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Happy Birthday Robert Gordon Orr

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Man, I hope I look that good when I'm 67.
 

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the greatest hockey player there ever was.

you could argue, but...
 

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the greatest hockey player there ever was.

you could argue, but...

I went to a lot of games in the Big, Bad Bruins era of the 70's. Those were fun teams to watch and any time Orr went end to end with the puck it was like magic.
 

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I went to a lot of games in the Big, Bad Bruins era of the 70's. Those were fun teams to watch and any time Orr went end to end with the puck it was like magic.
not many players in the history of any sport changed what a position on the ice/floor/field does.

he did

before bobby, defenseman stayed back and had no bearing on the offensive play.

like gordy howe created the power forward, bobby orr created the offensive defenseman...and along the way, he never lost his stellar defensive abilities.
 

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the greatest hockey player there ever was.

you could argue, but...

living in the Boston area for many years I feel lucky that I got to watch Bill Russell in the 60's, Orr in the 70's and Bird in the 80's.
 

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I guess we know what Coaches Corner will be about this weekend.
 

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He was amazing to watch. Great man as well. Never heard a bad story about him.
Always tried to help his teammates and others. Without the press knowing, all class.
 

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Soft Euros?

Maybe partially.
He had a good 3-4 week run where he mentioned Dave Semenko each week but that ended last week. He also had a streak of showing Dimitry Kulikov's hit on Seguin. That streak ended but was started again.
He also recently showed the Westminster Dog Show Best In Show because the dog was Canadian.

His streak of referring back to something he said before and telling us he told us before is still intact and I dont see that one ending any time soon.
 

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No kidding.

But I'd want someone else's knees.
Has knee replacements in both knees, and a few years back Grapes said you would never know he had 2 knees in such bad shape.
he played pick-up hockey with other former Bruins on the Winter Classic ice in Fenway
 

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And Happy Birthday to my idol the greatest, most complete hockey player ever. Very classy and humble. His good deeds to those who are sick and/or suffering are legendary. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY!!!! Hope you have many, many more. 3 MORE MINUTES AND WE WOULD HAVE SHARED OUR BIRTHDAY
 

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Happy Birthday to the best defenseman in NHL history.

Best all around player in NHL history.


Unless you have some evidence that Gretzky or Lemieux
not many players in the history of any sport changed what a position on the ice/floor/field does.

he did

before bobby, defenseman stayed back and had no bearing on the offensive play.

like gordy howe created the power forward, bobby orr created the offensive defenseman...and along the way, he never lost his stellar defensive abilities.

Well..... not quite.

Kinda like the conversation we were having earlier today on the PF Robert Gordon Orr is not the first offensive minded defenseman, he just did it better and more forcefully than anyone who came before him. What he did accomplish was make everyone learn & remember what that term meant...... permanently as opposed to the guys who had the idea, but not the talent or the wherewithal to make us remember them.
 

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Happy Birthday to the best defenseman in NHL history.

Greatest all around hockey player in NHL history and it really isn't that close.
 

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Happy birthday Bobby!

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