Favorite Hawks and non Hawks player?

[ManChild20]

Since I am a new poster, I'd thought posting a thread that gets to know some of you guys would be fun. So just respond with your favorite current blackhawks player, and then your favorite NHL player on a different team...Feel free to expand and explain why if you want.

Blackhawks: Patrick Kane. I love a lot of guys on this team, but it will always be Kane for me.

NHL: Not really an interesting one, but Sidney Crosby. I just love watching the guy play. A generational talent.

Dustin Byfuglien would be next for me

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[CallMeShaft]

Toews for his leadership and composure.
Rask because he's a great goalie, and has a decent sense of humor.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Toews for the Hawks
Bergeron for the Bruins

Pretty easy picks

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Hawks: Kane
Non-Hawks: Kessel & Stamkos

 

[Kurtosis]

Keith and Stamkos.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Hossa and Tavares/Giroux. Tough call for both picks though.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Hossa / Lehtonen

 

[Taze em]

Hawks: Kane, but Saad is climbing quickly

Non-Hawk: PK Subban

 

[hawksrule]

Saad and Brodeur, although it's probably time to pick a Brodeur replacement.

 

[ManChild20]

Hawks: Kane, but Saad is climbing quickly

Non-Hawk: PK Subban

Saad is up there for me too, as you can see with my username

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Hawks: Toews
Non-Hawk: .... that's a tough one.... Stamkos or Subban, probably.

 

[Bubba88]

Toews
with Saad, Keith, Kane, Krüger, Hjammer being Close behind

other:
Duchene

 

[mikitas donut]

Was Bolland. Now it's Hossa.

Bergeron is my non-Hawk favorite.

 

[RedBaronIndian]

Hawks: Toews, Hossa, Keith in that order

Non Hawks: Bolland, Havlat, Pirri, Selanne (Yeah I am a sucker for Ex-Hawks)

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Sharp. Has been since 08, not changing now.

Strombone, for the laffs.

 

[BobbyJet]

Toews, Sharp.
Doughty, Quick

 

[ManChild20]

Thanks for all the responses guys. I'm surprised by all of the Boston love. I can't stand them haha.

 

[LordKOTL]

Hawks:

Hossa. Been a fan of his since back in his WHL days for thwe Winterhawks. HHoF talent IMHO and out of all the Slovaks to ever play the game, is second only to Stan Mikita. Nearly impossible to knock off the puck, and probably the best FWD in all three zones of the ice today. The fact he's never won a Selke frankly shocks me. He also seems to have the quality that Chelios, Jagr, Selanne, and the like have of being older, but still being very valuable on the ice.

Non-'hawks:
I've always liked Anze Kopitar. Great talent.

 

[ManChild20]

Hawks:

Hossa. Been a fan of his since back in his WHL days for thwe Winterhawks. HHoF talent IMHO and out of all the Slovaks to ever play the game, is second only to Stan Mikita. Nearly impossible to knock off the puck, and probably the best FWD in all three zones of the ice today. The fact he's never won a Selke frankly shocks me. He also seems to have the quality that Chelios, Jagr, Selanne, and the like have of being older, but still being very valuable on the ice.

Non-'hawks:
I've always liked Anze Kopitar. Great talent.

Anze Kopitar has a lot of the same qualities as Hossa, so it makes sense that you would respect his game.

In general, there are so many guys to like on this team, but we usually become attached to specific players. That's just how fans are. I'm only 21, so the Kane and Toews era was what got me the most interested in hockey, being originally from Chicago. Those two guys along with Keith and Hammer have always been up there for me. Saad is becoming one of my favorites however.

 

[LordKOTL]

Anze Kopitar has a lot of the same qualities as Hossa, so it makes sense that you would respect his game.

In general, there are so many guys to like on this team, but we usually become attached to specific players. That's just how fans are. I'm only 21, so the Kane and Toews era was what got me the most interested in hockey, being originally from Chicago. Those two guys along with Keith and Hammer have always been up there for me. Saad is becoming one of my favorites however.

There's that, and I do have a soft spot for guys who are the only representatives of their country in the NHL. The more world representation the better; it shows the game is growing.

Granted, at my age it was the era where Grimson and Probert were in their prime--that's when I started getting more into hockey than others sports, and my fave non-Blackhawk player was Ron Hextall.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Hammer, Toews.
Kopecky, Frolik.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

Crawford, Hammer
JVR, Rask

 

[ChiGuySez]

Toews, Kane, Hossa, Keith. Flavor of the day.

Non-Hawk, Ladd Byfuglien.

 

[Bubba88]

thought it would be obvious that we shouldn't Name Ex Hawks as favorite non Hawks.

 

[member 151739]

Patrick Kane and Jeff Skinner.