Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Datsyuk
Lidström
Karlsson
Kane
McDavid
Bergeron
Doughty
HM: Thornton
McDavid over Lundqvist....? In the last 10 years...?
Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Datsyuk
Lidström
Karlsson
Kane
McDavid
Bergeron
Doughty
HM: Thornton
Terrible.In no order
Toews
Kane
Keith
Crosby
Malkin
Lidstrom
Doughty
Kopitar
Chara
Bergeron
Really mind blowing. Too bad people don’t understand simple charts like this. Morons.
For those wondering 2005 - 2018
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Name GP G A P Ovechkin 1003 607 515 1122 Crosby 864 411 705 1116 Thornton 984 237 769 1006 Malkin 784 370 560 930 Henrik Sedin 1012 196 728 924 Erik Staal 1012 384 507 891 Daniel Sedin 991 332 558 890 Ryan Getzlaf 917 246 628 875 Henrik Zetterberg 942 300 573 873 Patrick Kane 822 290 538 828
Name | GP | G | A | Pts |
Duncan Keith | 996 | 92 | 451 | 543 |
Erik Karlsson | 628 | 126 | 392 | 518 |
Shea Weber | 867 | 189 | 312 | 501 |
Zdeno Chara | 966 | 155 | 342 | 497 |
Brent Burns | 785 | 155 | 341 | 496 |
McDavid over Lundqvist....? In the last 10 years...?
I feel the “Must haves” are
Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Lidstrom
Thornton
Everything else after that is somewhat controversial. I feel this is to big of a sample size considering guys like EK, Giroux, Stamkos, And Tavares came into the league fully 5-6 years after the lock out.
Then there are guys like Datsyuk, MSL, and Iginla, who were still dominant years after the lockout, but then got older and either retired years ago since or continued to play but with less impact.
Lidstrom won 4 Norris trophies post 2005. He’s pretty much a lock for this.That's a pretty crappy list of must haves.
The musts for me are:
Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin (those 3 are easy enough and should be unanimous) and Patrick Kane
Patrick Kane has an argument for top 3 (top 2?) playoff performer since, and is prolly 4th best regular season forward, or close.
Lidstrom is old past 2005. I mean - he can make it, but i don't think it's a must. Is post 2005 Lidstrom any better then the best of guys like Keith, Doughty, Karlsson?
Thornton can maybe make it but i'm always extremely underwhelmed by his playoffs. If we're counting 2005-2006, that gives him at least 2 monster regular seasons which helps. Without 2005-2006 im not sure he makes the list though, and if he does certainly not as a must.
Thornton sits 3rd in points and first in assists through a majority of the past 10 years. He is easily one of the best players post lockout. He didn’t have just 1-2 monster years. Ok...his resume in general is still a HOF one over the last 10 years, so excluding all that and focusing on playoffs is idiotic. Les stop changing the criteria to “top 10 playoff players since ‘06.”That's a pretty crappy list of must haves.
The musts for me are:
Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin (those 3 are easy enough and should be unanimous) and Patrick Kane
Patrick Kane has an argument for top 3 (top 2?) playoff performer since, and is prolly 4th best regular season forward, or close.
Lidstrom is old past 2005. I mean - he can make it, but i don't think it's a must. Is post 2005 Lidstrom any better then the best of guys like Keith, Doughty, Karlsson?
Thornton can maybe make it but i'm always extremely underwhelmed by his playoffs. If we're counting 2005-2006, that gives him at least 2 monster regular seasons which helps. Without 2005-2006 im not sure he makes the list though, and if he does certainly not as a must.
I mean his body of work is already there, but he’s been in the league for only 4 years. I mean how can you include someone who has only played 4 out of the last 12 years?I don't quite understand how McDavid doesn't make some of your list's
haha, saw your message after my post. Glad I finally included him instead of him being in the honorable mentions.All these lists with no Chara on them. Sad. Low energy. Small hands.
Kovalchuk would have most likely made my list if he had not left for the KHL.
Terrible.
Embarrassing list.
You forgot Justin Williams then, 3 cups and a Smythe don’t lie.Cups are ultimate goal. Those guys are primary reasons their team won cups. Who on the list do you think should not be in consideration for top 10. Given you say the list is terrible you must think most do not belong
All these lists with no Chara on them. Sad. Low energy. Small hands.
Question for OP, do you mean "best players who have played since 2005" or "best resume from 2005 to now"? A guy like Lidstrom would be higher in my list if it's the former instead of the latter. Assuming it's best resume since 2005, I'd go:
1. Crosby
2. Ovechkin
3. Lidstrom
4. Malkin
5. Datsyuk
6. Keith
7. McDavid (only this low because his career has been too short to be higher)
8. Karlsson
9. Kane
10. Thornton
Chara surprisingly only had 1 Norris trophy in his career. I was surprised to see it was that low.