Associated Content Top 50 Players

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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1859093/top_50_greatest_nhl_hockey_players.html?cat=14

If you don't want to click through 14 pages, I'll list the top 50 here.

50. Sergei Fedorov
49. Bernie Geoffrion
48. Ron Francis
47. Brad Park
46. Dit Clapper
45. Elmer Lach
44. Chris Chelios
43. Brett Hull
42. Peter Stastny
41. Newsy Lalonde
40. Charlie Conacher
39. Tim Horton
38. Peter Forsberg
37. Syl Apps
36. Cy Denneny
35. Gilbert Perreault
34. Jari Kurri
33. Joe Malone
32. Henri Richard
31. Joe Sakic
30. Milt Schmidt
29. Dickie Moore
28. Larry Robinson
27. Paul Coffey
26. Ted Lindsay
25. Marcel Dionne
24. Steve Yzerman
23. Frank Mahovlich
22. Bobby Clarke
21. Jaromir Jagr
20. Red Kelly
19. Denis Potvin
18. Eddie Shore
17. Phil Esposito
16. Bryan Trottier
15. Stan Mikita
14. Ray Bourque
13. Howie Morenz
12. Nicklas Lidstrom
11. Guy Lafleur
10. Mike Bossy
9. Bobby Hull
8. Mark Messier
7. Doug Harvey
6. Jean Beliveau
5. Maurice Richard
4. Mario Lemieux
3. Gordie Howe
2. Bobby Orr
1. Wayne Gretzky

What do you think? A few obvious ones stand out, such as Bossy at 10, Lidstrom at 12, Shore at 18 and Fedorov at 50. But overall, this is a lot better than many top lists we see on the net.

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[TheDevilMadeMe]

I guess it's pretty good. He obviously didn't include any goalies or non-NHLers. Also seems to underrate pre-WW2 players by quite a bit (which is pretty common in such lists).

Isn't associated content just a site where any fan can post whatever they want? So that would make it just the list of a random fan? Or am I wrong?

 

[MXD]

Geoffrion at 49 and Moore at 28 is like...
Pretty unusual.

 

[sidewayzLEAFS]

federov at 50 is a joke
eddie shore should be top 8 at least


and where's wade belak?

but better then other list that i have seen

 

[Fire Sweeney]

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw Lidstrom above Bourque and Shore

 

[Pear Juice]

I'm as high on Mike Bossy's as anyone, but top-10? Nah, that's just plain wrong. Still, this is a pretty decent list compared to most newspapers.

 

[mrhockey193195]

I'm as high on Mike Bossy's as anyone, but top-10? Nah, that's just plain wrong. Still, this is a pretty decent list compared to most newspapers.

Ditto for Messier.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Ron Francis makes this list but Bill Cook doesn't?
Marcel Dionne above guys like Ted Lindsay and Milt Schmidt?

Pure garbage.

 

[seventieslord]

I gotta say too, this list is pretty bad.

Majorly overrated (twice as high as I'd have them): Francis 48th, Perreault 35th, Richard 32nd, Moore 29th, Lafleur 11th, Bossy 10th, Messier 8th, Richard 5th.

Majorly underrated (half as high as I'd have them): Taylor DNP, Lalonde 41st, Shore 18th, Hull 9th.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

In all honesty, if Messier and Shore were to flip positions, the top-22 would be very defensible. A fair bit different from my own, but within reason.

I think Mahovlich, Moore, H. Richard, Perreault, and Kurri are quite overrated on that list. However, for the first three, those are almost the exact positions that the Hockey News list had them at, so it is not without precedent. Perreault and Kurri were also within the Top 50 on the THN list.

There are certainly some omissions of older players and recent players ranked too high, but that's just the usual modern bias that you see on most lists. Amongst those actually present on the list, I wouldn't say there's anything too outregeous. I guess Fedorov at #50 is probably the worst, and that could well be a case of the guy just sticking one of his favorites on the end. Come to think of it, the last edition of our HOH Top 100 list had him in the 80's I think, and of course you need to consider that we probably had about 15 goalies/non-NHL players (players not under consideration on this list) ahead of Fedorov. Personally though, Sergei does not currently make my top-120.

 

[seventieslord]

Oh wow, totally missed that there were no goalies there.

 

[Snap Wilson]

Oh, the certainty of opinion!

 

[nmbr_24]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1859093/top_50_greatest_nhl_hockey_players.html?cat=14

If you don't want to click through 14 pages, I'll list the top 50 here.

50. Sergei Fedorov
49. Bernie Geoffrion
48. Ron Francis
47. Brad Park
46. Dit Clapper
45. Elmer Lach
44. Chris Chelios
43. Brett Hull
42. Peter Stastny
41. Newsy Lalonde
40. Charlie Conacher
39. Tim Horton
38. Peter Forsberg
37. Syl Apps
36. Cy Denneny
35. Gilbert Perreault
34. Jari Kurri
33. Joe Malone
32. Henri Richard
31. Joe Sakic
30. Milt Schmidt
29. Dickie Moore
28. Larry Robinson
27. Paul Coffey
26. Ted Lindsay
25. Marcel Dionne
24. Steve Yzerman
23. Frank Mahovlich
22. Bobby Clarke
21. Jaromir Jagr
20. Red Kelly
19. Denis Potvin
18. Eddie Shore
17. Phil Esposito
16. Bryan Trottier
15. Stan Mikita
14. Ray Bourque
13. Howie Morenz
12. Nicklas Lidstrom
11. Guy Lafleur
10. Mike Bossy
9. Bobby Hull
8. Mark Messier
7. Doug Harvey
6. Jean Beliveau
5. Maurice Richard
4. Mario Lemieux
3. Gordie Howe
2. Bobby Orr
1. Wayne Gretzky

What do you think? A few obvious ones stand out, such as Bossy at 10, Lidstrom at 12, Shore at 18 and Fedorov at 50. But overall, this is a lot better than many top lists we see on the net.

I don't know, just the fact that Lidstrom is ahead of Shore and Bourque makes me scratch my head. Lidstrom just isn't as good as Bourque was and even though I have never seen Shore, I tend to believe when people who did see him told me how good he was.

 

[Leafs Forever]

Lidstrom above Bourque and Shore? Messier above Hull? No Taylor? Bad list..