Who are your top dozen NYRs all time?

[Elvis P]

My top dozen NYR in no order are:

Edit: I forgot many players and copied @Crease and added Harry Howell for a baker's dozen.

Mark Messier, Henrik Lundqvist, Brian Leetch, Ed Giacomin, Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle, Frank Boucher, Bryan Hextall, Brad Park, Ching Johnson, Harry Howell, Andy Bathgate, Bill Cook.​

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[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

At first blush, there's no way Beezer is ahead of Messier.

 

[Crease]

Centers: Mark Messier, Jean Ratelle, Frank Boucher
Wingers: Bill Cook, Andy Bathgate, Rod Gilbert, Bryan Hextall
Defensemen: Brian Leetch, Brad Park, Ching Johnson
Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Eddie Giacomin

Those are my guys. Bryan Hextall is probably my most controversial pick. Lesser known but 11 seasons with the Rangers and one of the better players in the league around the Second World War. Four post-season all-star teams and Hart votes.

 

[Elvis P]

Centers: Mark Messier, Jean Ratelle, Frank Boucher
Wingers: Bill Cook, Andy Bathgate, Rod Gilbert, Bryan Hextall
Defensemen: Brian Leetch, Brad Park, Ching Johnson
Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Eddie Giacomin

Those are my guys. Bryan Hextall is probably my most controversial pick. Lesser known but 11 seasons with the Rangers and one of the better players in the league around the Second World War. Four post-season all-star teams and Hart votes.

You're right and I credited you in red bold in the OP.

Edit: I took Harry Howell for a baker's dozen. Great job!

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

I agree to disagree about Messier not being an Oiler

You can argue that, but any Ranger list without Messier is terribly flawed.

 

[cwede]

i can't do just twelve....
my own eyeballs since ~67,

Boucher, Cook, Hextall, Bathgate
Ratelle, Gilbert, Mess, Tkaczuk
Jagr, Sandstrom, Graves, Erixon
Vickers, Zib, Panarin

Leetch, Howell
Ott Heller, Ching Johnson
Ruotsalainen, Beck
Zubov, Park, Greschner

Hank, Eddie, Beezer, Richter, Kerr, Gumper

(my dad was a lifelong NYR fan, his list would have been populated by Colvilles and Patricks and Shibicky and ......

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

• 1979–1991: Edmonton Oilers
• 1991–1997: New York Rangers

I agree with you that something is terribly flawed.

Relying solely on stats, yes it is.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Centers: Mark Messier, Jean Ratelle, Frank Boucher
Wingers: Bill Cook, Andy Bathgate, Rod Gilbert, Bryan Hextall
Defensemen: Brian Leetch, Brad Park, Ching Johnson
Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Eddie Giacomin

Those are my guys. Bryan Hextall is probably my most controversial pick. Lesser known but 11 seasons with the Rangers and one of the better players in the league around the Second World War. Four post-season all-star teams and Hart votes.

I'm constantly surprised at how often Hextall gets overlooked in lists like this - yes, I understand his best seasons were during the war, but I still think he has a place as one of the greatest Rangers ever. I think the 12 you listed are spot on. Selfishly and subjectively, I'd love to find a way to get Richter on there, but I think this is correct. Richter & Howell probably come in as the next two. Then maybe Worsley and Beezer. After that, I imagine you start considering guys that had short but dominant stints with the Rangers (Seibert, Harvey, Jagr, Gretzky, etc.)

 

[cwede]

... guys that had short but dominant stints with the Rangers (Seibert, Harvey, Jagr, Gretzky, etc.)

Rogers, Poddubny, Larouche, Gartner ...

 

[eco's bones]

Going by players I actually have seen play for the Rangers and off the top of my head:

1. Brian Leetch
2. Henrik Lundqvist
3. Mark Messier
4. Jaromir Jagr
5. Jean Ratelle
6. Artemi Panarin
7. Rod Gilbert
8. Brad Park
9. Phil Esposito
10. Mika Zibanejad
11. Sergei Zubov
12. Anders Hedberg
13. Steve Vickers
14. Ed Giacomin
15. Barry Beck
16. Adam Graves
17. Ron Greschner
18. Ryan McDonagh
19. Alexei Kovalev
20. Reijo Ruotsolainen

There would be some honorable mentions and maybe a few who I've forgotten so that list could be subject to change. Steve Larmer for one was a player I liked a lot and there's Richter and Vic Hadfield and Tkaczuk. Nylander had a couple really good years for us and Jan Erixon was a great defensive player. Kreider. Then I was also always a sucker for tough guys like Fotiu, Kocur, Domi and Langdon. Jeff Beukeboom. Zuccarello. Sandstrom. Pavelich.

 

[True Blue]

You can argue that, but any Ranger list without Messier is terribly flawed.

It is. I could have cared less if Messier played only one season and it was '94, he is an all-time Rangers for what he did.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

It is. I could have cared less if Messier played only one season and it was '94, he is an all-time Rangers for what he did.

Even more so when you read about how much behind the scenes work in 93-94 serving as a buffer between Keenan and the team. Not to mention how he helped keep the team together during the playoffs when Keenan was making a power grab.

 

[Barnaby]

I don’t see how you could have a list like this without Messier

 

[Barnaby]

I’ll do my list from 1994 until now...

Messier
Leetch
Richter
Graves
Jagr
McDonough
Zibanejad
Lundqvist
Girardi
Bure (though brief)
DeAngelo

I fully expect Panarin, Shesterkin, and Fox to join this group in the near future.

 

[free0717]

I am going to do the top two players at each position and some specialty positions

Center, Messier and Ratelle
Right Wing: Jagr and Gilbert
Left Wing: Graves and Hadfield
Defenseman: Leetch and Park
Goalie: Lundquist and Ricter
Policeman: Fotiu and Kurtenbach
Penalty Killer: Erixon and Tkackzuk

 

[Rempe73]

I’m 23 (born in 1996), so I’m not going to pick anyone before 2005 or 2006, which is about when I started paying attention to hockey.

Jaromir Jagr
Artemi Panarin
Tony DeAngelo
Adam Fox
Pavel Buchnevich
Igor Shesterkin
Mika Zibanejad
Kevin Hayes
Ryan McDonagh
Chris Kreider
Petr Prucha
Mats Zuccarello

HM: Michael Nylander, Rick Nash, Henrik Lundqvist, Kaapo Kakko, Neal Pionk

This was tough

 

[ElLeetch]

in no order:

Messier
Leetch
Richter
Lundqvist
Howell
Giacomin
Rattelle
Gilbert
Park
Jagr
Cook
*Panarin

*If he keeps playing like this for the majority of his contract, he's easily one of the best we've ever had

HM: Graves (he get's the 'Masterton' vote here)