Will the Days of Superstar Players ever come back?

[Gwynn545]

Gretzky, Lemieux, Hull, Federov, Bure, Shanahan, Messier, Jagr, Belfour, Hasek, Roenick, Chelios, Yzerman, Roy...
I can name all these players off the top of my head back when hockey was so great!!. Will there ever be a time like this again?
I feel that the age of the superstar player is gone. Crosby and Ovechkin is close, but they are not driving the sport like they should be...
Just my two cents...

**Edit to Add*** I did watch the playoffs this year, and loved the games, especially the finals. It was great hockey, just lacking in superstars.

 

[kerryfan5]

Ok. The names are now Crosby, Stall, Nash and Young. Some things change but still are the same.

 

[allstars]

There are always superstars. The names just change. There are some better players now than some on your list...

 

[kerryfan5]

Just playing off of the group. Yes there are much better players.

 

[allstars]

And there will never be another player of The Great One's level, he was the biggest freak of nature in sports history (meaning he was that dominant over the second best player ever), Godly.

 

[Gwynn545]

1	Sidney Crosby, C	PIT	80	36	68	104	18	46	1.30	259	13.9	5	11	27	0	0
2	Ryan Getzlaf, C	ANA	77	31	56	87	28	31	1.13	204	15.2	7	5	18	0	0
3	Claude Giroux, C	PHI	82	28	58	86	7	46	1.05	223	12.6	7	7	30	0	0
4	Tyler Seguin, C	DAL	80	37	47	84	16	18	1.05	294	12.6	8	11	14	0	0
5	Corey Perry, RW	ANA	81	43	39	82	32	65	1.01	280	15.4	9	8	10	0	0
6	Phil Kessel, RW	TOR	82	37	43	80	-5	27	0.98	305	12.1	6	8	12	0	0
	Taylor Hall, LW	EDM	75	27	53	80	-15	44	1.07	250	10.8	1	7	10	0	1
8	Alex Ovechkin, RW	WSH	78	51	28	79	-35	48	1.01	386	13.2	10	24	15	0	1
	Joe Pavelski, C	SJ	82	41	38	79	23	32	0.96	225	18.2	3	16	15	1	1
	Jamie Benn, LW	DAL	81	34	45	79	21	64	0.98	279	12.2	3	5	14	1	2

Sorry, guys, but you "telling" me there are still stars is not going to fly. I just pulled up the top 10 scorers last year, and I see Crosby and Ovechkin, and a bunch of no names. For the casual fan like me, the NHL is clearly lacking superstars. The names are barely recognizable.