Most under-rated player

[pitseleh]

Just because I've been pimpin' him in another thread, I think Adam Oates gets pretty underrated. I think the fact that he moved around so often had something to do with it (Mark Recchi suffers from this as well IMO). It's hard to think of a guy as a "franchise player" when they play for so many teams.

I think the other problem is that people see the great goal scorers Oates played with (Hull, Neely, Bondra) and assume that they helped him rack up the assists.

I think it was the other way around though - most of those guys had career years when given the opportunity to play with Oates.

 

[JSmith81x]

No Ron Francis yet? He shows up on so many underrated lists he's in danger of being overrated.

 

[cupcrazyman]

the 70's,80's,90's are loaded with a lot of very talented players.many of these players are underated because they play(ed) & overshadowed by the greats.Gretzky,Lemieux,Roy,Bourque,Messier etc.

Francis
Dionne
Mikita
Oates
Gilmour
Robitaille
Recchi
Savard
Andrechuk
Gartner
Perrault

 

[Jungosi]

the 70's,80's,90's are loaded with a lot of very talented players.many of these players are underated because they play(ed) & overshadowed by the greats.Gretzky,Lemieux,Roy,Bourque,Messier etc.

Francis
Dionne
Mikita
Oates
Gilmour
Robitaille
Recchi
Savard
Andrechuk
Gartner
Perrault

Dionne is a really good one he is severly underrated.