@@piewarriorny Before Mika and Kreider, Zucc and Hank were the number one bromance on the rangers/entire nhl. Seeing Hank so upset after the trade was heartwrenching
I am a Rangers fan and it was great to see this video. I grew up in the 80s and took a lot of crap from my friends for being a Rangers fan. I loved players like Ron Greschner, James Patrick, Norm Maciver, John Vanbiesbrouck, Paul Broten, Mark Pavelich, Reijo "Rexy" Ruotsalainen, Mike Ridley, Pierre Larouche, Tomas Sandstrom, Tom Laidlaw and Kelly Kisio. Ruotsalainen left the Rangers because he did not get along with Esposito. Rexy wanted trade protection in his next contract and Espo would not give it to him. Espo pissed off Pavelich as well. An idea for a future video could be to show how personality conflicts between general managers and players led to interesting/questionable trades. A video could examine how the team benefited/regressed from making these deals.
as a Rangers fan, I agree with a lot on this list. Personally, I'd have Ryan Callahan near the top of my list, as well as Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash and Dan Girardi. I'd have definitely put Mark Messier on my list, and even though they weren't there as long as others, I'd also have Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan on it.
Callahan definitely. Nash and gaborik? Why? They both had like 1 good season and couldn’t produce in the playoffs for us... gaborik was also really streaky. Girardi absolutely and I feel like we forget about what Staal was before those 2 really bad injuries. One of the best shut down defenseman at that time
Can I get some love from Rangers fans for The Captain, number 5... “Shoot The Puck” Barry Beck? Or am I just that old, that no one remembers him. My all time favorite Ranger.
For Ruotsalainen it wasn't his abilities that gave out, he just didn't want to play in the NHL anymore - it most definitely wasn't his skating which was without a doubt his greatest strength. He went to play in the swiss league (which at the time paid more than enough for his tastes) and eventually retired. He coached for a while (mainly assistant coaching jobs) but these days he's very private and stays out of public view.
Still got my picture with Dave Maloney when he was a guest speaker at our hockey banquet. I was like 10-11 i think, was awesome. I vivdly remember the Ranger teams in early to late 80's, and man how can you not love the 86 team. What a fun year that was.
Yes I've been waiting for this! Following your rules, here's my top 15! 15: Marek Malik 14: Kevin Klein(Optimus Klein) 13: Brandon Prust(Dusty Prusty) 12: Tony DeAngelo (*in a Brooklyn accent* Tony D baybee) 11: Stepan(Keep calm n stepan) 10: Sean Avery 9: Ryan McDonough (Captn Mac) 8: Chris Krieder 7: Marion Gaborik(Gabby) 6: Ryan Callahan(Captn Cally) 5: Dan Girardi (Dan of Steel) 4: Mika Zibanejad 3: Neal Pionk (pls read the explanation but in short I own a Pionk jersey) 2: Hank (The King) 1: Zuccarrello (Zuuuuuuc) EDIT FOR HR'S Brandon Dubinsky (Duby) Artem Anisimov ('Nisamov) MSL (too short of time but love that run) Marc Staal Cam Talbot (Tablet, my dad couldn't say his name right) Tanner Glass Dominic Moore Chris Drury Brendan Shanahan (liked him as a wing bc of the name, liked him a lot as a ranger.) Jesper Fast NO Michael Del Zotto (Delzaster) NO Rick Nash(he frustrated the hell out of me) NO Brad Richards!! (nicknamed him Ohhh Richard bc he was terrible. Frustrated the hell out of me even more than Nash). No Brian Boyle! He was so big yet so weak at the same time, he frustrated the hell out of me. Explanations Marek Malik (The Malik move was legendary, one of my first rangers memories) Dan Girardi: when I played hockey growing up into my teen years, I was a defensive defensemen and modeled my game off of Girardi's. Great defensive defensemen. Brandon Prust: He could fight, he could check, he could play defense, and low-key could score. Very likeable when he's on your team, not when you are against him. Sean Avery: Same explanation of Prust but better scorer and his feud with Marty "Fatzo" Brodeur. Marion Gaborik: He was fantastic. I watched the last goal he scored, an OT winner vs the Islanders and I was behind the net in the 6th row to see it. Ryan McDonough: Same explanation as Girardi except he's even better offensively, I loved that pairing. Fearless leader. Great captain. McDonough for Gomez... Thanks Montreal. Mats Zuccarrello: everybody loves Zuc, I'm no exception. Derek Stepan: I looked Stepan but knew when he left it was the right move. That goal against the caps in game 7 sealed my love for *Black Jack in school of rock* "STEP-AN!" (I think he's actually saying step off