My Favorite Players of All Time (One Per Team)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Should be a fun one. Thanks for making the offseason a little less painful :D
Let’s go Devils!!
I'd think the off season is less painful for a Devils fan 😉
LGD!!! 😈
Go Devils!
DEVILS are going to be amazing this year
Yzerman isn’t a lazy pick at all. He was awesome! And a great leader.
THE CAPTAIN
LGRW
🐙🐙🐙🐙
Best captain of all time!
Tough to NOT say Lidstrom though. Lidstrom was a rock star in Detroit. I had went and seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers play a show at JLA the year he retired. They played in July or so?
The applause for them was loud... but when they brought out Lidstrom as a surprise, it was the LOUDEST I've ever heard the JLA, with the exception of the Darren McCarty goal when the Wings swept the Flyers in 1997.
I agree, Stevie wonder is not a lazy pick, he's an obvious pick. Blindingly obvious.
If I was not allowed Yzerman, mine would be Tomas Holmstrom.
They didn't call him the Dominator for no reason! The best of the best!
Boy did he look great in the Winged Wheel
Always wished Hasek's time in Ottawa wasn't for a season. Had a great one season, sadly cut by injury
also he's roasting freaking russians ! Way to go,Dominik !
Patrick Roy was better
@@JBTriple8No
Shame on THG for forgetting Rick Nash in Columbus. You don't have to love him, but forgetting his dominance and artistry is forgetting one of the true bright spots for the franchise
agreed! i realize it’s his favourite player list and is clearly subjective. But it’s crazy he didnt even shout him out. I was yelling at the screen when he said they never had a upper echelon players 😂 huge omission
I was stunned about that, too. Rick Nash is easily the best player in the history of that challenged franchise.
@@FischerFan oh well, he is the hockey guy, not the hockey god!
Jean Beliveau was absolutely my favorite MTL player of all time. Class, Class, Class
He's on my all time team, donning the C but not on the first line. Probably on the third line. For the Canadiens, my choice is the Road Runner, Yvan Cournoyer.
Slava! Fedorov lite. Great wing.
@@sdgakatbk Cournoyer was a great one, but my favorite Canadien of that era was Henri Richard, the Pocket Rocket.
@@tygrkhat4087 I like the Pocket Rocket too. With hindsight, I kind of wish that he had been able to somehow hang around for the 75-76' Habs and win one more cup, linking the dynasties from the late 50s and late 70s. I'm guessing he didn't have much left in the tank at that point.
Bob Gainey
I have no idea why Steve Larmer is NOT in the HHoF!? '83 Calder Cup winner, played just over 1000 (regular season) games and just over 1000 (again, regular season) points. 1 x Lord Stanley ('94-NYR), 1 x Canada Cup & 1 x silver in the World Championships (both in '91)
One of the best two-way players of his era.
I thin k he made himself unpopular with his union activities so he's been black balled.
Blame the deceased owner who was on the Hall of Fame committee. His family still owns the Blackhawks
Selanne is my all time favorite Anaheim Ducks Player
You should do the same type of list but name the player you hated on each team lol.
dont think a guy like shannon would make that he has too much class Would be interesting though.
I’d be fine with a list of “the most hated player” for each franchise and what Shannon’s personal take on them is. It’s always funny when there’s a player who’s beloved in their market and loathed every where else (e.g., Marchand).
@@russw8813This would be such a great video, I hope it happens at some point down the road
Corey Perry would be on like 6 different teams lol
@@DennieWilliamson I would agree with that, but it could just be for petty reasons. X player scored 2 OT goals against my team in the playoffs and hated him ever since, or X player elbowed Cliff Ronning and should have been thrown out of the league.
As a more recent fan (due to age), I really respect the appreciation for the older players and its cool to see who you mention and look them up if you don't know them. Especially considering that I don't have a good memory of hockey
What a Thursday night drop
It should be noted that Cam Neely had two 50 goal seasons with Craig Janney and one with Oates. He also scored 50 goals in 44 games in 93-94.
Neely is definitely a favorite Bruin, but I have to go with Orr.
