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Originally Posted by Agnostic
Outside Serge Savards family I don't know where you'd "ask around" and find many who think Serge was better than Robinson. Larry was a once in a lifetime player, I certainly don't expect to ever again see another one of that calibre. Outside of Lafleur's rushes there weren't many things more exciting to watch than Larry - whether he was in an end-to-end rush, dishing out a bone crushing open ice hit or destroying someone in a fight. Larry was one of those few players that raised you out of your seat when the time required it.
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Robinson was also prone to the odd braincramp whereas Savard was like Fort Knox when he had the puck.
It is true that Robinson played a more exciting style but I always felt the safest when Savard had the puck.
Savard had elite skills and would have put up many more points if Robinson and Lapointe weren't there.
Kinda of hard to compare the two but their value to that particular team is alot closer than the casual fan tends to realize.