Who is the hardest hitter in NHL history?

[HABSMANIA21*]

patrick mielke( i think thats how you spell it) he could be one of a great ones in the future.

 

[Gunnar Stahl 30]

Scott Stevens...but dont ask me ask Eric Lindros, Paul Kariya,Sammy Kapponen,Ron Francis.........

 

[HABSMANIA21*]

Scott Stevens...but dont ask me ask Eric Lindros, Paul Kariya,Sammy Kapponen,Ron Francis.........

or you could ask me ive got nailed by patrick mielke. i know what your saying right now...OUCH. AND YOUR SAYING WHOSE PATRICK MIELKE I DONT EVEN REMEMBER HE HIT ME SO HARD.
WHEN I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE DOCTOR THOUGHT I WAS HIT BY A FREIGHT TRAIN.

TRUE STOREY

 

[Rich Nixon]

That was just epic. On the majority of big hits, the victim doesn't see it coming. This was one of the rare cases where a guy was just purely overpowered.

It's all in the sound of the hit. BOOM

 

[FutureGM97]

Derian Hatcher isnt too shabby of a hitter. Denis Gauthier and Dion Phaneuf will certainly be up there by the time their careers end as big hitters

 

[Lostprophets7]

Rob Blake is pretty good at the hip check but Stevens is my answer.

Kyle McLaren is the best at hip checks!

 

[Prince Pasta]

the Edmonton Express himself

Eddie Shore

 

[neg marron]

the Edmonton Express himself

Eddie Shore

 

[HoverCarle*]

look up scott stevens top 10 hits on youtube.

 

[MakoSlade]

Of anyone I have ever seen, Scott Stevens far and away. No one else even comes close. McLaren, Steve Smith, Hatcher (when he keeps the elbow down), Kaspar, Marchment, those guys were freight trains as well.

I wish I could have seen some of the old guys people have mentioned...

 

[jiggs 10]

Forsberg is a great hitter AND he controls the puck while doing it! Never saw anyone else able to do that!

Tim Horton would have to be next on my list, then Vladimir Konstantinov.

Stevens is a dirty hitter, therefore I won't put him on any list I make. Only people who can actually HIT a player within the rules should count.

 

[Sabres9101]

Patrick Kaleta hits hard but probably not the best ever

 

[tinyzombies]

I'll go with Lindros in his prime. HARD hits. There's a bunch on Youtube. I was on the glass in San Jose for one of them and he spilled a drink on me. I think Stevens was a better hitter, but not necessarily harder.

I would consider Larry Robinson in there, but his game became passive in the 80s.

 

[nerdman60]

I'll go with Lindros in his prime. HARD hits. There's a bunch on Youtube. I was on the glass in San Jose for one of them and he spilled a drink on me. I think Stevens was a better hitter, but not necessarily harder.

I would consider Larry Robinson in there, but his game became passive in the 80s.

i agree, Lindros in his prime

 

[ATrain24]

Patrick Kaleta hits hard but probably not the best ever

KALETA, let's keep this as an nhl discussion...his name cant be considered for this...and after he got dummied by philipps in his attempt to a fight....and after he got leveled by NEIL and did nothing later on in that game...please let's not mention anymore AHL call ups.

 

[mazmin]

I've read quite a few novels on old time hockey and a name that comes up A LOT is Sprague Cleghorn.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Not really. Early career he simply would not back down. He would take hits to give them, the fifty fifty kind that most skill players are supposed to avoid. Think Wendel Clark in this regard.

Oh come on... You can't seriously think Forsberg is anywhere close to a Stevens or Lindros in the hitting department. Anyway, those are the top two of the last 20 years or so. 1) Stevens 2) Lindros

Yes, he didn't back down. What does that have to do with hitting ability?

Forsberg is a great hitter AND he controls the puck while doing it! Never saw anyone else able to do that!

Tim Horton would have to be next on my list, then Vladimir Konstantinov.

Stevens is a dirty hitter, therefore I won't put him on any list I make. Only people who can actually HIT a player within the rules should count.

 

[DayWalk3r]

Open Ice - Scott Stevens

Along the boards - Eric Lindros

Ditto.

 

[DayWalk3r]

Forsberg is a great hitter AND he controls the puck while doing it! Never saw anyone else able to do that!

Tim Horton would have to be next on my list, then Vladimir Konstantinov.

Stevens is a dirty hitter, therefore I won't put him on any list I make. Only people who can actually HIT a player within the rules should count.

I agree.
This is a little example of it, and it wasnt even during his prime-time glory days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6xijOdiJk

 

[VanIslander]

Forsberg is a great hitter AND he controls the puck while doing it! Never saw anyone else able to do that!

Until Ovechkin.

 

[salty justice]

In the 15 or so years Ive been a hockey fan I havent seen anyone legally hurt people the way Stevens did.

 

[Ferraro93]

I've never seen anyone hit the ice harder then Sean Avery

 

[jBuds]

Stott Scevens?

 

[oneydcat*]

brendan witt. just kidding

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Two young guys that could make this list eventually are Colby Armstrong and Dustin Brown. They've only been in the league for a short time but they already have quite a few highlight reel hits.