487 Also wth does "Call me kid when your brains grow bigger", you seem very idiotic.

[@manrajcheema6453]

@@nicke5487 I don't care about what you do and don't like, you cannot respect someone yet still call them overrated, that in itself is a contradiction.

[@hebber1961]

That could go on for hours. Too short.

[@chipgriffiths3655]

A guy came down on my shoulder, I don't remember his name. Yeah, sure, it's that you are such a class player that you wouldn't name him. Class. My respect for Messier grew immensely during this interview. He just sat there and let the others speak.

[@erickouniakis5722]

Messier was always a class act even when he was a kid in St Albert our home town.!! Hockey in the 80's was second to none.!!!

[@rosannarossi4472]

Gretzky and Lemieux together the best of the best got to love it.

[@gregpek6191]

Like the 87 Canada Cup. That is where Mario said he really learned the work effort from Wayne. Those two were on a different planet that last three games.

[@ORagnar]

Orr is right there with them. He may have been the greatest.

[@gregpek6191]

In many ways, all three of them were the best. I think better than Gordie Howe mind you Gordie is all time second on the scoring numbers total. Mario was in ways better than Gretzky on a pure scoring basis but he had physical advantages. Those physical advantages (height and size) also made him vulnerable to back injury. Bobby Orr in my mind was the best skater ever and was magic. But to me Gretzky was too small and too skinny to be good. Yet somehow he was just the best. I think that counts in my book to make him the number 1 just because of his sheer numbers given his puny size.

[@4orrcountry]

Greg Pek Among Gordie Howe, Red Fisher, Milt Schmidt and Ron Wilson, they saw ALL NHL players from the 1930's right up through 2010 - and each of those esteemed hockey men said that Bobby Orr was the best player they ever saw. Do you know more about hockey than them?

[@4orrcountry]

Rosanna Rossi You mean the best of the players who you got to see play. Did you see Gordie Howe play? Or Bobby Orr?

[@ericbrufatto5371]

Ron McLean is a treasure, and the best, and I suspect often overlooked, as the best hockey broadcaster and interviewer ever. Ron has such a quick mind and verbal skills, and an an amazing facility to recall anecdotes so accurately. The highlight for me Saturday night, even if I don't watch the game, is to try and catch "Coaches Corner." Ron deals with Don, like a loving son, or an excellent therapist with a client, and of course, Don is a treasure himself.

[@alex_sceptionqc1175]

Sorry, the greatest le John Forslund

[@mithex8414]

lmao this comment didnt age well

[@thegootz4547]

Orr is very humble, he never thought he was a great talent, just worked harder than anyone. Messier is very humble, he knows he is not the best player at the table, but definitely the toughest with talent. Wayne is humble in that he too knows he is not the best player, more of a product of a time in hockey and a great supporting cast. If Sid was at the table instead of still playing as the best player in hockey for almost 10 straight years, longer than any other player in history, he would be the most humble, he just loves to play hockey but would yield to the hosts pick of the greatest goal by the greatest player ever. Mario is the most wonderful role model, coaches his son in local hockey games, settled down with his childhood schoolmate, maintains his roots living in Canada as well as Pittsburgh, stayed with the same team his entire life, masterful business decisions with his team, a player, an owner He towers above them all.

[@chrishager3308]

Mario has done so much for hockey, Considering his personal gifts and saving hockey in Pittsburgh, he certainly deserves all possible accolades.

[@mikegike7273]

I heard earlier in Marios career, Wayne talked to Mario about his being a role model and he should consider stop smoking. He stopped that day. If it is a true story, Wayne had such an impact on Marios admiration towards him. All 4, thanks fer the memories. Go Canada.

[@raybo780]

I love all these guys, but something about Mario just gets me….he such a cool headed, even-handed boss. Not enough is said about how amazing his accomplishments were in spite of so many very serious health issues

[@siddiq106]

dude has a serious case for the GOAT of any sport.

