Kyle McMahon
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Actually, I have'em in this order
- Fetisov
- Tretiak
- Kharlamov
For the record, Fetisov is a shoo-in for my top-10 in this round.
The thing with Richard is that there are some rationnal arguments for ranking him as high as 5th (and some stupid ones to rank him as high as 3rd). Kharlamov? Well, to a certain extent, he did win as much scoring titles than Richard. But he also won as much as Lindsay, who could obviously do much more on the ice. He also won as much as Trottier, and as much as a very slick two-way playmaking center that will be considered around rank 80th or so. (and the three guys had a longer career as well).
But Kharlamov was something of a 1-dimensionnal player playing in a league that I would describe as weaker than the NHL and the WHA (as a whole...). I'm not implying Richard was a complete player, but he definitely had more facets in his game than Kharlamov did, same thing could be said with Lindsay, Trottier and the aforementionned guy.
Actually, I have Mikhailov higher than many does here... probably. Might be another reason why I rank Kharlamov so low.
I'm not sure what you're implying here. That Richard was better than Kharlamov? I am in complete agreement. I also have no issue with Lindsay and Trottier being ranked above him, though it's a lot closer in those cases.