Player Discussion Top 10 greatest Habs all-time & your 10 personal favorites since you started watching

[Habsfan18]

I’m bored and I thought this could be and interesting topic.

If you feel comfortable giving a ranking, give me an all-time top 10 Habs list and your personal favorite 10.

Best:

1. Jean Beliveau
2. Maurice Richard
3. Doug Harvey
4. Jacques Plante
5. Howie Morenz
6. Guy Lafleur
7. Larry Robinson
8. Patrick Roy (obviously higher up the all-time NHL ranking, but this is Habs career only)
9. Ken Dryden
10. Henri Richard

Favorites (since you started watching):

1. Patrick Roy
2. Carey Price
3. Saku Koivu
4. Alex Kovalev
5. PK Subban
6. Andrei Markov
7. Brendan Gallagher
8. Mike Cammalleri
9. Sheldon Souray
10. Andrei Kostitsyn

HM: Richard Zednik

And others players that I loved as a younger kid: guys like Shayne Corson, Kirk Muller, Vincent Damphousse, Brian Bellows, Vladimir Malakhov.

edited because I some how forgot Subban on my initial list..

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[Treb]

Best:

1. Jean Beliveau
2. Maurice Richard
3. Doug Harvey
4. Ken Dryden
5. Jacques Plante
6. Howie Morenz
7. Guy Lafleur
8. Larry Robinson
9. Henri Richard
10. Patrick Roy

Favorites (since you started watching):

1. Carey Price
2. Brendan Gallagher
3. Andrei Kostitsyn
4. Andrei Markov
5. PK Subban
6. Lars Eller
7. Mike Cammalleri
8. Shea Weber
9. Alex Kovalev
10. Sergei Kostitsyn

 

[Le Barron de HF]

1. Saku Koivu
2. PK Subban
3. Lars Eller
4. Andrei Kostitsyn
5. Brendan Gallagher
6. Mike Cammalleri
7. Carey Price
8. Sheldon Souray
9. Max Pacioretty
10. Josh Gorges
HM Ryan White & Kostopoulos

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Agree with your best rankings, here my top 10:

1. Price
2. Subban
3. Weber
4. Kovalev
5. Markov
6. Cammalleri
7. Gallagher
8. Domi
9. Weise (Bruins killer )
10. Kovalchuk

 

[crosbyshow]

1- the rocket
2 Guy Lafleur
3 Jean Beliveau
4 Howie Morenz
5 Doug Harvey
6 Patrick Roy
7 Jacques Plante
8 Larry Robinson
9 Serge Savard
10 Ken Dryden

1 Alex Kovalev
2 Stephane Richer
3 Mats Naslund
4 Saku Koivu
5 Bobby Smith
6 Pk Subban
7 Chris Chelios
8 Carey Price
9 Pierre Turgeon
10 Vincent Damphousse

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

1. M. Richard
2. Harvey
3. Beliveau
4. Lafleur
5. Robinson
6. Dryden
7. Roy
8. Geoffrion
9. Blake
10. Price

1. Roy
2. Price
3. Koivu
4. Subban
5. Markov
6. Naslund
7. Smith
8. Muller
9. Turgeon/Damphouse
10. Recchi

 

[the]

1. Saku Koivu
2. Alexei Kovalev
3. Andrei Markov
4. Jaroslav Halak
5. Tomas Plekanec
6. Shea Weber
7. PK Subban
8. Alexander Radulov
9. Mark Streit
10. Michael Ryder

HM: Andrei Kostitsyn, Max Pacioretty, Robert Lang, Ilya Kovalchuk

 

[Jerryvvv]

DD and Kaberle

 

[Genesis76]

1. Saku Koivu
2. PK Subban
3. Brian Savage
4. Jeff Hackett
5. Alex Kovalev
6. Jaroslav Halak
7. Mark Rechhi
8. Sheldon Souray
9. Andy Moog
10. Carey Price

 

[nhlfan9191]

1. Saku Koivu
2. PK Subban
3. Brian Savage
4. Jeff Hackett
5. Alex Kovalev
6. Jaroslav Halak
7. Mark Rechhi
8. Sheldon Souray
9. Andy Moog
10. Carey Price

You have Price to low but other then that, that’s a respectable list. Props to you.

