Who would you rank Top 5 in the NHL for Puck Handling Skills?

[StatisticsAddict99]

Mine:

1. McDavid
2. Kane
3. Eichel
4. Crosby
5. Matthews

Probably over evaluated some guys and missed some but please let me know your list and let me know if I have faults in mine. Thanks for reading.

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[tarheelhockey]

Kane and 4 other guys.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Kane
EK

Everybody else

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Kane
Malkin
Gaudreau
Karlsson
Ovechkin

 

[Bleeker]

Kane
Malkin
Drouin
Crosby
Gaudreau

 

[bobbydigital]

Kane
McDavid
Gaudreau
Crosby
Tavares

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Efficiant puckhandling or just skick. moves that rarely gives the player any real advantage in the games?

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

Efficiant puckhandling or just skick. moves that rarely gives the player any real advantage in the games?

slick wise, something you'd see in a shootout or a player really showing off I guess.

 

[authentic]

Kane
McDavid
Gaudreau
Karlsson
Drouin

Those are an easy top 5 for me.

 

[Martinez]

Malkin
Kane
Mcdavid
J hockey
Karlsson

Hm: Crosby, drouin
From somewhat limited viewings marner and radulov looked good too

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Gudas
Lucic
Clutterbuck
Wingels
Brouwer

In that order.

 

[McPheesMoustache]

Have to think about now that Datsyuk and Kovalev are gone...

Kucherov comes to mind. Kane, Panarin, Subban, McDavid and Pavelski too (in no particular order).

 

[DearDiary]

1. Kane
2. Malkin
3. Gaudreau
4. Drouin
5. McDavid

 

[Android 16]

1. Kane
2. Crosby
3. McDavid
4. Tavares
5. Barkov

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

1. Kane
2. Malkin
3. Drouin
4. Gaudreau
5. Tavares

 

[hamzarocks]

Mine:

1. McDavid
2. Kane
3. Eichel
4. Crosby
5. Matthews

Probably over evaluated some guys and missed some but please let me know your list and let me know if I have faults in mine. Thanks for reading.

Matthews has some amazing hands in the corner and along the boards but he doesn't usually pull of a lot of wow type of moves. I tend to see marner try those loves more often. I think as Matthews gets more experience he will make this list but right now i would say in no order the top 5 is Crosby, Malkin, Mcdavid, Kane, Gaudreau

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Matthews has some amazing hands in the corner and along the boards but he doesn't usually pull of a lot of wow type of moves. I tend to see marner try those loves more often. I think as Matthews gets more experience he will make this list but right now i would say in no order the top 5 is Crosby, Malkin, Mcdavid, Kane, Gaudreau

I think Marner will be on a similar list this time next year. If I had to bet on a player to deke from a stand still around a cpl guys my 1st pick is Kane then Marner.

Those are really the only 2 that excel in that "phone booth" puck in feet style moves. The other guys are elite but they use a different style. An other way to put it is Kane/Marner will use 5-8 touches in 2-3 secs to deke while guys like J.G, Crosby, McDavid will use 2-5 for their Deke.
Usually the 2-5 touch deke is successful so if we are purely looking at success rates presently then Marner is not in top 5
But if we are looking the technical ability going into said moves Kane and Marner are up there

 

[darcyRegier]

A good stat for this is the total time with the puck on said players stick per game. Usually the best skaters + stick-handlers are leading this category.

I'd say overall Crosby is better than Kane in terms of puck-handling. Its close, but Sid handles the puck better than anyone else in the league. I feel he is one of the few that can really do whatever he wants to with the puck and can put it in any area he wants to. Similar to how elite golfers can hit a green 150 yards away with every one of their clubs.



1. Crosby
2. McDavid (fastest hands of all time?)
2. Kane
3. Malkin
4. Eichel/Matthews
5. Mackinnon/Tavares

 

[Sun God Nika]

1. Malkin
2. Crosby
3. McDavid
4. Karlsson
5. Kane

H.M .... Stamkos, Tavares, Spezza

 

[Intact]

Prettiest:

Kane
Drouin
Mcdavid
Gaudreau

Strength/ use of the ass

Malkin
Crosby
Matthews

 

[Atomos2]

Matthews has some amazing hands in the corner and along the boards but he doesn't usually pull of a lot of wow type of moves. I tend to see marner try those loves more often. I think as Matthews gets more experience he will make this list but right now i would say in no order the top 5 is Crosby, Malkin, Mcdavid, Kane, Gaudreau

Not usually, but he did dangle through Hedman on his knees before he even played an NHL game.

 

[Haatley]

LMAO @the mention of Matthews

Kane
McDavid
Gaudreau
Karlsson
Crosby

 

[Kamiccolo]

LMAO @the mention of Matthews

Kane
McDavid
Gaudreau
Karlsson
Crosby

@32 seconds if it doesn't start there.




As already mentioned, he dangled Hedman at the worlds, and there are combilations on youtube these are the first two results I found. To be nice, you have no idea what you are talking about, try watching the player before dismissing things.

 

[swissexpert]

Karlsson isn't a top 5 stickhandler in the league....

His game is more about skating than stickhandling.
He's way below guys like Crosby, McDavid, Gaudreau, Malkin...
Also Nash, Giroux, Sedins etc. who I haven't even seen mentioned yet..

 

[Jauffre]

Kane
Malkin
Gaudreau
Karlsson
Ovechkin

Ovi handles it like a hot potato.

Srs though I wouldn't rank him top-5 in that category. He does have some pretty quick hands and can dangle anyone, but you'd be hard pressed to find lots of folks who'd consider him to be that high when it comes to puck handling.

Kane (obviously)
Karlsson (dat finesse)

Crosby, Malkin, Gaudreau of course. And then McDavid just doing it incredibly fast at supersonic skating speed isn't fair.

Datsyuk might be the best ever at it.