but whatever) Mika Zibanejad: What's not to like. We stole him from Ottawa. Loved him before this year, this year made it that more better. GIVE HIM THE C Neal Pionk: yeah it was only one year and I'm more of a Pionk fan than anything else but when everyone was trying to run him out of town I was preaching his offensive talent and character. Kid was undrafted rose through the ranks in the AHL(where I started following him). When he did get traded I was once again going to bat for Pionk, saying how Winnipeg was getting a defensemen with a lot of upside and clear offensive puck moving talent Ryan Callahan (Captain Cally was greak, loved his leadership. Perfect unsung hero). Chris Krieder: He was one of the most exciting players to come in the league when he did in the playoffs and he's kept it up for his whole career. Great player, even better guy off the ice. Hank: I can't type out how much I love Hank. Such a great guy off the ice, my autistic cousin got to meet him and how he was during that further cemented him as one of my favorite rangers of all time. Tony D: (DeAngelo) Offensively amazing, great personality, funny dude and love that he plays with emotion. Also a bit of an understood story given TB & ARI gave up on him. Kevin Klien: AKA Optimus Klien. Easy to forget him but he was an excellent underrated defensemen on that 2014 run and really had great seasons in NY.
1. Henrik Lundqvist 2. Mats Zuccarello 3. Ryan McDonagh 4. Dan Girardi 5. Chris Kreider 6. Brad Richards 7. Wayne Gretzky 8. Brian Boyle 9. Jaromir Jagr 10. Mike York 11. Jed Ortmeyer 12. Mika Zibanejad 13. Dan Blackburn 14. Martin St. Louis 15. Petr Prucha
Regarding Pavelich--Craig Patrick was the Rangers GM who hired Ted Sator for Pavelich's last year in the NHL 1985-86. Phil Esposito replaced Patrick the next season and early in the year replaced Sator with the recently deceased Tom Webster. But anyway Plexy Rexy Reijo Ruotsolainen was a smallish D in an era of very large forwards crowding nets. Other teams were always trying to matchup against him with bigger forwards and that was a big issue. Eventually the Rangers would pair him with the much maligned but also much bigger Willie Huber. Back when I started really progressing with my skating Anders Hedberg was the guy I always worked on mimicking. Fotiu was also a very good skater. Just not the greatest hands except he was a really good fighter. He had a good wrist shot. Greschner was not speedy but he did have hands. Great stickhandler and deker. There were a couple longish stretches where the Rangers used him at center. Graves and Richter just great guys and Kovalev had crazy talent. Brian Leetch the best Rangers player in my lifetime. I'd put Henrik at No. 2. My first favorite player goes back to 1971-72---that was Rod Gilbert. Where's Sean Avery?
If it was up to Rangers Reijo would have been on their team for a decade.. Reijo just got same salary or even better salary in switzerland which was also closer to home.. NHL salaries werent huge in the 80s.. Arguably best Finnish born defender of all time, and skating was his biggest strenght
Shannon you made my day having Zuccarello number one for me its between him and the King as my favorite 2 Rangers. Gotta give love to my Ranger Russians Sergei Zubov and Nemchinov, AK 27, Bread Man, Buchy, Prince Igor and Mika and Quicky and Krieds. Miss my Rangers hockey.
Zuuuuuuuc! He will always be loved by ranger fans. I personally have nash as one of my fav. He was one of my fav players before he joined the rangers and was devistated when he was traded and then retired due to injury. But i guess he belongs on the blue jackets list first.
Congratulations on 138 Shannon! To think that I subscribed all the way back before 10,000. (Wanna say it was 6-8,000 but not sure) You've grown a hell of a channel and a hell of a community around it. It'll be 150 before you know it. Cheers!
Mike richter definitely should be in the hof, it wasn’t just the cup in 94 the guy won a silver medal 2002 Salt Lake City and 1996 World Cup beat team Canada. And was MVP. Also 94 all star game mvp, he always was a big game goaltender and shined in the biggest moments. he’s not in the hall simply because he doesn’t have as many wins as he should have due to a HORRIBLE rangers teams in front of him from 1998-2003 and he suffered from many injuries acl and concussions which ended his career. 301 wins and was rangers all time winningest goaltender until hank but if mike had a just 2 or 3 more 25-30 won seasons he’d have almost if not 400 wins. And he would have be in the hall of fame. But he is in the USA hockey hof. And Is considered one of if not the greatest American born goaltender of all time.
