Who´s the best Swedish hockey player ever?

[Vankiller Whale]

Erik Karlsson

 

[CanadienShark]

Lidstrom

 

[Nick Hansen]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

no mention of Hardy Astrom?

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Clearly Jonas Hoglund.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Your opinion is not a fact, bud. Lidstrom is one of the greatest defenceman of all time and is, in my opinion, the greatest swede of all time.

Lidstrom might be the greatest D-man of all time, peak, playoff performance, longevity, he had it all in spades.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

Well the NHL ain't in Sweden so that makes sense. These players belong to NA more than anywhere else. We watched them daily, live, on TV, highlights, everything. We're so lucky.

 

[Romang67]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

I suppose that's why they threw me out.

 

[Plural]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

Well that's just a lie considering we've had Swedish voters here already. I mean, that's not even a smart lie, it's a dumb lie.

 

[Plural]

Lidstrom might be the greatest D-man of all time, peak, playoff performance, longevity, he had it all in spades.

No chance, he's probably top-5 though. I don't see a compelling argument over Bourque and Ray was not as good as Orr was.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Clearly Jonas Hoglund.

Come on... that's not fair, bringing Hoglund into this.

It's like bringing Gretzky into a discussion about the greatest Canadian forward ever. Give the others a chance!

 

[TheMule93]

All things considered - regular season and playoff performances, individual awards, stats, etc its hard not to go with Lidstrom here

 

[Logic]

Lidstrom

 

[Korpse]

Forsberg was the better player but Lidstrom had the better Career.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Nicklas Lidström

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Lidstrom might be the greatest D-man of all time, peak, playoff performance, longevity, he had it all in spades.

There was this guy who used to wear number 4

 

[Blue Shakehead]

95% of Sweden has Forsberg over Lidstrom? I watched both players in the NHL for their entire careers and I don't think there is a compelling case to be made - but if there is - I would like to hear it...?

 

[MessierII]

You could make a very legitimate case Lidstrom is the 2nd best defensemen in NHL history. This is easily Lidstrom.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Forsberg best, Lidstrom greatest.

 

[93LEAFS]

Lidstrom had the greatest career due to having a ridiculously long prime, which was basically his peak. Figuring out what his peak is, is near impossible.

If I was to pick one player for a season, knowing they would be healthy and get peak performance I would take Forsberg. But, when considering best, I think you have to acknowledge Lidstrom's durability and consistency.

 

[Claypool]

Lidstrom's style of play wasn't flashy or memorable like Forsberg's was. Fact remains Lidstrom played 30 minutes a night against the opposing team's best players and never missed the playoffs in his career.

 

[Martinez]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

No reason to make Sweden look bad. The answer is clearly lids

 

[Elvs]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

Many Swedes who are close followers of the NHL would. If you're talking about casual fans from Sweden, who'd only watch these players on the national team, or on the sports news, then yeah those people are gonna say "Foppa AINEC".

 

[CashMash]

Forsberg for me. Lidström definitely had the better career, though.

 

[EK47]

Not a single person in Sweden would rank Lidstrom highest.

Burning my passport right now, I also hold Erik Karlsson slightly above Forsberg, so you should probably go ahead and press charges.