From Chicago here. Orr always. Kill us. He always had the puck.. Newly was good. But Orr the best ever..
He was also Seabass in the movie "Dumb and Dumber". That scores a lot of points with fans too.
@@phillipweber6059 🤣
Still pisses me off that Ulf Samuelsson not only was allowed to keep on playing, but got to be a part of 2 Stanley Cup winning Penguins teams. Only guy I can think of less deserving of a Cup is Brad Marchand.
My favourite player of all time that I have watched play is Borje Salming. Plus, I agree with a lot of your picks including Guy Lafleur, Marcel Dionne, Mike Bossy, Ron Francis, Dale Hawerchuk, Steve Yzerman, Peter Stastny, Dominik Hasek, Mike Modano, Joe Sakic, Paul Kariya and Scott Niedermayer. Meanwhile, the players you picked from smaller market or western based teams I didn't and or don't follow too much like Pat Verbeek, Roman Josi and Jacob Slavin. Finally for now, I acknowledge you Shannon for the way you deliver your message. It is calm and straight forward yet passionate and humourous, too.
My favourite player growing up was Wendel Clark the guys was heart and soul great shot bone crunching hits.
I think Wendel Clark would have scored multiple 90+pts per season, if he had not suffered that terrible injury in his third season.
He had a better rookie and sophomore season numbers than Leclair and Neely, so I think he was supposed to have a higher ceiling.
Neely also had a high ceiling, though he managed to get into his prime before it was cut short during his 9th season (1991-92).
He returned in his 10th season and participated in the post-season, then scored 50goals in 49gp in his 11th season.
Neely's numbers dropped in his 2 last seasons, so he retired. He played 13 in total, like Clark.
Considering the Bruins got Oates in 1991-92, Neely easily would have scored 50 goals in each and likely 100+pts in 1992-93.
Leclair was the healthiest of the three, and played 16 seasons, including his 10gp rookie season with 3gp in the post-season.
Leclair's prime lasted the longest, about 4-5 years, but it took a hit when Lindros was no longer around.
This kind of proves the point that Clark and Neely had more offensive potential, then again does it?
Leclair should get some credit because his prime was right in the middle of the dead puck era.
You don't score 50 goals in 3 straight seasons simply because you're paired with Lindros, you've got to have chemistry.
Would have Selanne or Kariya score 105pts each if they hadn't been playing together? Anyway, I regress.
Clark and Neely had more clutch potential. We see this simply by looking at their stats in the playoffs.
Leclair played a lot more games as he missed the playoffs only in 3 seasons, whereas Clark missed them 9x, and Neely 4x.
Neely had the best prime technically, then Leclair, but Neely was more unfortunate with his health.
Clark was even more unfortunate, but he managed to play a long career.
He could never play the same, but then again, he never stopped playing tough.
All three are legends.
Ron Francis was a steal for the Penguins.
Considering Jagr played for 17 different teams, I'm expecting him to show up at least once.......
No Jagr, no Gretsky, no Lemieux (Hmm.. how do you even spell the last one)
I will always remember the smile on Lanny McDonald's face after he buried the puck behind Roy in Game 6 of the 89 Cup Final. He gets my vote for my favorite Flame.
As a Habs fan, I will confess that seeing Lanny go out a Cup champion like that made the Habs' loss a little less painful.
Marcel Dionne was a magician on skates. He did things nobody else could do, like make pinpoint 90 degrees turns at high speed and leave defenders in the dust. And then score. I actually met him once. He had the biggest forearms I've ever seen. It's a crime his name isn't on the Cup. Thanks for the video.
Fun fact: Although he never played for the Sabres, Dionne was member of the Sabres alumni team for a time.
I did not know that! How did that happen??
@@alanharney5278 After he retired, Dionne came to live in the Buffalo area and was invited to join the team.
I agree! It’s a shame Marcel never got to win The Cup. Heart & soul guy who I thought was Mister LA King. (And I’m not even a Kings fan).
Native St. Louisan and Blues fan since 1968 here. Since I go back to their very first year, my favorite will always be Bob Plager. Not just as a player, but as the one Constant, the Ambassador, the Alumni Leader of the franchise until he died just 2 years ago.