I don’t watch televised sports, but I was instructed to watch this video. The host of this video is in my top three list of beings in this video, falling just behind black cat and other cat.
I believe I've read an article about Ruotsalainen not wanting to play in the NHL any longer after his first Cup win with the Oilers in 1987. He did get convinced of returning to the NHL in the 1989-90 Season to play for the Devils and he got traded to the Oilers.
Yes. Gretzky asked him to join LA, but Reksa said no. And early 80s Reijo wanted play europe, and that time finnish hockey player wanted play switzerland or sweden. Reijo was best skater in that point in NHL. Oilers coach even said that Reijos skating was art, and no one was even close to him.
It kind of interesting that up here in Ontario I barely if ever hear anything the Rangers even though they are such a popular team with a long history. Usually it's *grumble grumble* Bruins or *ha ha ha* Red Wings, etc. but not a peep about the Blue Shirt Group
NEW YORK RANGERS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 01. 1945: Howie Morenz 02. 1947: Lester Patrick 03. 1952: Bill Cook 04. 1958: Frank Boucher 05. 1958: Ching Johnson 06. 1958: Frank Patrick 07. 1958: Conn Smythe 08. 1960: John Kilpatrick 09. 1963: Earl Seibert 10. 1964: Doug Bentley 11. 1964: Babe Siebert 12. 1966: Max Bentley 13. 1966: Babe Pratt 14. 1967: Neil Colville 15. 1969: Bryan Hextall 16. 1970: Bill Gadsby 17. 1971: Terry Sawchuk 18. 1972: Bernie Geoffrion 19. 1973: Doug Harvey 20. 1973: Chuck Rayner 21. 1974: Art Coulter 22. 1974: Carl Voss 23. 1975: William Jennings 24. 1976: Johnny Bower 25. 1977: Tim Horton 26. 1978: Andy Bathgate 27. 1978: Jacques Plante 28. 1979: Harry Howell 29. 1980: Harry Lumley 30. 1980: Lynn Patrick 31. 1980: Gump Worsley 32. 1981: Allan Stanley 33. 1982: Emile Francis 34. 1982: Rod Gilbert 35. 1983: Bobby Hull 36. 1984: Phil Esposito 37. 1985: Jean Ratelle 38. 1987: Eddie Giacomin 39. 1988: Guy Lafleur 40. 1988: Buddy O’Connor 41. 1988: Brad Park 42. 1990: Bud Poile 43. 1991: Clint Smith 44. 1992: Marcel Dionne 45. 1993: Edgar Laprade 46. 1995: Bun Cook 47. 1997: Glen Sather 48. 1999: Wayne Gretzky 49. 2001: Mike Gartner 50. 2001: Jari Kurri 51. 2001: Craig Patrick 52. 2002: Roger Neilson 53. 2003: Pat Lafontaine 54. 2006: Herb Brooks 55. 2006: Dick Duff 56. 2007: Mark Messier 57. 2008: Glenn Anderson 58. 2009: Brian Leetch 59. 2009: Luc Robitaille 60. 2012: Pavel Bure 61. 2013: Fred Shero 62. 2013: Brendan Shanahan 63. 2016: Eric Lindros 64. 2018: Martin St. Louis 65. 2019: Vaclav Nedomansky 66. 2019: Sergei Zubov
My All-Time favorite New York Rangers: 1. Nick Fotiu 2. Barry Beck 3. Donald Brashear 4. Sean Avery 5. Dan Cloutier 6. Ron Harris 7. Theo Fleury 8. Billy Tibbetts 9. Derek Boogaard 10. Rudy Poeschek 11. Lindy Ruff 12. Bryan McCabe 13. Sandy McCarthy 14. Mark Messier 15. Brendan Lemieux
2020 UPDATE! NEW YORK RANGERS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 01. 1945: Howie Morenz 02. 1947: Lester Patrick 03. 1952: Bill Cook 04. 1958: Frank Boucher 05. 1958: Ching Johnson 06. 1958: Frank Patrick 07. 1958: Conn Smythe 08. 1960: John Kilpatrick 09. 1963: Earl Seibert 10. 1964: Doug Bentley 11. 1964: Babe Siebert 12. 1966: Max Bentley 13. 1966: Babe Pratt 14. 1967: Neil Colville 15. 1969: Bryan Hextall 16. 1970: Bill Gadsby 17. 1971: Terry Sawchuk 18. 1972: Bernie Geoffrion 19. 1973: Doug Harvey 20. 1973: Chuck Rayner 21. 1974: Art Coulter 22. 1974: Carl Voss 23. 1975: William Jennings 24. 1976: Johnny Bower 25. 1977: Tim Horton 26. 1978: Andy Bathgate 27. 1978: Jacques Plante 28. 