Players who were not talked about enough during their career

[NiL8r87]

Lubomir Visnovsky

 

[Crow]

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

I can’t stand him personally but you are absolutely right. He lives in crosby’s shadow.

 

[MMC]

Jordan Leopold

 

[VoluntaryDom]

I guess people might not remember that Val Filppula used to Be a mighty fine 2c.

 

[Bronson]

Ron f***in' Francis. He has the fifth most points of any player ever in the NHL but never got enough cred.

 

[Strangelove]

Walt Poddubny

 

[Bronson]

I guess people might not remember that Val Filppula used to Be a mighty fine 2c.

He is actually still good. Or at least he has been a really solid third line center for the last three games.

 

[devbouz12]

Pavol Demitra

 

[devbouz12]

Doesn't quite fit the bill but the caps in the early 2000's had some star power and weren't talked about like crazy.

Jagr
Bondra
Gonchar
Lang etc.

 

[NyQuil]

Jozef Stumpel
Vladimir Ruzicka

 

[CartographerNo611]

Larkin is a damn good player, dont hear much about him though since the Redwings D is ECHL quality on their best nights which makes it difficult to get the transition game going.

 

[easton117]

Dave Andreychuk. Most boring 600 goals in nhl history.

Marc Savard I always found didn’t get a lot of love. Had a stretch there where he was neck and neck with Thornton for best playmaker in the league.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Auston Matthews. How come nobody ever talks about him?

 

[Taluss]

Auston Matthews. How come nobody ever talks about him?

Because nobody cares about the sens. He plays for the sens right?

 

[maacoshark]

Mike Ridley had 69 or more points in 6 of 12 seasons and was a premier PKer. 3 guys who weren’t talked about during their careers but when they retired it was like wow they really had great careers were Recchi, Brind Amour, and Arnott.

Ya Ridley was underrated. I thought Gustafson was another underrated player for the Capitals.

 

[toedrag87]

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

Current Players
Joe Pavelski
Ryan Suter

I came to say Turgeon. Highest scoring HOF eligible player not to be in the hall of fame #32 alltime scoring. Multiple 100+ pt seasons, had something like 130ish points one year and unless he played for your team he's probably most known for being on the receiving end of one of the cheapest shots in NHL history getting drilled a few seconds after scoring. Maybe the most underrated offensive player of all time.

 

[Its a Trap]

Patrik Elias: come on down.

 

[robsenz]

Has anyone had a quieter career than Elias, maybe Palffy?

 

[Ovechkins vodka]

Would have to say Turgeon as well, one of the most creative offensive players I've watched.

Also Hawerchuk, Francis and Larionov

 

[Pay Carl]

I feel like this will be Pominville when he retires

Most casual fans probably have no idea who he is but he was a pretty good player for quite awhile

 

[sabremike]

Ron ****in' Francis. He has the fifth most points of any player ever in the NHL but never got enough cred.

I wish there was a "Love" option for posts here. My all-time freaking childhood hero. Put Kevin Dineen and Sean Burke on this list as well!!!

 

[MaxDummy]

Roman Hamrlik. 1395 games, 638 points.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

Joey Mullen. Probably the most underappreciated 500-goal scorer in NHL history.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Vincent Damphousse
Ray Sheppard
Joe Nieuwendyk
Dino Ciccarelli
Michael Pivonka
Robert Svehla
Sergei Zubov