[@johnmanor5236]

Love it! Orr interrupts Maclean..."You played for Don (Cherry) you learned something."

[@paulthake7963]

Hahaha ya that was good. Ron's as sharp as they come

[@brettdwyer1635]

Orr's statements are just AWESOME

[@bossduff]

Who in the heck could have given this a thumbs down? Greatness at the table

[@rvermeulen66]

Russians

[@ChyloeReece]

rvermeulen66 Ovechkin idolized Lemieux, (and Nolan) as I'm sure many other Russians did as well, or another Canadian great. While you and so many other Canadians want to be prejudiced and condescending and project it onto everyone around you, Russians appear to have far more class and dignity.

[@martytruelove5026]

Probably because McLean is doing the interview.

[@beaumontracer1640]

Probably because it's TOO short.

[@calcrappie8507]

The few times I saw Gretzky playing in person I watched him like a hawk. The guy would conserve energy away from the direct action. Gretzky would almost park and hide near the mid ice boards watching everything. His defender would tend to lose focus. Then Gretz would explode and arrive at the right place at the right time and be a couple of steps ahead of developments taking place on the ice. He had an incredible sense of flow and where to be. Orr was completely different. Just give him the puck. He had a commanding presence on the ice and the game revolved around him. Orr could keep the puck away from a team on a power play for almost the whole 2 minutes. Never saw a player like that. You simply couldn't get the puck away from him.

[@rmelin13231]

You are spot on, both counts. Completely different style players, not to be compared.

[@calronske1853]

Orr was something else!

[@JayRay-zv7hd]

Orr may have been the best puck handler and skater while puck handling of all time.

[@crowlee5111]

What a table of the greatest ever. Next table yzermen , Sakic , Jagr , forsberg

[@LorentzHallMusic]

I agree 💎

[@michaelcanney7218]

Bobby orr, the best

[@bobdonovan34]

I'm glad Bobby recognizes the term "God Given Talent" takes away from the relentless hard work these athletes put in to achieve their levels of greatness.

[@jameswade9375]

thank god for orr saying that...

[@keepingitreel...8037]

@@jameswade9375 - Amen brother! God did indeed give them the talent, by giving them the love of the sport, and the desire to work hard enough to become all that God had planned for them to become. . .

[@Jim-pq9pm]

It's why he was the best

[@goat9295]

God gives you the tools, but you gotta do the work.

[@v4v819]

That's like saying God given seeds takes away the hard days work of the farmer... Doesn't matter how much you water soil, if there's no seeds planted underneath, there will be no fruits from your labor!

[@scrambie]

Sportsnet wanted to invite John Scott but they were worried he'd steal everyone's thunder.

[@jimwade7680]

Scramblieggs best player for one day

[@bkscollections2491]

Bobby Orr was the best.

[@randybailin4902]

Arguably the 3 greatest players of all time sitting at that table and Messier isn't too far behind.

[@raybo780]

No argument from me on those three, no one else is even close (Howe and Richard are two who some might mention, but those are more legacy picks from where I sit)

[@sageantone7291]

They all agree that Gordie was the greatest.

[@JackBirdbath]

Messier is quite far behind.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Wait a minute. Messier is third in all-time points. That is quite an accomplishment. I doubt any future hockey player beat that.

[@briancarroll3232]

So respectful of history of game and one another

[@MikeyD22]

Add Gordie Howe to this group and you have the Mount Rushmore of Hockey. True legends and class acts.

[@letdomf]

Replace Messier with Richard and then you have it

[@roberthuot7887]

@@letdomf correct

[@tonybleau6219]

By the time he's done playing, Crosby over Messier 👌

[@slauzon01]

@@tonybleau6219 He's already above him. Crosby is a top 5 for sure

[@claude878878]

@@slauzon01 Here's the official ranking as greatest of all time... 1- Mario. 2- Wayne. 3- Orr. 4- Sid. 5- Howe. No one else in hockey history comes near these guys.

