Beliveau >> Yzerman
That is evident from everything I have read and the old games I have been lucky enough to watch (on TV that is)
That is evident from everything I have read and the old games I have been lucky enough to watch (on TV that is)
Top 5 NHL Players Ever with One Team
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Benton Fraser said:
I would venture to say that these 2 are very equal. Both were tremendous players on succesful teams. Both are NHL legends. Both were embassadors of the game. And both were true gentleman. You cant find anybody who has a negative comment about Beliveau or Yzerman.
I think they are very close in comparison.
Benton Fraser said:
Yzerman has played almost more than 350 NHL for Detroit than Beliveau has for Montreal. Not to mention Yzerman has also around 500 more points. Despite both Yzerman and Beliveau being the franchise player of their respective franchises, Beliveau always had a strong supporting cast while Yzerman was Detroit's one-man show in the early Red Wings history of the 80s.
Jovanovski = Norris said:
Yes Stevy has 500 more points but he also as you said played a lot more games which is the reason why he has had that many more points, as well as the difference in eras and the fact that back then players especially Jean thought about one thing and thats about winning the cup not about personal stats. Not to mention Hockey News ranked him no 7 all time only behind such immortals as Wayne, Orr, Howe, Lemieux, Rocket and Shore. Yzerman wasnt even in the top 15.
Jean Beliveau >> Steve Yzerman.
Although both were great players and top 5 centers of all time for sure after the likes of Mario and Wayne.
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Yzerman played in how many years where there was a 70 game schedule? There's most of the games played difference right there.Jovanovski = Norris said:
Wow, Yzerman scored more points during the NHL's highest scoring era. The league goals/game average was way up for the 80's and 90's, and they played more games to boot. The highest scoring year Beliveau played in was his last year, where the average was 6.24 goals/game, over a 78 game schedule. Yzerman played his first 11 years in a higher scoring league, 8 of them with over 7 goals/game, with at least an 80 game schedule.
Yzerman just passed Beliveau in playoff points last year, and has yet to catch him in goals, but he's played 30 more playoff games.
Beliveau > Yzerman
Chileiceman
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Gordie Howe (forget Hartford)
Steve Yzerman (better than Le Gros Bill)
Jean Beliveau
Henri Richard
Maurice Richard
Stan Mikita
Alex Delvecchio
Eric Nesterenko (I think?)
Bobby Hull (see Howe)
Mike Bossy (the greatest goal scorer of all time)
Steve Yzerman (better than Le Gros Bill)
Jean Beliveau
Henri Richard
Maurice Richard
Stan Mikita
Alex Delvecchio
Eric Nesterenko (I think?)
Bobby Hull (see Howe)
Mike Bossy (the greatest goal scorer of all time)
Mike Bossy (the greatest goal scorer of all time)
No one has ever come close to Bossy's accuracy. He could put the puck through the smallest gaps between the goalie and the net, and he made it look easy.
No one has ever come close to Bossy's accuracy. He could put the puck through the smallest gaps between the goalie and the net, and he made it look easy.
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