Kant Think
Chaotic Neutral
Hi HOH board.
I Haven't post in a while, but I read this board almost daily.
I had the Idea to make a list of the best players by age (if the player turns 30 during the season, I consider him to be 30 years old), starting at 16 (earlier would be too much trouble with no real meanning to it) and all the way to 52 (For obvious reasons).
I do include evey league (Europeans, WHA, others...) although my knowlege of European leagues is lacking and therefore my list might be missing some European league players.
I've spend quite some time putting this list together, still I am quite sure that I haven't considered many worthy seasons (especially for 16 and 44 going up) and that together we can make it better.
I loved the exercise and debating between specific seasons will be a thrill.
16-Sidney Crosby
17-Wayne Gretzky
18-Wayne Gretzky
19-Wayne Gretzky
20-Wayne Gretzky
21-Wayne Gretzky
22-Wayne Gretzky
23-Wayne Gretzky (3 completely awesome seasons, But I think Wayne clearly takes the cake)
24-Wayne Gretzky
25-Wayne Gretzky
26-Bobby Orr (Extremely close)
27-Bobby Orr (I was kind of hoping for Lemieux here)
28-Wayne Gretzky
29-Wayne Gretzky (Again...)
30-Mario Lemieux)
31-Phil Esposito (Really tough call here)
32-Phil Esposito (I’m surprised to see him twice, both close calls)
33-Jacques Plante (I know, I know, But I think he had a better season than Hasek, very close though)
34-Dominik Hasek (Really close call with Jagr here)
35-Eddie Shore (Easily)
36-Nicklas Lidstrom (Quite a bit in front of Hasek)
37-Gordie Howe (Surprisingly, many really good seasons)
38-Nicklas Lidstrom
39-Gordie Howe
40-Jacques Plante (almost a tie with Gordie Howe)
41-Gordie Howe
42-Gordie Howe
43-Gordie Howe
44-Chris Chelios
45-Chris Chelios
46-Gordie-Howe
47-Gordie-Howe
48-Gordie-Howe
49-Gordie-Howe
50-Gordie-Howe
51-Gordie-Howe
52-Gordie-Howe
Your thoughts?
I Haven't post in a while, but I read this board almost daily.
I had the Idea to make a list of the best players by age (if the player turns 30 during the season, I consider him to be 30 years old), starting at 16 (earlier would be too much trouble with no real meanning to it) and all the way to 52 (For obvious reasons).
I do include evey league (Europeans, WHA, others...) although my knowlege of European leagues is lacking and therefore my list might be missing some European league players.
I've spend quite some time putting this list together, still I am quite sure that I haven't considered many worthy seasons (especially for 16 and 44 going up) and that together we can make it better.
I loved the exercise and debating between specific seasons will be a thrill.
16-Sidney Crosby
17-Wayne Gretzky
18-Wayne Gretzky
19-Wayne Gretzky
20-Wayne Gretzky
21-Wayne Gretzky
22-Wayne Gretzky
23-Wayne Gretzky (3 completely awesome seasons, But I think Wayne clearly takes the cake)
24-Wayne Gretzky
25-Wayne Gretzky
26-Bobby Orr (Extremely close)
27-Bobby Orr (I was kind of hoping for Lemieux here)
28-Wayne Gretzky
29-Wayne Gretzky (Again...)
30-Mario Lemieux)
31-Phil Esposito (Really tough call here)
32-Phil Esposito (I’m surprised to see him twice, both close calls)
33-Jacques Plante (I know, I know, But I think he had a better season than Hasek, very close though)
34-Dominik Hasek (Really close call with Jagr here)
35-Eddie Shore (Easily)
36-Nicklas Lidstrom (Quite a bit in front of Hasek)
37-Gordie Howe (Surprisingly, many really good seasons)
38-Nicklas Lidstrom
39-Gordie Howe
40-Jacques Plante (almost a tie with Gordie Howe)
41-Gordie Howe
42-Gordie Howe
43-Gordie Howe
44-Chris Chelios
45-Chris Chelios
46-Gordie-Howe
47-Gordie-Howe
48-Gordie-Howe
49-Gordie-Howe
50-Gordie-Howe
51-Gordie-Howe
52-Gordie-Howe
Your thoughts?