The 13th Best Player In NHL History

[DitchMarner]

Best Players in NHL history (according to previous poll results):



1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Mario Lemieux
3. Bobby Orr
4. Gordie Howe
5. Jaromir Jagr
6. Sidney Crosby
7. Dominik Hasek
8. Alexander Ovechkin
9. Jean Beliveau
10. Bobby Hull
11. Maurice Richard
12. Nicklas Lidstrom



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[North Cole]

Bahahaha!

Lidstrom 12th all-time!!

 

[jetsforever]

Espo

 

[DitchMarner]

Bahahaha!

Lidstrom 12th all-time!!

Where would you rank him roughly?

 

[North Cole]

Where would you rank him roughly?

For defensemen...
Below Bourque. Below Shore. Where would that put him? Near 20-25 probably depending on how many goalies we added to the top 20. Where would you rank Roy? Rocket should be higher.

Do you think this list is legit? Where would you rank Lidstrom?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I never understood how people could argue strongly for players who played way back before the 40s or whatever. I doubt many folks on here were around to watch them live, and I'm not sure how much actual video footage there is of those days.

Other than trophy case, what do people judge those players on who they likely never saw play?

 

[hector morrison]

How is Brodeur ignored? Most wins,most shutouts,3 cups,2 olympic golds and a world championship !

 

[DFF]

How is Brodeur ignored? Most wins,most shutouts,3 cups,2 olympic golds and a world championship !

So he should be on the top 12?

LOL...maybe top 50 not earlier

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

How is Brodeur ignored? Most wins,most shutouts,3 cups,2 olympic golds and a world championship !

That's a lot of team oriented achievements there. He's not even the second best goalie of his own generation.

 

[DitchMarner]

Do you think this list is legit? Where would you rank Lidstrom?

Nah.

I'm not sure, but yeah, he'd be lower than 12th.

 

[hector morrison]

So he should be on the top 12?

LOL...maybe top 50 not earlier

Better career than Hasek.

 

[hector morrison]

That's a lot of team oriented achievements there. He's not even the second best goalie of his own generation.

It's a team sport! Did you not watch him play? 125 shutouts!

 

[hector morrison]

I never understood how people could argue strongly for players who played way back before the 40s or whatever. I doubt many folks on here were around to watch them live, and I'm not sure how much actual video footage there is of those days.

Other than trophy case, what do people judge those players on who they likely never saw play?

Good point! How many here even saw Howe ,Beliveau and Richard? Not that they aren't deserving ,but what are folks here going by?

 

[Hennessy]

There's a good reason people tend to separate goalies from skaters, if not D from F.

 

[daver]

I never understood how people could argue strongly for players who played way back before the 40s or whatever. I doubt many folks on here were around to watch them live, and I'm not sure how much actual video footage there is of those days.

Other than trophy case, what do people judge those players on who they likely never saw play?

Because the list is for players all-time, not just players who you actually saw live. How many people saw Howe or even Orr in their primes?

 

[Tuna Tatarrrrrr]

LOLOL Lidstrom at 12th and especially before Bourque, how ridiculous it is...

 

[Dominance]

Not that I’d vote for them now (or even in the next half-dozen polls), but you could add Forsberg, Bobby Hull, and Mikita. I’d take those three before a good number of names up there. Especially the latter two.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Because the list is for players all-time, not just players who you actually saw live. How many people saw Howe or even Orr in their primes?

I'm not arguing about their inclusion. I was just wondering how people were actually judging them.

Plus, there's more footage available of Howe and Orr. How much footage is there of guys who played in the 20s or 30s?

 

[DitchMarner]

Not that I’d vote for them now (or even in the next half-dozen polls), but you could add Forsberg, Bobby Hull, and Mikita. I’d take those three before a good number of names up there. Especially the latter two.

Mikita is an option. Bobby Hull already won a poll and is 10th on the list in the OP. I'll add Forsberg eventually.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Add Gilbert Perreault

 

[Dominance]

Mikita is an option. Bobby Hull already won a poll and is 10th on the list in the OP. I'll add Forsberg eventually.

Oof. Whatever I was on when I wrote that, I’d like some more.

 

[amnesiac]

Harvey
Morenz
Bourque
Shore
Mikita

 

[dirtydantheflyersman]

Roy or Esposito

 

[DitchMarner]

A run-off poll between Roy and Esposito would be weird...

 

[Captain Bowie]

Crosby at 6 eh...

On my personal list, the top guy not picked yet is Doug Harvey. I have him 8th all-time.