wetcoast
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Agree with the gist of the entire post although might quibble a bit here and there.Thought I'd take a stab at categorizing the list by era. I'm including players who were in their prime in a certain era. The edge cases were basically quick judgement calls
Rankings Pre-Expansion (Pre-1967) Post-Expansion (Post-1967) Pre-Merger (Pre-1927) Original Six (1942-1967) International Era (Post-1992) 1 Gordie Howe Wayne Gretzky Frank Nighbor Gordie Howe Mario Lemieux 2 Bobby Hull Bobby Orr Cyclone Taylor Bobby Hull Patrick Roy 3 Jean Beliveau Mario Lemieux Newsy Lalonde Jean Beliveau Ray Bourque 4 Doug Harvey Patrick Roy Sprague Cleghorn Doug Harvey Sidney Crosby 5 Maurice Richard Ray Bourque Georges Vezina Maurice Richard Dominik Hasek 6 Howie Morenz Sidney Crosby Joe Malone Red Kelly Nicklas Lidstrom 7 Eddie Shore Dominik Hasek Clint Benedict Jacques Plante Jaromir Jagr 8 Red Kelly Nicklas Lidstrom Cy Denneny Stan Mikita Alex Ovechkin 9 Jacques Plante Jaromir Jagr Eddie Gerard Glenn Hall Martin Brodeur 10 Frank Nighbor Denis Potvin Russell Bowie Terry Sawchuk Joe Sakic 11 Stan Mikita Mark Messier Hugh Lehman Ted Lindsay Steve Yzerman 12 Glenn Hall Alex Ovechkin Tommy Philips Syl Apps Chris Chelios 13 Cyclone Taylor Guy Lafleur Hod Stuart Henri Richard Peter Forsberg 14 Bill Cook Viacheslav Fetisov Mickey MacKay Milt Schmidt Evgeni Malkin 15 Terry Sawchuk Sergei Makarov Georges Boucher Pierre Pilote Chris Pronger 16 Ted Lindsay Phil Esposito Moose Johnson Frank Brimsek Scott Stevens 17 Newsy Lalonde Bobby Clarke Frank Fredrickson Ted Kennedy Al MacInnis 18 Frank Boucher Martin Brodeur Babe Dye Andy Bathgate Teemu Selanne 19 King Clancy Bryan Trottier Duke Keats Tim Horton Brett Hull 20 Syl Apps Joe Sakic Lester Patrick Dickie Moore Ed Belfour 21 Henri Richard Mike Bossy Frank Mahovlich Sergei Fedorov 22 Milt Schmidt Larry Robinson Max Bentley Zdeno Chara 23 Pierre Pilote Steve Yzerman Elmer Lach Joe Thornton 24 Charlie Conacher Chris Chelios Bill Durnan Patrick Kane 25 Frank Brimsek Valeri Kharlamov Turk Broda Duncan Keith
And by region raised in
Rank Ontario Quebec Western Canada USA Europe 1 Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux Gordie Howe Chris Chelios Dominik Hasek 2 Bobby Orr Jean Beliveau Eddie Shore Frank Brimsek Nicklas Lidstrom 3 Bobby Hull Patrick Roy Mark Messier Patrick Kane Jaromir Jagr 4 Howie Morenz Doug Harvey Glenn Hall Mark Howe Alex Ovechkin 5 Red Kelly Maurice Richard Bobby Clarke Brian Leetch Viacheslav Fetisov 6 Denis Potvin Ray Bourque Bryan Trottier Rod Langway Sergei Makarov 7 Frank Nighbor Jacques Plante Joe Sakic Mike Modano Valeri Kharlamov 8 Stan Mikita Guy Lafleur Terry Sawchuk John Leclair Vladislav Tretiak 9 Phil Esposito Martin Brodeur Steve Yzerman Peter Forsberg 10 Cyclone Taylor Mike Bossy Andy Bathgate Evgeni Malkin 11 Bill Cook Henri Richard Max Bentley Teemu Selanne 12 Larry Robinson Pierre Pilote Elmer Lach Anatoli Firsov 13 Ted Lindsay Sprague Cleghorn Turk Broda Jari Kurri 14 Newsy Lalonde Bernie Geoffrion Ed Belfour Borje Salming 15 Frank Boucher Marcel Dionne Bill Gadsby Boris Mikhailov 16 King Clancy Georges Vezina Duncan Keith Sergei Fedorov 17 Syl Apps Dickie Moore Sid Abel Zdeno Chara 18 Ken Dryden Joe Malone Jarome Iginla Alexander Maltsev 19 Brad Park Bill Cowley Johnny Bower Vladimir Martinec 20 Paul Coffey Nels Stewart Ching Johnson Henrik Lundqvist 21 Milt Schmidt Martin St. Louis Jack Stewart Erik Karlsson 22 Charlie Conacher Dave Keon Scott Niedermayer Jiri Holocek 23 Ted Kennedy Russell Bowie Doug Bentley Valeri Vasiliev 24 Chris Pronger Serge Savard Cecil Thompson Peter Stastny 25 Earl Seibert Roberto Luongo Paul Kariya Vladimir Krutov
Also noted that while Yzerman was born in BC he moved to Ontario at age 3 or something.
Also Brett hull isn't on the last list either and while he was born in the States he is a North shore product in Vancouver at the age of 15 after having spent some time in Winnipeg and before that Chicago..