When we finally won The Cup in 2019, I thought I’d cry. I was 65 years old. Well, I didn’t at first, as I was overjoyed - until they gave The Cup to Bobby. Then the tears cascaded down…..
…and once again when he died a couple years ago.
Bob Plager: “Number 5 on our scorecards, Number 1 in our hearts.”
Mine will always be Bernie Federko.
@@FischerFan Hi FF. Now that Bobby is gone, Bernie Blue Note is certainly a worthy heir to hold the Blues torch high and be our ambassador. A fine choice and another True Blue!!! 💙
I genuinely envy your ability to like and appreciate every team, I’m too poisoned by hometown favoritism (of a cursed team)
The trade for Francis won the Penguins 2 Stanley Cups
Also getting Bryan Trottier was inspired. I'm a long time Caps fan, and I've seen a lot of great Penguins over the years. But Ron Francis has to be my favorite Penguin. Hartford should have kept him.
Don't get me wrong : i loved Francis and his impact on the pens was huge but ... do the penguins win 2 SC with Francis and without Lemieux or Jagr ? No. Ask Hartford, Raleigh or Toronto. It's a team game.
And it was the beginning of the end for the Whalers franchise.
As a long time Philly guy, my old school player is Ron Hextall. Loved him in the net. Current would have to be Travis Konecny. I’ve just really liked his playing style and what he brings to our team.
Great video, Sir! Great names up there!😎
As an Avalanche fan, I love Joe Sakic, both as a player and as a GM. But my favorite player is probably Adam Foote. He was the prototypical defensive defenseman and on a team of all stars, he held that defense together for years.
I have to agree in a way, he's at least an honourable mention. As a coach, he's worked wonders for the Canucks defensemen, even managing to salvage the infamous Tyler Myers.
Wow This is a super fun one.
Man a few of them just immediately come to mind.
Montreal Yvan Cournoyer Minnesota North Stars Danny Grant Buffalo Sabres Gilbert Perreault New York Rangers Brad Park Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe Boston Bobby Orr NYI Dennis Potvin but yes Bossy was my number 2.
Toronto Maple Leafs Borje Salming though was a fan of mahovlich, keon and Sittler
Calgary - Paul reinhart Winnipeg- Dale Hawerchuk Edmonton - paul coffey Anaheim- paul kariya vancouver - pavel bure Florida - Alex barkov Seattle- yeah jaden schwartz St Louis - pavol demitra Pittsburgh - Lemieux
Philadelphia - rod brindamour dallas- Miro heiskanen Columbus - zach werenski vegas- jonathan marchessault Minnesota Wild- Kirill Kaprozov colorado rockies lanny macdonald colorado avalanche- nathan mackinnon atlanta flames- tom lysiak atlanta thrashers ---- Marc Savard tampa bay- victor hedman San jose sandis ozolnish chicago black hawks - bobby hull phoenix coyotes jeremy roenick la kings- rogie vachon hartford- ron francis
new jersey patrik elias oakland seals gary crouteau I had his hockey card second choice is charlie hodge
carolina sebastien aho quebec- michel goulet nashville- filip forsberg used to be radulov
washington -- rod langway Ottawa - hossa
Oh wow you liked reinhart too. He was my absolute favourite. I was so sorry he didnt last long enough to win the cup in calgary.
Very fun list.
I'm a Habs fan and my all-time favourite TML player would probably be Dave Keon. Borje Salming would be a close second.
@@FischerFan I was a huge Keon fan. Always felt Mahovlich was treated poorly by Imlach and Toronto, from that era. Though that's all from books. When I first started watching hockey and collecting hockey cards Frank was a Red Wing and had just had the 49 goal season.
@@biffstrong1079 Too many of them were treated poorly during the Ballard regime.
I grew up watching Paul Kariya at UMaine and had a huge poster of him on my wall. It's the reason Anaheim is still my favorite team to this day despite living in New England all my life.
My all time fav as well, although being from overseas (Austria) and a life long Devils fan.