1979: Harry Howell 29. 1980: Harry Lumley 30. 1980: Lynn Patrick 31. 1980: Gump Worsley 32. 1981: Allan Stanley 33. 1982: Emile Francis 34. 1982: Rod Gilbert 35. 1983: Bobby Hull 36. 1984: Phil Esposito 37. 1985: Jean Ratelle 38. 1987: Eddie Giacomin 39. 1988: Guy Lafleur 40. 1988: Buddy O’Connor 41. 1988: Brad Park 42. 1990: Bud Poile 43. 1991: Clint Smith 44. 1992: Marcel Dionne 45. 1993: Edgar Laprade 46. 1995: Bun Cook 47. 1997: Glen Sather 48. 1999: Wayne Gretzky 49. 2001: Mike Gartner 50. 2001: Jari Kurri 51. 2001: Craig Patrick 52. 2002: Roger Neilson 53. 2003: Pat Lafontaine 54. 2006: Herb Brooks 55. 2006: Dck Duff 56. 2007: Mark Messier 57. 2008: Glenn Anderson 58. 2009: Brian Leetch 59. 2009: Luc Robitaille 60. 2012: Pavel Bure 61. 2013: Fred Shero 62. 2013: Brendan Shanahan 63. 2016: Eric Lindros 64. 2018: Martin St. Louis 65. 2019: Vaclav Nedomansky 66. 2019: Sergei Zubov 67. 2020: Kevin Lowe
Still waiting for your favorite Avs list. My prediction for your favorite colorado avalanche players: 1) Adam Deadmarsh 2) joonas donskoi 3) gabriel landeskog 4) pavel francouz 5) patrick roy *end of list*
I was really upset when MSG decided not to bring Ron Duguay back as a hockey analyst. He did a great job. And his hair was phenomenal (until he cut it).
As a Rangers Fan I probably wouldn't have Messier on my list either, because I only became a Fan in the early 2000s, when the team sucked and Messier wasn't really that great anymore either. Jagr would make my list and a Nylander, probably many of the 2012-2015 teams.
A schoolyard buddy of mine played for the Rangers. www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1364 His little brother Brian played briefly for Colorado under Don Cherry. www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6462
All time favorite San Jose sharks would be good as well as all time favorite Minnesota wild players. Even all time Montreal canadiens another original 6 team.
I suspect the reason Graves is so high on your list is because he broke super Marios hand with a cheap slash. Bit him in the ass too, as it only woke up the sleeping beast that was the 92' Pens
Ruotsalainen is considered one of the best skaters ever by some finnish hockey people so the reason he didnt stay in NHL for longer is definitely not that.
Reijo Ruotsalainen's contract expired at end of 86 season. Craig Patrick was replaced by Phil Esposito as GM. And Ted Sator was being kept for next season. I think with changing of GM's, Patrick even keeled and affable. Esposito was brash and most likely a bit conceited, and proved to be one mess of a GM. And to top it off Ted Sator was a jerk he might have been more of a jerk than Keenan was. The guy sent Pierre Larouche to the minors for half a year. So I'm figuring he was fed up and was given a decent contract in Europe, close to home and less BS. He did come back as a mercenary a few times being a part of 2 of Edmontons cups. He was small, but was quick, good hands and a very accurate shot. Rangers messed up with him, hell they messed up in more ways then one the second half of the 80's.
No Mike Gartner? Mostly a Cap, but still, he was a killer for 3-4 seasons. Also, no Wayne Gretzky? Callaghan should probably also be there. But it's your list. Interesting list, good video post
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So happy Zuccarello is number one on this list!
Saw the whole video and was going to say it myself!
Zuccarello, a real number one player!
The day Zuccarello was traded, I wanted to cry. Watching him play with with 110% effort night in night out was a real treat.
