From Staff Reports Defensive on Lemieux Coach Ken Hitchcock preaches work over skill and defense overall. But he says he wouldn't have had any problem coaching Mario Lemieux.
People ask who's the toughest player in the league.
It's either Lemieux or Gretzky. They have the puck all the time. It's not Bob Probert or whoever. Stars defenseman Darryl Sydor, who played with Wayne Gretzky for five years in Los Angeles, says the two are difficult to compare. Mario was a lot bigger and could play a different style of game.