All Kirill Kaprizov does is score goals and smile like a little kid. Just all sorts of fun with him
Not my favorite Avalanche player, but when Ray Bourque Hoisted the Cup!!! I teared up. It was Awesome to see!
Gary Thorne’s call on ESPN when Sakic gives The Cup to Bourque is one of the epic, iconic calls in hockey!
Hasek is the guy who got me into hockey as a kid who grew up in a very non-hockey friendly environment! I didn’t really know much about the game or different positions except
that the goalie stops the puck, and none were more exciting than the Dominator!
Favorite players NHL
Pitts : Mario Lemieux
Ottawa : Erik Karlsson
Boston : Raymond Bourque
Colorado AVS : Peter Forsberg
Colorado Rockies : Barry Beck
Québec : Michel Goulet
NY Rangers : Brian Leetch
NY Islanders : Mike Bossy
Florida : Matthew Tkachuk
Montréal : PK Subban
Columbus : Rick Nash
New Jersey : Martin Brodeur
LA : Luc Robitaille
Seattle : Matty Berniers
Toronto : Darryl Sittler
Dallas : Mike Modano
Minnesota stars : Bobby Smith
Minnesota Wild : Marian Gaborik
Jets (1) : Temmu Selane
Jets(2) : Dustin Byfuglien
Edmonton : Wayne Gretzky
San Jose : Joe Thornton
Anaheim : Paul Kariya
Vancouver : Pavel Bure
Vegas : Marc-André Fleury
Hartford : Kevin Dineen
Phoenix : Shane Doan
Chicago : Denis Savard
Philly : Rock Mcleish
Détroit : Steve Yzerman
Carolina : Erik Staal
Tampa bay : Martin St-Louis
Nashville : Shea Weber
Capitals : Alex Ovechkin
St-Louis : Brett Hull
Calgary : Jarome Iginla
Buffalo : Gilbert Perreault
Atlanta Flames : Daniel Bouchard
Atlanta Thrashers : Ilya Kovachuk
Houston Aeros : Gordie Howe
Toronto Torros : Gilles Gratton
I remember being a kid hanging around the back of the Pacific Coliseum. Running put down his stuff and made sure all the kids, me included, had an autograph before heading in. Class act.
Adam Oates is waaay underrated
Edit, was listening, Cam Neely is one of my favorite players alltime.
The only one that matches mine is Hawerchuk, one of my all-time favorite players. Most of my favorites would be from the 70s because I'm old. Harold Snepsts for the Canucks, Dennis Hextall for the North Stars, and violating the no two team rule, Joe Mullen for St. Louis, Calgary & Pittsburgh.
In before cliff ronning for nashville
Edit: LOL at the comment at 3:09
nice😂
Larmer scored 40+ goals in 5 seasons and even had a 101 point season.
I feel like Ron Francis gets overlooked by fans when talking about all-time greats. Including me. I’ve been guilty of that. Guy is a legend.
This video will definitely keep me occupied until the season starts! A GREAT debate topic with the homies haha 👏🏾
Oskar Sundqvist, favorite player of all time. Such a nice dude
And he has won two Stanley cups.
The four words that summerize toronto for me as a 90s child are "Potvin has trouble with it" when JIm Robson was calling that beautiful goal by Greg Adams.
Joe Fuckin Pavelski
Lets see #8 hanging next to 12 and 19
Big Bird Larry Robinson
Yes, Big Bird definitely deserves some love. If just for his hit on of the Gary Dornhoefer Flyers in the 1976 Finals. Set the tone for the sweep.
@@sdgakatbk There was no doubt that Larry Robinson was the man who bore the responsibility of taking the Flyers out to the woodshed in that Cup final. However, the tone was actually set in a 1975 pre-season game at The Spectrum when Robinson and the Canadiens not only pounded the Flyers on the scoreboard, 6-2; but even worse in a third period bench-clearing brawl.
Schultz and his teammates were left mentally broken and knew they were in trouble after that game because they realized that fighting was not going to help them against the Canadiens. From that moment on, the Habs were able to impose their own style of play on the Flyers, and the Flyers knew they'd never be able to skate with that Habs team.
