Highest hockey IQ

[McFlash97]

Actually 0 other players can do that. Stop downplaying goals that look simple but are actually level 10/10 difficulty.

No other player in the history of the game has ever done that shot. 0. Not Mario, nor Gretzky nor Howe. No one has seen a goalie get injured, pick up on helmet location in the crease and angle of his head into the net before the ref blows the whistle.

It's funny how posters think this is so easy. The difficulty level is 10/10. There is a reason only Sid has done this so far.

Gretzky has done smart things with a stick and a puck that Crosby wouldn't think of in his dream.

 

[hcg]

I can see Kane being here, but putting guys like Petterson and Marner in this conversation seems forced.

Putting anyone outside Crosby and McDavid seems forced.

 

[Oskar Man]

This makes more sense to me than the usual "small playmaker" requirement which is how Marner ended up on this list.

Agreed. Not to be a homer or suggest he belongs on the list but a player like Giroux has excelled because of his smarts despite his skating, size, shot etc.

 

[apollo18]

Gretzky has done smart things with a stick and a puck that Crosby wouldn't think of in his dream.

doesnt really count in the 1980's in my opinion, the goalies were basically peewee quality

 

[eviohh26]

I miss Datsyuk. He was the smartest ive seen.

 

[clydesdale line]

Tavares absolutely should be on this list.

 

[Arselona]

Went with Kucherov. Because of his 128p season.

 

[bluetib]

Pastrnak not in this survey simply baffles me

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Pastrnak not in this survey simply baffles me

Lol this has to be a joke.

MacKinnon being in this poll is also ridiculous, he's closer to the other end of the spectrum.

 

[BlueMed]

Kane is mostly skill. Crosby and McDavid's IQ is what really takes them to the next level.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I have to go Crosby due to longevity.

Pettersson is very close, but when in doubt, you go with the proven historically elite player.

Kucherov and Marner aren't that far off either.

McDavid, MacKinnon and Kane have above-average hockey IQ's, but I wouldn't put any of them in the category of the others. It seems like people too often add an extremely high hockey IQ to every extremely good hockey player. They don't all have elite hockey IQ's because they are elite players.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Offensively is Crosby; Defensively is Bergeron.

 

[kp61c]

kane or kuch. it's a coin flip for me.

 

[tony d]

Crosby

 

[Muffin]

Half the list shouldn't be there. Guys like Stastny and O'Reilly should be on the list. Players who don't necessarily have the best physical tools.

 

[sdf]

every single player in the league can do that. If that wasn’t Crosby in the clip you wouldn’t give a ****. Crosby could probably shoot the puck off someone’s ass and in the net and people like you would be praising him like it’s something only he can do.

I imagined that goalie thought wow, what a jerk

 

[McFlash97]

Offensively is Crosby; Defensively is Bergeron.

Offensively its Crosby .....






when does pure ignorance stop when posting on HF.


Crosby's time is done. He cant think, and play the game at McDavid's level at creating offense.


sorry man.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

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Offensively its Crosby .....






when does pure ignorance stop when posting on HF.


Crosby's time is done. He cant think, and play the game at McDavid's level at creating offense.


sorry man.

IQ is different than skill/talent.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Tavares absolutely should be on this list.

So he can lose to Crosby? Seems unnecessary.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

imagine not having Adam Fox on this poll. He went to Harvard, you know.

 

[McFlash97]

IQ is different than skill/talent.

let me quote you .

Offensively is Crosby; Defensively is Bergeron.

offensively its Crosby.

Thats a solid joke.

 

[93LEAFS]

Kane is mostly skill. Crosby and McDavid's IQ is what really takes them to the next level.

McDavid is more pure speed/agility/hands generating a ridiculous amount of high-danger chances. He has high hockey IQ, but he's more dependent on physical skills than either Crosby or Kane.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

let me quote you .





offensively its Crosby.

Thats a solid joke.

You may be trying too hard...

I am simply saying in terms of offensive IQ Crosby has to be #1... not raw talent or production.

Crosby almost certainly began playing hockey before McDavid was even born. It isn't an insult to McDavid.

 

[perolofbrasar]

Half the list shouldn't be there. Guys like Stastny and O'Reilly should be on the list. Players who don't necessarily have the best physical tools.

This.

It's also understandable that players past their peak (Giroux, Backstrom) get forgotten, and let's not get into retired ones.

It's however mindboggling that Eichel has not been mentioned. My clear top of the list followed by Pettersson. Stone would be there too.

On this topic, but a side note, it was pure joy to watch Getzlaf in his prime - such a fantastic combination of top tier physicality and hockey-IQ.

 

[boredmale]

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