Hey all. After the fact, I inserted a link to this highlight video of Mario Lemieux into my previous article. I was going to add the following thoughts as a comment, but decided more folks would see them if I posted them in a mini-article. A sort-of impromptu ode to Mario, if you will. Without further ado, here goes…
You forget just how dominant Mario was until you watch some of these clips. All I can say is…my God. He truly leaves you breathless. He was such an incredible (and impossible) package of size, speed, power, strength, smarts, reach, hands, touch, vision, anticipation and deception.