Respect the hell out of the cliff ronning pick but it’ll always be linden for me. I was born in 2001 and barely saw the end of his career but he’s always stuck with me. Getting older and I just looked into his stuff more and more and I truly believe there’s never been a better Canuck than him. There’s more talented players that have been on the team but he is the guy I think of when I think of the team to this day.
Pavel Datsyuk for Detroit all the way. Other favorites for me would be Jonathan Quick for L.A., Patrick Kane for Chicago, Rick Nash for Columbus, Jordan Binnington for St. Louis, Andrei Vasilevskiy for Tampa, and Sergei Bobrovsky for Florida.
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Excellent picks. Joe Sakic and Mike Modano are my two favorite players of all-time. Honorable mention to the 🐐 of Alaskan players, Scott Gomez!
Thumbs up for the honourable mention of Felix Potvin as your favourite player for the Leafs. He was a big reason I cheered for the Leafs in the 1990s.
a 64 year old NHL historian''s picks!
Pittsburgh - Mario Lemieux, greatest comeback in NHL history
Ottawa - Daniel Alfredsson, the heart and soul of the franchise, still!
Boston - Bobby Orr, any other pick is mindless
Colorado - Darren Helm, because he's my uncle's grandson.
NY - Eddie Giacamon, most underrated goalie of the 20th century
NYI - MIke Bossy, goal scoring machine, pure class
Florida - Matt Tkachuk! Finally they have some personality
Montreal - Guy Lafleur
Columbus - Sergei Federov... well at least they had one superstar that played for them!
NJ - Laurie Boschman, too nice a guy to be ignored
LA - Marcel Dionne, so fun to watch
Sea - Joe D'Accord, still can't believe Ottawa let him go!
Toronto - Frank Mahovlich, most underrated player of all time, and pure class top to bottom
Dallas - Marty Turco, great puck handler
Minnesota Wild - Karill Kiprosov... plays like Marcel Dionne
Winnipeg Jets 1.0 - Teemu Selanne, incredible rookie year. Broke our hearts when he left for Anaheim
Edmonton Oilers - Paul Coffey, most fun to watch, what skater!!
SJ Sharks - Owen Nolan, tough!!
Anaheim - Paul Kariya, what if....
Vancouver - Pavel Bure, every other Canuck is the epitome of boring.
Vegas - Mark Stone, like a mini Mark Messier
Hartford - Davey Keon, because I gave my Toronto pick to the big M
Winnipeg Jets 2.0 - Dustin Byflugien... irreplaceable!!
Phoenix Coyotes - Jeremy Roenick, again, any other Coyote is boring in comparison
Chicago - Bobby Hull, wife beater, jack ass... but dear God what a player!!
Philadelphia - Mark Howe, would have had twice as much attention if his last name wasn't Howe
Detroit - Stevie Y!!! He's more Red Wing than even Gordie Howe!!
Carolina - Rod Brind'amour... how can ya not love him?
Tampa Bay - Martin St.Louis, gotta love a short guy that leads his team to a cup!
Nashville - Mike Fisher (Underwood), good player, great guy!!
Washington - Adam Oates, Mr. Assist!!
St. Louis Blues - Garry Unger, so underrated!!
Minnesota North Stars - Gump Worsley!!!!
Calgary Flames - Deserves the title after what he endured under Ballard
Buffalo Sabres - Gilbert Perrault, most exciting player to watch who's name isn't Connor!
Atlanta,- Ilya Kovalchuk - No fuss, no muss, no cups, just an amazing player!!
Quebec Nordiques - Marc Tardif, dominated the WHA, and good enough in the NHL!
Great list!
For me it would be:
Pit: Jagr
Ott: Spezza
Boston: Moog
Col: Sakic
NYR: Richter
NYI: Lafontaine
FLA: Barkov
MTL: Lafleur
NJ: Brodeur
LA: Gretzky
SEA: Giordano
TOR: Matthews
DAL: Modano
MIN: Kaprizov
WIN: Salanne
SJ: Thornton
ANH: S Neidermeyer
Van: Bure
LV: Fleury
Har: Francis
Win2: Hellebuyck
Ari: Keller
Chi: Belfour
Phi: Roenick
Det: Federov
Car: Brind’Amour
TB: St. Louis
Nas: Weber
Was: Ovechkin
STL: Hull
Min ns: Broten
Cgy: Iginla
Buf: Mogilny
ATL: Kovulchuk
Que: Sundin
the only way I can explain Haseks saves is that if he whiffed on a deeke, he knew where the shooter was going and got as much of his body into that place as he could. i know a lot of people hated him flopping around the crease like a fish out of water, but he did his job at the end of the day. One of the greatest of all time.
