Best Player of All-Time At Each Number - #3

[Mitch nylander]

Skipping 0-00 | Criteria must've worn the number for over 4 years.

Ranking are top 3s. They are based on votes, players without votes are not added. IE: Al Macinnis for #2

#1 - (so far ) 1. Jacques Plante 2. Terry Sawchuk 3.Johnny Bower
#2 - (so far) 1. Doug Harvey 2. Brian Leetch
#3 - (so far) 1. Pierre Pilote/Scott Stevens 3. Butch Bouchard/Harry Howell
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Al Arbour
Butch Bouchard
Harry Howell
Pierre Pilote
Marcel Pronovost
Scott Stevens
J.C Tremblay

My Vote Goes To Pierre Pilote

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[Individual 1]

Pilote won 3 Norris trophies, finished 2nd another 3 times.

He was a 5x 1st team All Star, 3x 2nd team.

In the 1960-61 playoffs he tied for the most point in both series, and was tied for the most points in the playoffs.

 

[amnesiac]

Pilote 3 Norrises
Stevens 0

 

[Hockey Outsider]

It's hard to overlook Stevens' playoff resume, but Pilote won three Norris trophies, and was runner-up three more times. Stevens never won a Norris and was only runner-up twice. There are probably some era adjustment you'd need to make to that (competition was tougher in Stevens era), but that's a massive difference. Pilote very likely would have won the Conn Smythe had it existed in 1961.

 

[K Fleur]

When I think of Stevens he is wearing #4

And hitting a player in the head.

 

[Weztex]

For a number of years Pilote was the indisputable best dman in the NHL. I'm not sure if Stevens was ever considered a top 3 for a significant time span.

 

[Mitch nylander]

This is tied, let's find a winner. I will start up 4 and 5

 

[Machinehead]

1) Stevens shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Pilote.

2) None of Stevens best seasons came wearing #3.