HFNYR Top 10 Centers in Rangers History

[Crease]

Richter Scale

Rank | Player
1 | Frank Boucher
2 | Mark Messier
3 | Jean Ratelle
4 | Neil Colville
5 | Phil Watson
6 | Phil Esposito
7 | Clint Smith
8 | Walt Tkaczuk
9 | Ron Duguay
10 | Ulf Nilsson
11 | Wayne Gretzky
12 | Kelly Kisio
13 | Camille Henry
14 | Pete Stemkowski
15 | Edgar Laprade
16 | Don Raleigh
17 | Buddy O'Connor
18 | Mark Pavelich
19 | Earl Ingarfield
20 | Peter Nedved

Round | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 | Rank 4 | Rank 5 | Rank 6 | Rank 7 | Rank 8 | Rank 9 | Rank 10
Vote 1 | Boucher | Messier | Ratelle | Colville | Watson | Tkaczuk | Esposito | Smith | Raleigh | O'Connor
Vote 2 | Tkaczuk | Laprade | Raleigh | Esposito | Gretzky | O'Connor | Smith

 

[Crease]

Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List)

Rank | Player | # of Lists | Voting Points | Average Ranking | Change
1 | Frank Boucher | 8 | 156 | 1.5 | 0
2 | Mark Messier | 8 | 150 | 2.3 | 0
3 | Jean Ratelle | 8 | 147 | 2.6 | 0
4 | Phil Esposito | 8 | 100 | 8.5 | -6
5 | Neil Colville | 7 | 99 | 6.9 | +1
6 | Walt Tkaczuk | 8 | 98 | 6.6 | 0
7 | Phil Watson | 6 | 88 | 6.3 | +2
8 | Clint Smith | 7 | 80 | 9.6 |
9 | Don Raleigh | 8 | 73 | 11.9 | +1
10 | Buddy O'Connor | 7 | 72 | 8.7 | +1
11 | Wayne Gretzky | 7 | 71 | 10.9 | +1
12 | Camille Henry | 6 | 64 | 10.3 |
13 | Phil Goyette | 6 | 61 | 10.8 |
14 | Ron Duguay | 8 | 58 | 13.8 |
15 | Edgar Laprade | 6 | 56 | 11.7 | +8
16 | Ulf Nilsson | 4 | 44 | 10 |
17 | Kelly Kisio | 6 | 32 | 15.7 |
18 | Earl Ingarfield | 4 | 29 | 13.8 |
19 | Mark Pavelich | 6 | 25 | 16.8 |
20 | Mike Rogers | 5 | 18 | 15.2 |
21 | Peter Nedved | 3 | 11 | 17.3 |
22 | Darren Turcotte | 2 | 11 | 15.5 |
23 | Bernie Nicholls | 1 | 9 | 12 |
24 | Sergei Nemchinov | 2 | 9 | 16.5 |
25 | Eric Lindros | 1 | 8 | 13 |
26 | Red Sullivan | 2 | 8 | 17 |
27 | Pete Stemkowsi | 5 | 5 | 16.6 |
28 | Pierre Larouche | 1 | 4 | 8.5 |
29 | Dave Creighton | 1 | 3 | 18 |
30 | Paul Ronty | 1 | 3 | 18 |
31 | Ab DeMarco | 1 | 1 | 20 |

This list is the result from Round 1 of voting to generate a list of players for Round 2. It is not the final result. The final result is in post #1 of this thread.

Definitions
# of Lists: The number of top 20 lists (out of 8 total lists) on which the player was listed.
Voting Points: The number of voting points the player received. 20 points for 1st, 19 points for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 20th.
Average Ranking: The average placement of a player on the lists on which he appeared only. For example, Bernie Nicholls was ranked on one list only, at spot #12. His average ranking is 12.
Change: The change in rank from the aggregate list (this post) to the final list (post #1).

 

[Crease]

The big winner in Round 2 was Edgar Laprade. Barely made his way onto the ballot, but then jumped 8 spots to finished #7 on the All-Time list. Conversely, Espo took a bit of a tumble.

