....yep.
To reiterate; the list is a joke.
I don't understand why they don't go beyond #33 when they have 0 and 00 listed. Doesn't make sense.
Most of those are subjective anyways. Basically, what your preference is. How do you compare players that played 30-40 years apart like Esposito and Morenz.
2 - Leetch as runner up. All the other names listed were better Ds than Leetch.
10 - You can't pick Francis over Lafleur when Lafleur was the best player for half a decade and Francis was what 4th or 5th best center. I'd pick Hawerchuck ahead of Francis.
11- Messier fine. Gartner runner-up? Over Perreault. No way and it isn't even close.
18 - I wouldn't pick Denis over Serge.
25 - Andreychuk over Nieuwendyk and Lemaire. Andreychuk? No way. 3 Cups for Joe, and 8 for Coco. Lemaire was the #1 C on a dynasty of 4 cups while Andreychuk was enhancement talent (even though he wore the C) on 1.
29 - Runner up should be Vokoun and not Otto. Otto was still a 3rd liner in his peak years.
30 - Runner up is Rogie. Osgood shouldn't even appear on the list.
32 - Best Claude Lemieux - runner up Thomas. You go into the playoffs, who do you want on your team. Hunter just to take stupid penalties or Lemieux to score clutch goals and take stupid penalties (fewer than Hunter). You want a playoff MVP and runner-up to playoff MVP or the guy who's most notable career achievement is getting suspended 21 games for a late and dirty hit after a goal. I'm guessing here that Rob Ray was considered because the author lacked names to fill his list.
John Krieser should go cover lawn bowling or shuffleboard because I don't think he's even qualified to cover field hockey.