halifax Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 My Granddad's favourite player His last goal in the NHL: That backhand sounds like a gunshot. Howe was ambidextrous and used a flat stick, and could actually switch his handedness depending on the situation. There wasn't much of a difference between his forehand and backhand shot. Lefty Howe, Righty Howe! : Also, freakishly ripped http://www.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2016/06/10/howephysique.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMac Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 STUD! Time to play my Original 6 Rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) His shots definitely weren't that hard. Guys like Crosby can definitely backhand it way harder than Howe could ever dream of. The goalies back then were real bad. Go back and watch any highlights from even the late 90s and it's painfully obvious how much worse the play is. Edited June 11, 2016 by Premium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 It's not necessary to point that out in his remembrance thread. Everyone knows the goalies sucked, but you don't score 801 goals and lead the league in goals 5 times by being just ok Give Howe modern equipment and training and he'd have been even better, of course Watch that clip, zero-windup backhand by a 50-year-old man. Tipped or not, bad goalie or not, that was no flutterball. I didn't say he was Bobby Hull, I said his backhand was about as good as his forehand. Crosby's backhand is noted as being uncommonly good even today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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