 

[Le Tricolore]

The top ten greatest doesn't seem necessary since we'll all be posting the same players in a slightly different order. My top ten since I've started watching, in no particular order:

1. Saku Koivu
2. Carey Price
3. Patrick Roy
4. Jose Theodore
5. Andrei Markov
6. Roman Hamrlik
7. Andrei Kostitsyn
8. PK Subban
9. Shea Weber
10. Kirk Muller


edit: At one point I would've had Recchi very high in that list, but after the whole Max thing, he could f*** right off.

 

[Genesis76]

You have Price to low but other then that, that’s a respectable list. Props to you.

These are my personal favourites, not sure how I can have any one too low or too hi tbh but hey... any kind word from you is welcomed. Thanks

 

[mariolemieux66]

My favorites

1. Lyle Odelein
2. PK Subban
3. Andrei Markov
4. Alexei Emelin
5. Alexei Kovalev
6. Mario Roberge
7. Kirk Muller
8. Mike Komisarek
9. Patrick Roy
10. Hall Gill

 

[26Mats]

1. Markov
2. Subban
3. Price
4. Cammalleri
5. Radulov
6. Weber
7. Pacioretty
8. Hamrlik
9. Gallagher
10.koivu/Kovalev/Plekanec/Tatar/Gionta/kovalchuk/Petry

Suzuki will get there soon.

I'm starting around the start of the Gainey era, because that's when I started wstching clksely.

I value winning. So players from the teams that went to both conference finals get most consideration.

 

[widowmaker]

My personal all time favs Lafleur Robinson Chelios Dryden Roy C. Lemiuex Carbonneau Richer Gainey Muller Honorable mentions:........ Shutt..........Kovalev...........Nilan

 

[Genesis76]

My favorites

1. Lyle Odelein
2. PK Subban
3. Andrei Markov
4. Alexei Emelin
5. Alexei Kovalev
6. Mario Roberge
7. Kirk Muller
8. Mike Komisarek
9. Patrick Roy
10. Hall Gill

Broooo not a fan of koivu? I'm surprised tbh

 

[mariolemieux66]

Broooo not a fan of koivu? I'm surprised tbh

Once they traded Odelein and traded for Corson, and the Koivu years is when I kind of lost interest with the team. I got interested again when they traded for Kovalev.

 

[mariolemieux66]

Once they traded Odelein and traded for Corson, and the Koivu years is when I kind of lost interest with the team. I got interested again when they traded for Kovalev.

Petrov, Perrault, Zholtok on the 1st line was f***ing brutal.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Always had a soft spot for Oleg Petrov.

Don't know why... Just do.
Same goes for Lehkonen.

I don't know... Maybe isolation is getting to me.

 

[PhysicX]

Favorite:
10. Emelin
9. Zednik
8. Lehkonen
7. Koivu
6. Price
5. Radulov
4. Markov
3. Subban
2. Kovalev
1. Roy
0. Marc Bergevin

I'm too young to discuss greatest Habs of all time, but based off my list, only two make the top 10: Roy and Marc Bergevin

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Broooo not a fan of koivu? I'm surprised tbh

His first one is Odelein, i mean, is this is a joke? lol

My ex gf was interrested in everything like spririts or in french "l'au delà", while from my part I was interrested in "l'Odelein" .

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

From my own experience,
1. Béliveau
2. Lafleur
3. Robinson
4. Dryden
5. Roy
6. Pete Mahovlich
7. Henri Richard
8. Savard
9. Koivu
10. Lapointe

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Petrov, Perrault, Zholtok on the 1st line was f***ing brutal.

Just after Pierre Turgeon and Damphousse got traded, Koivu was alone as #1 center.
Then Koivu got injured and the #1 center for half of the season was Craig Darby. That was the worst years of the Habs. I think today at least we have some interresting players like Gallagher, Domi, Weber, Petry and Tatar. But I must add today bad teams doesn't s*cks as much as in year 2000.

 

[ahmedou]

Best:
1) Beliveau
2) M.Richard
3) Lafleur
4) Robinson
5) Plante
6) H.Richard
7) Dryden
8) Roy
9) Lemaire
10) Gainey

 

[ahmedou]

Favorites:
1) Price
2) Subban
3) Kovalev
4) Cammalleri
5) Radulov
6) Gallagher
7) Markov
8) Cournoyer
9) Koivu
10) Souray