Players who were not talked about enough during their career

[LeHab]

<insert star player playing in a small market>

 

[Kreegz2]

Homer vote for Pavol Demitra(RIP). Dude had several 30 goal seasons during the peak of the dead-puck era and would have had a couple more if not for injuries.

 

[Leafs87]

In that same vein: Robert Lang

And “the other 68” Ziggy Palffy

 

[GoJetsGo55]

In that same vein: Robert Lang

Dang.....I didn't think anyone would have stolen my answer but here we are haha.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Oh, and it's crazy how little Ziggy Palffy is remembered. One of the very best scorers of the dead puck era, nearly forgotten. Over a point per game in his NHL career, despite never playing in the high flying era.

That's probably because he spent more time on the IR than on the ice.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Mark Recchi. 12th all time in scoring but you won't find many threads about him on HF Boards. And the ones you'll find are most likely started by me...

That's because this is a hockey site, not a physician site.

 

[LeHab]

Oh, and it's crazy how little Ziggy Palffy is remembered. One of the very best scorers of the dead puck era, nearly forgotten. Over a point per game in his NHL career, despite never playing in the high flying era.

This is my answer as well. Little quality supporting cast to boot for most of his career. In 2002-03, he got 85pts with LA in 76 games while the second scorer was Schneider at 43pts then Smolinksi with 38.

 

[JoeCool16]

I remember in high school liking Jason Allison, but getting a lot of "who?" from casual fans. Sure he was slow, but he put up some really good seasons.

 

[robertmac43]

Peter Bondra. Loved using him back in the old NHL games

 

[DFC]

I remember in high school liking Jason Allison, but getting a lot of "who?" from casual fans. Sure he was slow, but he put up some really good seasons.

That's a really good one.

What happened to him? According to hockeydb, he retired pretty young, after a solid season. Injury?

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Retired Players
Pierre Turgeon
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Rod Brind Amour
Al MacInnis
Marc Savard
Andrew Brunette
Martin Straka

Current Players
Joe Pavelski
Ryan Suter

 

[Kanu]

Ron Francis never got the appreciation he deserved, given the career he's had.

 

[mattihp]

Homer vote for Pavol Demitra(RIP). Dude had several 30 goal seasons during the peak of the dead-puck era and would have had a couple more if not for injuries.

And a darn fine two-way player too!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Patrik Elias

 

[Apocalypse Dude]

Ray Whitney was the first guy to come to my mind.

Kind of a biased pick but Sakic should get more love here IMO.

 

[Puck Dogg]

Bill Ranford - Conn Smythe, Stanley Cup, Canada Cup and Worlds' winning goalie.

 

[Eisen]

Oh, and it's crazy how little Ziggy Palffy is remembered. One of the very best scorers of the dead puck era, nearly forgotten. Over a point per game in his NHL career, despite never playing in the high flying era.

That's the one I came to mention.

 

[Nick Hansen]

Personally always thought Malkin deserved more love. In 2011/2012...he was freaking awesome. Will never forget how he completely destroyed the WHC.

 

[RustyCat]

Now: Nick Backstrom
A while ago: Sergei Brylin

 

[Sentinel]

Sergei Nemchinov.

 

[Cup or Bust]

Probably Malkin. If he played for any other team, he would be one of the most talked about players in the league.

 

[Section88]

As a Leaf fan, I thought David Krejci did not get enough appreciation at times, even from Bruins fans and media. He's an older player now and has been banged up at times but he still contributes a lot - just the bigger names on the team tend to overshadow him.

For the Leafs, Tomas Kaberle was undervalued during most of his time here. He would fit in a lot more with the current NHL game, at that time defencemen were still viewed more as big, bruising, physical guys. If we had a Kaberle right now to replace almost any current defenceman the team could be scary. Nobody would even care that he didn't shoot enough because Matthews, Tavares, etc. would be converting all of his passes.

Krejci is a good one. What a weapon in the playoffs

 

[inthewings]

Andrew Cogliano looks like he's going to blow past 1,000 career games and put up 500+ points, and I forget he exists. For some reason I perceive him as a fringe journeyman, but he's only played for two orgs and has been a solid contributor every year.

 

[DictatorTots427]

Shane Doan. I only just found out he's the 92nd highest scorer of all time, ahead of Maurice Richard, Zetterberg and Lecavelier

 

[pabst blue ribbon]

Lubomir Visnovsky
Brian Campbell