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Originally Posted by logan5
I'm wondering what that threshold a player has to cross to be considered generational?
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Changing the game of hockey makes you generational. Being the best player in your generation (80s= Gretzky, 90s=Lemieux, 00s=Crosby/Ovechkin, 10s=McDavid).
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Originally Posted by logan5
I'm hearing Pettersson being compared to Pavel Datsyuk by knowledgeable hockey people, so he apparently has a good 200 foot game, and, although it's only 9 games, he's shown a good potential to be a 100 point scorer (given 82 games).
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He can be compared to him, I suppose, but I can't imagine Petterssen goes out and wins four Lady Byngs and three Selkes.
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He's arguably the best offensive talent to ever come out of Sweden, based on his SHL season where he broke longstanding records.
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I'd be surprised if he ends up being better than Peter Forsberg.
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In my mind Pettersson is near generational or better. He's at least on par with Auston Matthews.
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It's way too early to even be discussing this possibility. This hype train has fully gone off the rails at this point.
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There's a hilarious Pettersson vs Matthews thread going in HF Boards right now.
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Ah yes, HFBoards, the utmost pinnacle of hockey knowledge and expertise. (He says, unironcially, whilst posting on an urban design/skyscraper forum)