Greatest Forwards #31

[GFS]

Born 1960-83

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Mario Lemieux
3. Jaromir Jagr
4. Mark Messier
5. Joe Sakic
6. Peter Forsberg
7. Steve Yzerman
8. Teemu Selanne
9. Jari Kurri
10. Eric Lindros
11. Sergei Fedorov
12. Brett Hull
13. Pavel Datsyuk
14. Pavel Bure
15. Joe Thornton
16. Ron Francis
17. Jarome Iginla
18. Martin St. Louis
19. Paul Kariya
20. Mats Sundin
21. Doug Gilmour
22. Adam Oates
23. Dale Hawerchuk
24. Mike Modano
25. Henrik Zetterberg
26. Henrik Sedin
27. Daniel Sedin
28. Luc Robitaille
29. Ilya Kovalchuk
30. Pat LaFontaine

Click to read more...

 

[shelf]

Naslund had the best peak. In the 4 seasons prior to the 04-05 lockout he led all players in Goals and Points. Also had a Pearson. He was arguably the best forward at one point which is not true for any other of these players on this list.

 

[wetcoast]

Went with Denis Savard here who had an excellent peak and prime and also a very good playoff career.

Injuries did start chipping away at his legacy at age 27 but still an under appreciated player sometimes.

Igor is still a good option as well here.

 

[bobholly39]

I still like Marc Recchi.

He was a high proflile forward his whole career. It's true that he didn't necessarily have a season where he won any of the big awards or was even in serious contention - but he was still regularly a top 5-10 forward in the league, and is one of only 13 players in history to top 1500 points.

He won 3 cups, and played a big part in all of them at various stages of his career.

Don't think anyone else left matches up to him career-wise. He probably should have been voted in already