Who is the Best Sabre to Ever Wear the # 10?

[Dingo44]

I figured with the hockey summer doldrums upon us, I'd run a poll each day on who people think is the best Sabre to ever wear a particular number.

We're up to # 10 and there are 9 players who wore that number at least once. But to narrow it down, I'm only going to consider those who wore the number at least a full season for a reasonable number of games. Sorry Mark Parrish and Cole Schneider.

Brad May will be going in as #27 and not #10 so you will have your opportunity to vote for him there. He had his greatest success with #27.

Only consider how that player played while with the Sabres - so, not their NHL career in general.

I'll stick to the main numbers for which players are known.

Polls will allow voting for two days and I'll post the latest results in each poll.

Results so far:

#1 Don Edwards 77.4%
#2 Tim Horton 96.4%
#3 James Patrick 45.7%
#4 Jerry Korab 52.6%
#5 Mike Ramsey 84.9%
#6 Phil Housley 81.0%
#7 Rick Martin 98.2%
#8 Jim Lorenz 38.1%

Please, no coaching, GM, or owner talk in here!

Your choices are:

Phil Goyette 1971-1972
Craig Ramsay 1972-1985
Dale Hawerchuk 1991-1995
Henrik Tallinder 2002-2010
Christian Ehrhoff 2012-2014
Jacob Josefson 2018

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[Tatanka]

Ramsey in my book.

 

[oldgoalie]

Craig Ramsey. He and Luce were incredible defensive forwards.

 

[Tsujimoto]

Craig Ramsay. 776 consecutive games played. Still the 5th longest iron man streak in NHL history. Dude didn't miss a game for 10 years. 10 years! He's the epitome of blue collar Buffalo guys.

 

[Reddawg]

This is a hard choice but I went with Hawerchuk.

 

[Jim Bob]

This was one I had to think about, but I went with Ramsay.

 

[Dingo44]

This is definitely one of the hardest for me so far but Craig Ramsay is the MAN for all the reasons stated above. They named the best leader in the Prospects Camp after him for a reason. Guy was a dream third liner for 10 years.

I LOVE Hawerchuk and his performance when both LaFontaine and Mogilny went down in the 1993 playoffs second round was otherworldly. I have rarely seen a guy put a team on his back in all situations like that. But as good as he was for us when he was here it wasn't for as long a time and he had his best years elsewhere. It just has to be Ramsay.


Oh - and Ramsay won the Selke Trophy the same year he retired.

Buffalo Sabres Legends: Craig Ramsay

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Ducky

 

[Yatzhee]

Ramsey's impact was much more than any of the others imo.

 

[Myllz]

Side note: don't Google image search Craig Ramsay.

 

[Dingo44]

There is always one troll but at least it's easy to see who it is in every poll.

 

[Deleted member 27798]

Ramsay and it's not close!

 

[missingmika]

There is always one troll but at least it's easy to see who it is in every poll.

Anyone who picks someone that receives less than 5 percent of the vote should at least provide a reason.

I do have Tallinder second on this list. Ducky, Tallinder, and Ramsey.

 

[hizzoner]

Hawerchuk was the best player to wear the number by far although Goyette was a nice pickup for an expansion team.. however as far as #10 being remembered as a Sabre--has to be Ramsay.

 

[brian_griffin]

Couple comments:
When Ramsay played, by the mid-late 70s, Ramsay-Luce-Gare were the Sabres 2nd line. Rosters had not yet expanded to 12 dressed forwards per game. Andre Savard was the 3rd line center.

His Selke was awarded as a career recognition. It was known he would retire at season’s end, and it was a well-deserved honor.

Luce-Ramsay were the Sabres #1 PK unit every season they played together.

 

[Tsujimoto]

Oh - and Ramsay won the Selke Trophy the same year he retired.

Not only did he win it in '85, he finished second in Selke voting 3 times, and finished in the top 5 in voting for it 7 times in his career. He was just unfortunate to have played at the same time as Bob Gainey or he would have won a bunch more.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Toughest vote yet. I went with Hawerchuk this time based on the HoF argument. But Ramsey was just outstanding winning all those Selke's. As good of a defensive forward as any I've ever watched. It wouldn't be hard to convince me to change my vote to Craig.

 

[Tsujimoto]

Hawerchuk is in the Hall mainly because of his time in Winnipeg. He was awesome, and no doubt he had a better overall career than Ramsay, but just based on their contributions as Sabres, Ramsay was a bigger contributor to the franchise. He's still second all time in games played and top 5 all time in points.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Preseason Week 1: Panthers vs. Bills, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.

Broadcast Information:

• Buffalo, NY: WKBW
• Rochester, NY: WROC
• Syracuse, NY: WSYR
• Binghamton, NY: WBGH/WIVT
• Utica, NY: WPNY/WFXV/WUTR
• Elmira, NY: WETM/EETM
• Watertown, NY: WWTI
• Erie, PA: WJET/WFXP
• Albany, NY: WTEN/WXXA

Play-by-Play: Rob Stone
Commentary: Steve Tasker
Sideline Reporter: Thad Brown

 

[Dingo44]

Preseason Week 1: Panthers vs. Bills, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.

Broadcast Information:

• Buffalo, NY: WKBW
• Rochester, NY: WROC
• Syracuse, NY: WSYR
• Binghamton, NY: WBGH/WIVT
• Utica, NY: WPNY/WFXV/WUTR
• Elmira, NY: WETM/EETM
• Watertown, NY: WWTI
• Erie, PA: WJET/WFXP
• Albany, NY: WTEN/WXXA

Play-by-Play: Rob Stone
Commentary: Steve Tasker
Sideline Reporter: Thad Brown

Did you post this here because of McCarron?

 

[5 Minute Major]

Rammer!

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Hawerchuck had better seasons than Ramsey did, and a much better song written in his honor. This is a tough one.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

People who vote for Josefson and Ehrhoff are the same people who vote for the Green Party.