[@joepalooka2145]

Well, I'm an old-timer so I'm biased, but I agree with Bobby Clarke's quote that "Bobby Orr was so good they should have created another league just for him to play in". Best player of all time for me, and sadly very short because of his knee injury. Other great NHL players speak of him with awe and enormous respect. Had he not been injured, we can only speculate on how much greater he would have become. He changed the game, and no other defenceman since has ever equalled his record.

[@jimwade5712]

Me too.....

[@Tsamokie]

Orr controlled the game like no other player could.

[@bobdennis2745]

Most people have no idea what a strong work ethic these gentleman had at an early age that made them better than the rest. I am a lifelong Oiler fan and was fortunate enough to watch #99 and #11 play together for years... We were spoiled. Four truly great men and great Canadian's... Thank you for making us all better.

[@patrickhobbs3962]

Awesome table. All five of them have given us so many hockey memories.

[@Jim-sc2im]

Orr was the best all around hockey player I've ever seen.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Can't argue with that

[@KristenHammerback-pk5wy]

Nope. Gretzky.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@KristenHammerback-pk5wy All around. Gretzky had a very limited physical game, and not a very powerful shot. Orr could do it all

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

@@Jim-pq9pm Orr's Slapshot wasn't any harder than Gretzky's.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 Honestly, there's some missing context here. I don't remember what Amelie Lopez said, and they deleted the comment. I don't think having a weaker or stronger shot of any kind necessarily makes you better or worse, however, Orr did take shots from the point, which has always been reserved for someone with a powerful shot.

[@DexterHaven]

3:10 as good as these other guys were, ORR was on a different level. He controlled the puck from end to end. No one else did it like him, ever. Think about this: he was the first defenseman to lead the league in scoring. He broke the mold.

[@DexterHaven]

@Les Moore yeah, Crosby belongs at any table of greats, the skating edgework...

[@jaychip1]

Not only the first. Still the ONLY. He would have 100 goals as a forward.

[@daniellysohirka5079]

3 time Art Ross as defenseman in 8 seasons, not even playing all games in each.

[@trevorclapham5571]

@@jaychip1 I thinking the same. Not just the first but the only defence man to do it.

[@kodalycat906]

Really, if Pronovost doesn' take out that knee...can you imagine how even more robust the legend would be? What a supremely skilled and intelligent hockey player he was. Only exceeded by his generosity of spirit, his class and respect for the sport. All fans, including this Habs fan, should be grateful for his contribution on and off the ice.

[@m.alexanderzagorski3868]

This served as invaluable wisdom from a collection of hockey's living legends!

[@davidcaruso5491]

I could listen to these greats for hours.

[@gambl0r]

surreal seeing the 4 greatest hockey players of all time sitting at the same table, alive and well

[@LeFoxer]

mark messier is not top 4 = gordie howe , mike bossy , domink hasek , patrick roy , jaromir jagr are better

[@garchbrown]

Wrong. Messier is actually the greatest hockey player of all time.

[@allyboybarese2689]

Stevie Y

[@SuperSurviver71]

Zachary Lee You can't be serious

[@RawDogTV]

Gambl0r missing Mike Bossy

[@BillMorganChannel]

Thank you for posting. Great talent, great gentlemen...

[@TrueNorthPatriot]

These great athletes are also fine human beings. Proud and confident, yet self-effacing and humble. It's what separates hockey from some other sports. No prima donnas. All-Canadian boys. And yes, Ron McLean, while not a hockey player, is one of the best, if not the best, sports hosts in any sports ever. Pure greatness all around. People today criticize hockey players for being boring. Those people conflate boring with humble and team-first.

[@russelljdj]

Robert Gordon Orr! Nuff Said.

[@maxprescott9371]

AWSOME NAME !!!

[@slovenskosvet2717]

Lemieux is a very charming man.

