Great players you watched that won't be remembered much as time wears on

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Marcel Dionne would like a word

Marcel Dionne is hardly forgotten. His name is constantly brought up as "best to never win the Cup."

 

[Brent Burns]

Patrick Elias
John Leclaire
Matthew Barnaby
Someone mentioned Sami Pahlsson which is maybe the best example in this entire thread. And, no, Ducks do not win the Cup without him. Sharks GM Doug Wilson spent years trying to find our Sami Pahlsson, to no avail.

Homer picks, please let me know if these are biased:
Patrick Marleau
Evgeni Nabokov
Owen Nolan
Vincent Damphousse
Ray Whitney

 

[Leafidelity]

Marcel Dionne is hardly forgotten. His name is constantly brought up as "best to never win the Cup."

That would be the only time his name is brought up. When people list the greats - Gretz, Howe, Orr, Hull, Lemieux, ect, his name is quite often left off

 

[blackjackmulligan]

probably mentioned"

doug gilmour
rod birndamour
kevin dineen
kevin hatcher
dale hunter
brad mcrimmon

 

[The Kingslayer]

Lonny Bohonos​

 

[Bone Breaker]

Kyle McLaren
Adam Deadmarsh
Byron Dafoe
Sheldon Souray
Brendan Morrow

top 5 favorite dmans ever for me. kasparaitis, blake, big buff... then a toss between him and marchment.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Jordan Staal will be one of these

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Jordan Staal will be one of these

Thanks. I hate it.

 

[troyerlaw]

Bengt Gustafsson for Caps in 1980s

 

[Dan Kelly]

Hector Marini

 

[Ignatius]

In terms of playoff performers, we will honestly start to forget how massive Chris Kunitz was to FOUR cup runs

His was the first name I thought of when I saw this thread title. He was a perfect fit winger for both Crosby and Malkin, he was one of the unsung heroes of the 2007 and 2009 SCF. He did play his part in 2016 and 2017 but I would be remiss if I didn't admit that he could be incredibly frustrating with his on-ice decision making in the later years of his career.

 

[Lou Sassole]

Stephane Richer. Bobby Smith. Claude Lemieux. Jere Lehtinen. Ryan Kesler.

Man, could Richer ever shoot the puck. Absolute rocket.

 

[Lou Sassole]

Tomas Vokoun was the greatest goalie that few thought was great. Probably the best LH goalie that I can think of.

I would probably go with Grant Fuhr, but Vokoun was really good.

 

[devo09]

As an Oilers fan; Alex Hemsky was a treat to watch. For a period of time he probably had the best pair of hands in the league

 

[Zippy316]

Every time I see highlights of Tim Connolly, I wonder what he would’ve looked like in today’s NHL.

Dude was oozing skill, it’s a shame his career was cut short due to injuries.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Benoit Brunet

 

[robertmac43]

Martin Havlat came to mind.

A lot of the Sabres from the mid 2000s. Drury, Afiniganov, Roy, etc.

Richards is a great shout.

Would Elias qualify for this?

 

[mattw4466]

top 5 favorite dmans ever for me. kasparaitis, blake, big buff... then a toss between him and marchment.

Love that list.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Walt Podubny, arguably the greatest player ever to don a Leaf jersey.

 

[yada]

Patrick Elias
John Leclaire
Matthew Barnaby
Someone mentioned Sami Pahlsson which is maybe the best example in this entire thread. And, no, Ducks do not win the Cup without him. Sharks GM Doug Wilson spent years trying to find our Sami Pahlsson, to no avail.

Homer picks, please let me know if these are biased:
Patrick Marleau
Evgeni Nabokov
Owen Nolan
Vincent Damphousse
Ray Whitney

Damphousse and nolan certainly fit this description really well, maybe ray whitney but he played for a lot of teams.

 

[yada]

Cindy The Fraud

Well, to start with, Crosby's shooting % is 17% in his Richard-winning seasons, and it never was above 14.5% in any of the other full seasons. So, he got a lot of puck luck, and that matters when you win the title by 1 or 4 goals. (To put things into perspective, if Crosby shot at 14.5% in both 09/10 and 16/17, he would have been 5th in both seasons).

His stats above 10th place point %, as well as the size of his QoC are abysmal.
He's trash defensively.

Crosby will be mostly forgotten in 20 years like his counterpart Bernie Nichols.
His rookie cards will become toilet paper, as everyone scrambles to trade theirs in for Ovi The Grea8 Putin Scoring Legacy!

Um this certainly a take

 

[yada]

I was only able to find 2 eligible players in NHL history that scored 400 goals over a 10 year span that aren't in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Peter Bondra and Keith Tkachuk. That's it, and they did it at the height of the "dead-puck era". Both deserve Hall of Fame induction IMO.

Personally id induct tkachuk. I understand he did jack shit in the playoffs but he certainly had great regular season success.

I wouldn't on bondra

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Barry Pederson

 

[Herby]

Ziggy Palffy (injuries, poor teams. Had this guy been an Av or Red Wing in his prime he'd be looked at much differently)

Patrick Sharp (overshadowed by teammates, brilliant game sense, could play many roles on a team)

Paul Kariya (injuries, was dominant for his short prime, higher peak than Selanne but will be less remembered)

Sandis Ozolinsh (underrated, elite at what he did)

Mattias Norstrom (underrated, elite at what he did)

Joe Pavelski (one of the most underrated in league history, might be able to play til he's 45. Top 10 game-sense of all time.)

Chris Osgood (underrated, big game goalie)

Mike Richards (total winner before the wheels fell off prematurely)

Sergei Samsonov (played in the wrong era, had he been drafted a decade earlier or a decade later he'd have been more highly thought of)

Nicklas Lidstrom (Might be an odd choice, but I think people still sell him short. Top 2 in Norris voting 9 out of 10 seasons)

 

[David Bruce Banner]

One from each decade I've watched hockey...
Rick Martin
Kelly Kisio
Martin Gelinas
Scott Mellanby
Brian Gionta
Wayne Simmonds
Kyle Connor