@The Hockey Guy i loved the ranford pick for EDM!! he was amazing back in 1990. imo 1990 was the most meaningful oilers cup win because they did it without gretzky.
OH MAN, Kelly Miller for the Caps! I kept thinking, Yeah I really liked Miller but I’m sure he won’t pick him. At the beginning, all he had was speed…but he worked his tail off to be a better player and I think he even became a Selke finalist! He was a leader and a fan favorite for those who root for underdogs!
I had a chance to buy some awesome signed, framed, "Cam Neely and Seabass" memorabilia years ago and didn't pull the trigger. I still regret it. Some younger folks still don't realize Seabass from the Dumb and Dumber movies is Cam Neely.
Another amazing thing about Hasek...he was drafted in the 10th round with the 199th pick by the Blackhawks in 1983. And he was traded to the Sabres for pittance...G Stefan Beauregard and futures.. His ascension to all-time great status was even more amazing because, despite having a great European career, he came from literally nowhere. Sometimes, all a feller needs is a chance!
Also interesting that Hasek wound up facing his old Blackhawks' goaltending partner Ed Belfour (then with Dallas) in the '99 Cup Finals.
Scott Young was a very overlooked player on some really good Blues teams in the late 90's-early 2000's. He put up good numbers while guys like Turgeon, Demitra, Keith Tkachuk, Pronger and McInnis got a lot of the headlines.
Tampa Bay = Enrico Ciccone
In those early days, playing in the giant Thunderdome with 30k seating, the way you filled the seats was to have someone go out and beat up other players. No one did it better than Ciccone, even leading the league in penalty minutes at a time when no one on the Lightning lead the league in anything.
Giving props for StL Scott Young, and for pulling for more than one team growing up!
I love these Kings jerseys. Absolutely gorgeous!
Lotta great picks. I'll have to do mine and share it, if you're curious Mr THG
As a Hawks fan, you've hit the nail on the head with Larmer. Very underrated scorer and team leader. His scoring in Canada Cup '91 with Gretzky was incredible. Although, his bubble gum had more personality than his grumpy self.
I got to meet Cliff Ronning once after a game in the Alumni suite. I was shocked and awestruck. I stuck out my hand, offered it to him and called him Mr Ronning. Was a heck of a birthday night
As a Lightning fan since they were founded, I thought THG would pick Martin St Louis. My pick is Kucherov. I wish his personality wasn’t holding him back and he’d give 💯 defensive effort more often
I just fast forward the video to make sure that Yzerman was written on that board. Bravo sir! Great video as usual. Love Stevie Y. My favorite player of all time.
My favorite my favorite player was a toss up between Stan Makita, Tony Esposito and Tim Horton. I actually cried when Tim Horton died, way back before it was known as a coffee shop
Mikita went from a scrappy fighter to a multiple Lady Byng winner. And Horton's death was devastating to all hockey fans, especially those in Toronto and Buffalo.
Before the Sabres entered the league, my favorite team was the Blackhawks. My favorite player on that team was Stan Mikita, for a couple of reasons. While Bobby Hull got all the attention, Mikita was a steady player who basically just went out on the ice and did his job...and did it very well. Also my dad's name was Stanley, so... Tim Horton was that same type of player; the strong, silent type who did his job well without a lot of fanfare. I too was devastated the morning that Tim died. A terrible moment for all of hockey.
Surprised you didn't mention Marty St. Louis since you like the short guys. He was so much fun to watch.
Scott Niedermayer was my 2nd favourite New Jersey Devils player. His goals along with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks stats scored between 10-15 goals a total of 11 times. Excellent for a defenseman. He was also a key player for the 1994/95 New Jersey Devils and their 1st Stanley Cup.