[@gregpek6191]

They all are. In fact I don't know of one other sport anywhere where such great legends are so diplomatic, so kind and decent and so gentle. Like Howe.

[@roberttooth360]

Bobby had such a unique style. Made his team so much better with his heads up passing and end to end rushes. He was a + 128 or something one year pretty much M.V.P. Stuff right there

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

Could you imagine 3 of the 4 greatest of all time and another super elite player like this in any other sports this humble and respectful of each other and other players? This is what makes hockey so special!

[@v4v819]

Messier may not be on the mount rushmore of hockey... But he as one of the greatest captains/leaders in sports- hockey be damned! He was pure and simply a winner he won in all levels and on every big stage... If you were a general manager and wanted close to two decades of contention for your team then you be hard up doing much better than drafting Messier as your centerpiece and anchor! And Wayne never won without him, Mess won without Wayne and Coffee twice (6 total)!

[@michaelborek378]

All these gentlemen are as classy as they are legends. All these guys are so humble

[@adamowen6226]

Orr was on another level.

[@TheBillaro]

All defer to Orr,,, all being Gretz, Mario and Mess... wow. awesome.

[@dknadeau0912]

I’d love to sit here and listen to them tell stories for hours. So cool

[@charlieb308]

The talent in that room wow

[@RadeenChoudhury]

Ron Maclean is such a gem man, one of the most, if not the most respectable media guy out there

[@cityofchamps66]

Little bit of talent at that table, feel fortunate to have met Super Mario and The Great one, so very humble

[@benpearse4298]

4 greatest players of all time all from Canada 🇨🇦

[@keepingitreel...8037]

God-given talent comes from all over the world. Even from Canada. But they all live in America now! And they could certainly live wherever they wanted to. . .

[@RazrSharpProductions]

Messier is NOT top 4 of all time. Great player with all due respect, but Howe, Jagr, Lidstrom, Crosby, Hasek just to name a few I’d put before Messier

[@goalscorerlajon]

How ironic: 4 people disliked this. What the hell? These are without a doubt the 4 greatest players ever!

[@alvinkim1]

Bc it was too short! 😭

[@hockeyslade]

Or old blind fellas missing the like button

[@earlviney5212]

Lemieux the most talented player id ever seen. Quote from orr himself

[@codekhalil6437]

Wayne said that as well of him. Such praise

[@irmadisimone2963]

@@codekhalil6437 what are they gonna say i was better

[@ChrisE-iy7ok]

lemieux goal/game ratio is the best in hockey history by some distance

[@rickymainville5590]

@@ChrisE-iy7ok as much as i like Mario...Bossy's goal per game is top all time 🤷‍♂️

[@silntstl]

@@rickymainville5590 He should have said points per game.

[@johntate9612]

Wow ! Thank you for that. ..FANtastic.....!!!

[@Magik1369]

I remember watching all these guys, especially Bobby Orr. We had maybe 10 channels on TV and you had to adjust the antenna just right to get the game from Boston. My whole family would stay glued to the TV. Amazing.

[@kidt3068]

I was the 6th invite to the round table but I had pickup hockey that night

[@jameswade9375]

water boy...

[@mikemeyer7759]

Thank you for mentioning Yzerman...

[@robertchflynn]

Messier was a stud superstar and one of the best leaders of all time in all sport. What a career, what a player!!! And he sticks out like a sore thumb right there...

[@vincentmittica9001]

Greatest leader in the history of all sports. A champion. Of champions

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

In his last 7 Seasons, NO Playoff Appearances. !!!!!!

[@conorwreckoner]

Plus the dirtiest sneaky scumbag ever

[@briancharters8720]

If Mario played the number of games the others did… HE would have the RECORD to break

[@v4v819]

Sad but true... But he does have one thing over Wayne and all of them else... He won 6 cups and 2 without Wayne and Coffee. Wayne never won without him! He also has more game winning goals then Wayne and everyone else on that panel... He's also 3rd all time in career points in the NHL. So it's hard to argue with numbers!

