tedbarber: better than Guy lefleur, jean Beliveau, gordi howe , henri and maurice richard? Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Denis Savard, Larry Robinson, Paul Coffey, and maybe a hundred more? , remember the era these all played in, I seen a lot of these guys play, Ovechkin has a long way to go yet... oh and silly me , I almost forgot Bobby Orr...and all the great Goalies... Ken Dryden being among the best I ever seen

I saw them too; and they were very good also.

Secretariet was a horse; and as such he does not qualify as the world's greatest human athlete.

tedbarber: So who is your Stanley Cup finalists this season? and when will the Maple leafs really compete?

GT: Penquins and Sharks is my guess

Too early to tell; but I hope anybody but Penguins or Stars. My dream matchup would be Capitals and Oilers; but I doubt Oilers will be there.