 

[bernmeister]

Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List)

Rank | Player | # of Lists | Voting Points | Average Ranking | Change
1 | Frank Boucher | 8 | 156 | 1.5 | 0
2 | Mark Messier | 8 | 150 | 2.3 | 0
3 | Jean Ratelle | 8 | 147 | 2.6 | 0
4 | Phil Esposito | 8 | 100 | 8.5 | -6
5 | Neil Colville | 7 | 99 | 6.9 | +1
6 | Walt Tkaczuk | 8 | 98 | 6.6 | 0
7 | Phil Watson | 6 | 88 | 6.3 | +2
8 | Clint Smith | 7 | 80 | 9.6 |
9 | Don Raleigh | 8 | 73 | 11.9 | +1
10 | Buddy O'Connor | 7 | 72 | 8.7 | +1
11 | Wayne Gretzky | 7 | 71 | 10.9 | +1
12 | Camille Henry | 6 | 64 | 10.3 |
13 | Phil Goyette | 6 | 61 | 10.8 |
14 | Ron Duguay | 8 | 58 | 13.8 |
15 | Edgar Laprade | 6 | 56 | 11.7 | +8
16 | Ulf Nilsson | 4 | 44 | 10 |
17 | Kelly Kisio | 6 | 32 | 15.7 |
18 | Earl Ingarfield | 4 | 29 | 13.8 |
19 | Mark Pavelich | 6 | 25 | 16.8 |
20 | Mike Rogers | 5 | 18 | 15.2 |
21 | Peter Nedved | 3 | 11 | 17.3 |
22 | Darren Turcotte | 2 | 11 | 15.5 |
23 | Bernie Nicholls | 1 | 9 | 12 |
24 | Sergei Nemchinov | 2 | 9 | 16.5 |
25 | Eric Lindros | 1 | 8 | 13 |
26 | Red Sullivan | 2 | 8 | 17 |
27 | Pete Stemkowsi | 5 | 5 | 16.6 |
28 | Pierre Larouche | 1 | 4 | 8.5 |
29 | Dave Creighton | 1 | 3 | 18 |
30 | Paul Ronty | 1 | 3 | 18 |
31 | Ab DeMarco | 1 | 1 | 20 |

This list is the result from Round 1 of voting to generate a list of players for Round 2. It is not the final result.

Definitions
# of Lists: The number of top 20 lists (out of 8 total lists) on which the player was listed.
Voting Points: The number of voting points the player received. 20 points for 1st, 19 points for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 20th.
Average Ranking: The average placement of a player on the lists on which he appeared only. For example, Bernie Nicholls was ranked on one list only, at spot #12. His average ranking is 12.
Change: The change in rank from the aggregate list to the final list.

Crease,

Thanks for all the good hard work on this.

If I understand correctly from where I bolded, this was all to set up the inclusion of nominees and their rank, and this next, final round will be the final.

If so, please keep us advised as you proceed further at your convenience.

If I misunderstood some detail or other, please advise.

Thanks,

Yours,

bernmeister

 

[Crease]

Bern, the final results of the entire project are in post #1.

What you quoted above is the aggregate list, which formed the basis for who appeared on the ballots of Round 2 Vote 1 and Round 2 Vote 2. The aggregate list was generated by combining the initial top 20 lists each participant sent to me at the beginning of this project. I included the aggregate list in this thread because it's neat to see how much the general consensus changed from the beginning of the project to the end of the project.

 

[Fitzy]

Laprade... we should all have 60 year retirements.

 

[bernmeister]

Bern, the final results of the entire project are in post #1.

What you quoted above is the aggregate list, which formed the basis for who appeared on the ballots of Round 2 Vote 1 and Round 2 Vote 2. The aggregate list was generated by combining the initial top 20 lists each participant sent to me at the beginning of this project. I included the aggregate list in this thread because it's neat to see how much the general consensus changed from the beginning of the project to the end of the project.

Got it and thanks!

I would like to think I'm just SO happy that since Torts is gone Kreider is gonna prove every bit the great player I predicted, but the fact is, my friend, .... I need a vacation!

Thanks again for bang up job with this.

 

[Crease]

Laprade... we should all have 60 year retirements.

Unbelievable, right? He still lives in the Thunder Bay house he purchased in 1945 with his $5000 NHL signing bonus.

When he played with the Rangers, he stayed at the Belvedere Hotel around the corner from the Garden.

 

[McDunna with Fries]

I'd love to see a top 10 American centers list!