[@patricktiglao]

Orr is so cool. He even gave a shout out to #7 Paul Coffey.

[@v4v819]

Amazing decency!

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Paul Coffey and Wayne Gretzky is like Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.

[@DailyWordsofWisdom888]

Awesome interview. Wish it could have gone longer with these 4 Legends!

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That's like having Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Micheal Jackson all in the same room together.

[@DailyWordsofWisdom888]

That actually happened ine time with Elvis, Beatles, Rolling Stones and thevDoors.​@bmoshareholderappleshareho855

[@ican8243]

Hockey players always have class. They carry themselves with great poise on and off the ice.

[@moemanncann895]

Enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing. "Kids watch you guys on the ice, that's how you lead". So true Bobby 🇨🇦👍

[@truckerman8301]

Any kid seeking to play in the NHL should follow the careers of these guys! All great players and each one an absolute ambassador for the game of hockey. Some of Canada's finest people!!

[@RKO859]

5 GOATS in the same room.

[@realtome100]

BOBBY ORR THE BEST EVER PERIOD.

[@earlviney5212]

Bullshit. That would be lemieux

[@ChrisE-iy7ok]

@@earlviney5212 lemieux and orr but lemieux only by talent not achievements

[@johnm1720]

Love all these guys

[@jamemcca]

These men represent what all hockey players should strive to be

[@chais1111]

As individual i like Gretzky but i love Lemieux and Orr. Very humble and top class.

[@shooter1973]

Mario grew into that. People forget he didn't even get out of his seat when drafted by Pittsburgh. Imagine if a player did that today. So he loses a few points there if we are talking class.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

@@shooter1973 What about Eric Lindros? He refused to put on the Quebec jersey and refused to play for the Nordiques.

[@shooter1973]

@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 if he were sitting there I would've mentioned him.

[@Mariodolphins1010]

Mario Lemieux the best player at the table

[@irmadisimone2963]

yea 99 2000 points in 837 mario 1751 in 915

[@irmadisimone2963]

look at their plus minus stats orr was #1 99#4 #1 among offensive players mario like not even on the radar

[@ghostspectre1861]

Orr: "Is that all?" Laughed my ass off.

[@thaturaniumguy]

Knights of the Round Table!

[@gamingguy6169]

Goats 🐐 in the same room

[@MartinMcClellanGT]

The bosses!! My Lemieux is there !! 😎 love him !!

[@kenarthur6253]

Wow! What a group of all-time Greats!!!!! And Ovechkin just passed 2 of them in goals this year.

[@stephengaal2064]

Gonna be fun watching ovi make his run at that career goals record. Woulda thought that was an impossible record to break with the differences in the game now

[@erickdeveau8635]

Hockey is thee greatest sport on the planet, ever, period. With the thee greatest guys ever. Especially back in the day. Still today too. I love these guys, Bobby Orr was my favorite, being from Boston and played myself as a kid till after high school. Thank god for the beautiful game of hockey everyone!

[@ethanyeomans7362]

Arguably the 4 greatest players ever. The only one missing there is Howe

[@paulsullivan1650]

Ethan Yeomans You couldn't be any more accurate with your statement...

[@24BIGDYL]

Don't forget about the rocket. 50 goals in 50 games was incredible back in his day

[@markthomas1097]

And maybe Hull as well.

[@kathywilkins269]

and JEAN

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Who would be the best American , if one was to be invited at the table? Mike Modano?

[@thunder5843]

Orr is such legend. He could compete today very well if he was young no doubt in my mind

[@bc1173]

Orr was absolutely ridiculous.

[@iiiirootiiii]

I recently heard Derek Sanderson make the statement that Bobby Orr was as great as he was at a time before expansion, when everyone in the league was superb talent, as opposed to after expansion when the talent pool was watered down. Yeah, Mr. Orr would have done just fine competing today!!

