Lafleur wins, he dominated an era of hockey. Francis was a very good and sometimes great player, but he could not dominate like Lafleur. Until Gretzky, no man hit 1000 points in the NHL as fast as Guy did.

9/8/2010 10:23:58 AM

Eh, still not totally convinced. Though I didn't realize how much hardware Lafleur has. I'll agree that Lafleur was more of a dominating player, but I don't know how you can call the 4th leading scorer in history just "sometimes great".

Francis didn't really have the superstar persona (that Lafleur had), and he often gets overlooked because of that.

Had Lafleur played 5 more seasons though I don't think I would be debating this.

9/8/2010 10:50:04 AM

I think the toughest call is for #19 btw. Yzerman and Wrist Shot Jesus.

9/8/2010 10:51:19 AM

Francis 1.04 PTS per game Lafleur 1.2 PTS per game

Francis 2 Stanley cups Lafleur 5 Stanley Cups

Francis 4 All Star Games Lafleur 6 All Star Games

Francis best season 119 PTS Lafleur best season 136

Francis won:
-1 Slelke, 1 Clancy, 3 Lady Bings


Lafleur won:
-3 Art Ross, 2 Hart, 3 Lester B. Pearson, 1 Conn Smyth

Francis is not on the The Hockey News top 100 Hockey Players, Lafleur is #11...

Lafleur had 6 (in a row) 50 goal seasons, Francis none...

[Edited on September 8, 2010 at 12:02 PM. Reason : hard to read]

9/8/2010 11:49:16 AM

If you're not convinced that Guy Lafleur is a better player than Ron Francis, it's probably because you've never watched Guy Lafleur play.

9/8/2010 12:33:05 PM

I did - I was 6 mind you.

9/8/2010 12:35:46 PM

Why would you think that post is aimed at you when you're the one arguing for Lafleur?

9/8/2010 12:37:27 PM

cause I drink, A LOT

9/8/2010 1:16:57 PM

Quote :

"Francis is not on the The Hockey News top 100 Hockey Players, Lafleur is #11..."

though, that's a fucking travesty that Francis isn't considered a top 100 player. top 10, I honestly don't think so, but CERTAINLY top 100.

9/8/2010 1:23:57 PM

I agree 100%

9/8/2010 2:37:33 PM

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/35023-BREAKING-NEWS-NHL-has-contacted-nonleague-officials-to-be-potential-replacement-officials.html

rut roh

9/10/2010 6:23:14 PM

Meh, the less Bill McCreary we see, the better.

This is sort of relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZ61RQcP0w&feature=related

Quote :

"HAVE ANOTHER DOUGHNUT"

[Edited on September 10, 2010 at 6:57 PM. Reason : ]

9/10/2010 6:56:36 PM

A couple of days [old] now, but whatever

Rick Nash vs Evgeni Malkin Sep 25, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqaWEH5cUok&feature=player_embedded

9/27/2010 1:10:46 PM

Veteran Pest With Girl's Name to Retire, Start New Career as Leech

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5637056

10/1/2010 3:16:05 PM