Stastny! Yes! Thank you for including the Nordiques!
Slava kozlov is a great pick. Considered the lesser kozlov at the time behind viktor but ended up with a great durable career, 1182 nhl games
Ron Francis is my all time favorite player, so seeing him on the list was awesome to see. He was a great teammate and a great player. Very underrated too.
As a Blues fan, I was so mad when they traded Ronning and Courtnall to the Canucks and it potentially cost them a cup because with those two gone they lost their second scoring line and the team’s could focus on shutting down Hull and Oates. It was also stupid to sign Shanahan for a 2nd line scorer because it cost them Scott Stevens.
Paul Kariya is the reason I fell in love with hockey.
My all-time favourite player is and always will be Paul Coffey.
I thought for sure you’d say Pekka Rautikallio for the Flames lol
Who ??
Scott Young could put the biscuit in the basket! Not obscure when i grew up here though.
Im only three teams in and so far thumbs up. Loved Ron Francis and Cam Neely
Great to see Hawerchuk on the list. But I know him as one of my favorite Sabres.
Boston - Nobody in the 20th century was as great as Number 4, Bobby Orr
New York Islanders - Mike Bossy as much as I love him, Denis Potvin was the best defenseman in the NHL after Bobby Orr retired (don't believe me, just ask him😅). Bryan Trottier is the last player to be the NHL's best player before Wayne Gretzky entered the league.
Montreal Canadiens- No argument, from me but it should be noted that in the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals, 3 months after the 6-0 slaughter of Team NHL by the Soviet National Team, Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov called Bob Gainey "the best technical player in the world". He was the recipient of the Selke Trophy for the first three years of its existence. There were so many players to choose from that team.
Chicago - Denis Savard? Doug Wilson? Jeremy Roenick? Tony Esposito, Bobby Hull?
Quebec - totally agree but honourable mention should go to Réal Cloutier, Marc Tardiff and Alain Côté.
Been a Caps fan since mid 80s and nice to see Kelly Miller get some love but I feel compelled to mention Brooks Laich. Was never the most talented but very nice guy who gave max effort every night
Cliff Ronning between the two towers Sandlak and Momesso was frikin awesome
Brian Bellows for Minnesota. Got me into hockey.
Great idea for a video. Brought me back in time to some great hockey memories
Hasek wasn't just the best goalie in that "stretch". Hasek is the G.O.A.T.
Yup....still havent seen anyone better. Guy was incredible
The GOAT of goalies
PIcking Ron Francis as your favourite Penguin makes us best friends. Longtime Hartford Whalers fan. Although my favourite Whaler would have gone to Kevin Dineen instead of Patty Verbeek, who I love a lot too, just not as much as Dineener.
Edited to add....I'm surprised you mentioned Jack Brownschidle who I remember as a mostly minor league player. I looked him up and he played a total of 39 games for the Whalers over 3 seasons. I do have a hockey card of him somewhere, though.
Bossy would break your heart for us young Ranger fans. He would disappear and reappear with puck in the slot and it would end up behind your goaltender.
Chicago fans looove Larmer, I'm guessing your stock went up with most of us for that pick. Anytime Hasek's name is mentioned I think of the Mastercard commercial that asked if he had a slinky for a spine? That might explain his "style!" Hahah. Fun board.
Great video. Here are some of my favorites:
Blue Jackets: Matt Calvert
Lightning: Brian Bradley/Rob Zamuner
North Stars: Dave Gagner
Predators: Scott Walker
Devils: John MacLean
Hurricanes: Jordan Martinook
Mighty Ducks: Steve Rucchin
Wild: Jared Spurgeon
Great vid!
Cant wait for your goalie choices, if your planning to make one!
Didnt koslov got involved with the Hasek trade to Detroit?
Thanx again for all those amazing vids, i realy enjoy them. For an older european hockey fan like me your channel is so amazing with lots of amazing and interesting content through the years!
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Surprised no Martin Gelinas mention. I think I may actually sit down and really do my own list.