[@calronske1853]

4 of my all-time favorites. Wow!

[@johnng5016]

Ron is the best interviewer in hockey. He knows every player’s most memorable moments, records, plays, triumphs and makes them relive those times for all of us to appreciate.

[@niceneasyraps]

I love how some of the four best hockey players ever, they're all Canadian.

[@justind3583]

heck you could even argue the 10 best are

[@johanlarsson7592]

Yes I would argue that,,, haha

[@trl2828]

I have always said growing up in Michigan, the NHL is US money and Canadian Talent with the world for fillers.

[@StojanovskiTV]

French Canadian and Gretzky is half Russian

[@michaelmaffeo9298]

For now.

[@kenvee2166]

What great players.... and is Lemieux huge or what?!

[@genxmark]

wow.. what a group of legends

[@jamesmarr8736]

Bobby Orr the greatest Hockey Player Of All Time..

[@24BIGDYL]

The final generation of true hockey players

[@joelbyers7937]

24BIGDYL what does even mean?

[@gollese]

Final generation lol, do you forget 1990-2010 era. Probably the fastest and brutal era. :) Stacked era.

[@ACParker13]

This isn't 4 of the best ever, it is 5. Ron MacLean is the Wayne Gretzky of hockey broadcasters.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Greatest ref of all time?

[@DeadManPutting]

The look on their faces as Bobby Orr number 4 is talking is priceless no ?

[@swavekbu4959]

The all-star of all-star teams right there.

[@tiktokliveencounters9297]

insane to think Mario and Orr never played 1000 games for the stats they put up. Long healthy careers for both of them the greatest debate would not be so easy to say

[@tonygriffin6144]

gretzky is like 4 days older than me,the great one.but i think the best player of all time is bobby orr,he got the scoring title,like 2 times or more as a defenseman,amazing.

[@keepingitreel...8037]

And no other Defenseman in NHL History has ever won a scoring title. Bobby Orr is 2nd all time in +/- and Raymond Bourque is 3rd all time. (Larry Robinson is 1st and Wayne Gretzky is 4th)

[@ryanblaney2193]

Orr is great but I'll go with Gretzky for goat.

[@BobRodkin]

Nice! Five of the greatest of their profession!

[@TBONEMCT]

All great ambassadors of the sport.

[@joeytomaselli112]

The best leader The best passer The best defence-man The most talented player of all time ( Mario )

[@xTheFly]

Imagine if they had done this when Gordie was alive. What a great combination of players. Incredible.

[@GVH1305]

Thought Subban would have been there.

[@v4v819]

Messier is like Howe 2.0 but i'd draft Messier over Howe! He's Howe on steroids!

[@scaletipping4715]

Wild. All legends but they all know Orr is the hero.

[@ejomamma6234]

3 unbelievable players! Super nice to hear the humble confidence, and humor of Bobby Orr, especially. The world could take many lessons from any of the 3!!!

[@ArifKhan.]

Throw in Bourque and Roy into that mix, you've got a pretty okay starting 6. ;)

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Basically unstoppable

[@korchok32]

Lemieux is the GOAT

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

Gretzky was the most statistically dominant *athlete* of all time, never mind hockey.

[@brucewayne3602]

absolutely incredible other worldly talent ... perhaps not ever again !!!

[@vinnyl6256]

Pure Legends!!!

[@makeitcount179]

Mario Lemieux best natural talent Canada has ever produced. Plus that Olympic Gold Medal. Amazing.

[@fastenit27]

Were you old enough to watch Orr during his career?

[@makeitcount179]

@@fastenit27 yes. Him with Cashman,Hodge, Sanderson Esposito and Cheevers in net.

[@makeitcount179]

@@fastenit27 His goal on Glenn Hall was the Best ever. That photo was a random occurrence.