Top 50 Hockey Players of All-Time

[quoipourquoi]

The same can be said for Gretzky after leaving Edmonton, yes? In Edmonton, he never had a minus season (his worst being +15 twice). After leaving Edmonton, he had more minus seasons than plus.

Oh, definitely Edmonton helped Gretzky - particularly by providing him with teammates that could cover for him defensively (Kurri), but with Esposito, he went from a solid, borderline Top 10 offensive talent on the Blackhawks at 25 years-old to becoming the best scoring center in hockey in one year. And then he leaves the Bruins with another 60 Goal, 130 Point season to go to the Rangers, and he immediately falls from Art Ross range back down outside of the top twenty in scoring with a minus-40.

It was a perfect situation for him in Boston, and I think putting him ahead of Clarke might have been generous!

I don't think we should take Q's list too seriously. It's a who's who of the top fifty players, maybe a little slanted towards the 90s but it's obvious he juggled some things around to ruffle some feathers. It cracked me up. I just want to know, where the hell is Sylvain Lefebvre?

Lefebvre and Eric Messier are #51 and #52 respectively, obviously.

Like I said, everything after number twenty or so is pretty much a dead-heat, because so little separates everyone, so it's not worth taking stock in any of it. And yes, the positioning of Stevens/Brodeur and Coffey/Lidstrom is agenda-based. Do I believe it? Sure, but I know that I'm alone in thinking those things. But the surprise Orr/Tretiak switcheroo? That's pure art!

 

[li0lsh]

I feel like this should be moved to the general board, so we get a bigger base of contributing to such a fine thread

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Lefebvre and Eric Messier are #51 and #52 respectively, obviously.

Like I said, everything after number twenty or so is pretty much a dead-heat, because so little separates everyone, so it's not worth taking stock in any of it. And yes, the positioning of Stevens/Brodeur and Coffey/Lidstrom is agenda-based. Do I believe it? Sure, but I know that I'm alone in thinking those things. But the surprise Orr/Tretiak switcheroo? That's pure art!

Dude, that was the most elaborate setup to the best one liner I've ever seen on this board. Hilarious.

I feel like this should be moved to the general board, so we get a bigger base of contributing to such a fine thread

Wouldn't it just be a bunch of football fans asking "Who the fuck is Mario Lemieux???"

Or do I underestimate the general board?

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

What happened February 1st?

 

[quoipourquoi]

What happened February 1st?

KillerVee threw a fit until she got temporarily banned. If you need a commemorative avatar, feel free to borrow it!

 

[forty_three]

1. Vladislav Tretiak

Greatest. List. Ever.


Do I need to read the rest of it?

 

[quoipourquoi]

Greatest. List. Ever.


Do I need to read the rest of it?

Haha! That was specifically for you after he got left off of the list back in 2007. :p

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Marcel Dionne at 49 is BLASPHAMY. What a joke.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Marcel Dionne at 49 is BLASPHAMY. What a joke.

If docking Marcel Dionne a few points for not being a Spring-time player is blasphemy, then he must be the least powerful deity in the universe to have never made it out of the second-round. Fucking Alex Ovechkin already has more playoff points than Dionne, and that guy's a total douche.

 

[puckhead]

Sam Gagner

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

If docking Marcel Dionne a few points for not being a Spring-time player is blasphemy, then he must be the least powerful deity in the universe to have never made it out of the second-round. Fucking Alex Ovechkin already has more playoff points than Dionne, and that guy's a total douche.

The Kings were a 1 line team with a goalie. He was a great player. His numbers speak for themselves.

 

[4thstreet]

Just a couple more that I feel were slighted,and could be argued for placement in top 50
Dale Hawerchuk-this is a definite
Doug Gilmour
Mark Recchi
Adam Oates-ask Brett Hull

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Sam Gagner

I was gonna type that.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

KillerVee threw a fit until she got temporarily banned. If you need a commemorative avatar, feel free to borrow it!

Damn, I always miss the good stuff

 

[beantownmaniac]

The Kings were a 1 line team with a goalie. He was a great player. His numbers speak for themselves.

I agree with you bolts. Too often a players career/greatness is measured by team accomplishments. I guess that means Trent Dilfer and Doug Williams were better QB's than Dan Marino

 

[quoipourquoi]

I agree with you bolts. Too often a players career/greatness is measured by team accomplishments. I guess that means Trent Dilfer and Doug Williams were better QB's than Dan Marino

Did Dan Marino's playoff passing percentage drop the equivalent of 1.31 Points-Per-Game to 0.92 Points-Per-Game in the highest scoring era? Did Dan Marino play in a league where anywhere between 66.7-76.2 percent of teams made the playoffs at the end of each season?

Dave Taylor out-pointed him practically every Spring. Dave Taylor.


If I fucked over Marcel Dionne by giving him #49, then the depraved shit I did to Ron Francis at #50 is going to be the opening to next week's Law & Order: SVU.

 

[HammerDown]