My brother has an old Hartford Whalers away (green) jersey signed by Ron Francis. I was pretty jealous when he got it.
I have a vivid memory of Cliff Ronning from back in '93-'94; my dad and I were driving home (grew up in Burnaby) and we were listening to the Canucks game on the radio, and as the game was happening, we both suddenly heard Cliffy yell "FUUUUCK" at the top of his lungs. I can't remember what happened, but it was funny as hell.
As an older hockey guy, Buffalo has to be Gilbert Perrealt. Fav quote was he was the only player coaches were afraid of even if it was 1 on 5.
Shannon loving kings jerseys at this point he should just be a kings fan secretly lol.
I'm on board with a lot of your picks. Here are mine:
Pittsburgh: Mario Lemieux
Ottawa: Daniel Alfredsson
Boston: Ray Bourque
Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon
New York R.: Jaromir Jagr
New York I.: Pat Lafontaine (would've been Bossy maybe but I'm a bit too young)
Florida: Roberto Luongo
Montreal: Alex Kovalev (also a bit too young for Lafleur)
Columbus: Rick Nash
New Jersey: Jamie Langenbrunner
Los Angeles: Luc Robitaille
Seattle: Jaden Schwartz
Toronto: John Tavares
Dallas: Joe Nieuwendyk
Minnesota: Zach Parise
Old Winnipeg: Dale Hawerchuk
Edmonton: Jari Kurri
San Jose: Joe Pavelski
Anaheim: Teemu Selanne
Vancouver: Markus Naslund
Vegas: Marc-Andre Fleury
Hartford: Ron Francis
Winnipeg: Nikolaj Ehlers
Arizona: Keith Tkachuk
Chicago: Steve Larmer (Belfour not far behind)
Philadelphia: Mark Recchi
Detroit: Steve Yzerman (close 2nd is Lidstrom)
Carolina: Jacob Slavin
Tampa Bay: Martin St Louis (close 2nd Hedman)
Nashville: Pekka Rinne
Washington: Alex Ovechkin
St Louis: Brett Hull (close 2nd MacInnis)
Old Minnesota: Mike Modano
Calgary: Mike Vernon
Buffalo: Dominik Hasek
Atlanta: Marian Hossa
Quebec: Owen Nolan
John Vanbiesbrouck made me a hockey fan when I was 10.
Ed Jovanovski made me a lifer.
It finally paid off.
Lovin the Ranford pick! He used to shop where i work and wed chat. Loved him as a Bruin and hated him as an Oiler lol. Also glad you picked Neely!
Hard not to go with Stevie Y for the Red Wings. Him or Lidstrom.
Sean Shanahan tough guy Rockies
It should be Lidstrom, the best defenceman of all time. Stevie is a close second though
Datsyuk
Mickey Redmond!!!
@@RRaquelloSpecifically Mickey Redmond calling Datsyuk blasting Shae Weber😂
What you said about Yzerman was beautiful and accurate, thank you.
I remember the Cliff Ronning trade for Dan Quinn was a turning point in Canucks history as they started to change things around at that time
Well done! I agree with many of your picks. 👑🦋✨
Marner the criticism is the cap hit 100%. And how it squeezed out Hyman and others. He was beloved and we figured he'd sign for 9M, but then cut throat fighting for every dollar just took us all by surprise and it broke our hearts. We thought he loved us and the team and winning above every dollar. Since then, he has been over criticized, but he did it to himself. His production in the playoffs is okay, but needs to be 11M good. If he was making 9M and Hyman stayed or we had 2M more to work with, we would still love him.
Stevie Yzerman has to be one of the greatest of all time. He also built the tampa teams that won stanley cups.
Sabres fan here. The story of Mogilny defecting from Russia is on RUclips. A great watch! Called Defector. I like your pick for Hasek. I was spoiled to watch him at the Aud and HSBC Arena live growing up. Honorable mentions for Buffalo would be Gilbert Perreault, Mogilny and Housley.
Maple Leafs legend Ron Francis!
Steve Larmer - excellent choice for Da’ Hawks!
Jaden Schwartz used to play for my local USHL team! :)