Shane Cosimeno i wore my Zucc jersey the day he was traded. had to
OldSoul Same here, Zuccarello home jersey
@@piewarriorny Before Mika and Kreider, Zucc and Hank were the number one bromance on the rangers/entire nhl. Seeing Hank so upset after the trade was heartwrenching
I am a Rangers fan and it was great to see this video. I grew up in the 80s and took a lot of crap from my friends for being a Rangers fan. I loved players like Ron Greschner, James Patrick, Norm Maciver, John Vanbiesbrouck, Paul Broten, Mark Pavelich, Reijo "Rexy" Ruotsalainen, Mike Ridley, Pierre Larouche, Tomas Sandstrom, Tom Laidlaw and Kelly Kisio. Ruotsalainen left the Rangers because he did not get along with Esposito. Rexy wanted trade protection in his next contract and Espo would not give it to him. Espo pissed off Pavelich as well. An idea for a future video could be to show how personality conflicts between general managers and players led to interesting/questionable trades. A video could examine how the team benefited/regressed from making these deals.
5:23 - 5:56 next video: "My All Time Favorite Finnish Player Names" lol
as a Rangers fan, I agree with a lot on this list. Personally, I'd have Ryan Callahan near the top of my list, as well as Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash and Dan Girardi. I'd have definitely put Mark Messier on my list, and even though they weren't there as long as others, I'd also have Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan on it.
Nash was a disappointment apart from 1 season.
St. Louis helped you guys in 2014 and 15
Even as a philly fan, Girardi definitely belongs on there
Callahan definitely. Nash and gaborik? Why? They both had like 1 good season and couldn’t produce in the playoffs for us... gaborik was also really streaky. Girardi absolutely and I feel like we forget about what Staal was before those 2 really bad injuries. One of the best shut down defenseman at that time
@@NYR_State_of_mind Gaborik is better than you're making his out to be. He's on a rather short list of NYR forwards with 2 40 goal seasons
Woooo! My boys!! I personally think Brian Leetch is the greatest Ranger!
Leetch was the first American-born player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy
Leetch was 1 of the only ranger greats that was homegrown and wasnt traded in the middle of his career
Adam Graves is my all time fav, always played hard, stuck up for his teammates, great player on and off the ice
I almost teared up when you put Zucc number 1, I miss him so much and he would've excelled on our current team.
ZUCC! So happy I was able to get his Rangers jersey after he left
Can I get some love from Rangers fans for The Captain, number 5... “Shoot The Puck” Barry Beck? Or am I just that old, that no one remembers him. My all time favorite Ranger.
Please do a You Tube on the Chicago Blackhawks and their history. They had some outstanding teams, maybe also the Devils, and their rise and fall.
2:39 "zamboni drivers"
Career of David Ayres video incoming? 😝
For Ruotsalainen it wasn't his abilities that gave out, he just didn't want to play in the NHL anymore - it most definitely wasn't his skating which was without a doubt his greatest strength. He went to play in the swiss league (which at the time paid more than enough for his tastes) and eventually retired. He coached for a while (mainly assistant coaching jobs) but these days he's very private and stays out of public view.
Gretzky even asked Ruotsalainen if he wanted to come play for Kings when he was there. He refused, he was happy where he was.
I feel bad for Lundqvist, no stanley cup for one of the best goalies out there
I remember when they cut U La La’s Hear as an initiation when he joined Rangers
Still got my picture with Dave Maloney when he was a guest speaker at our hockey banquet. I was like 10-11 i think, was awesome. I vivdly remember the Ranger teams in early to late 80's, and man how can you not love the 86 team. What a fun year that was.
I miss zucc😔
I dont. I miss the player zucc USED to be.
J in Reijo is not pronounced as an "h"
Yep. It's somewhat like "Ray Yo".
Love it! Next can you do your favourite Old York Rangers players?
5:34 a couple of years from now there’s a top3 draft pick coming from Finland and his name is Brad Lambert
Best hockey hair that ever hockey haired. Oh My God! I laughed so hard I dropped my MacBook.
I remember when Reijo went to Hv71 and become the best paid player in sweden, and he was a really good player! Good times.
Leetch would be number 1 for me and John Davidson would have made list i loved Sergei Zubov so upset when he got traded to Dallas
My heart is still broken from the Zuccarello trade.
The Rangers were big on mercenaries for a while. Just throw $ at the big free agents and hope it works out. Hated that.
Yes I've been waiting for this! Following your rules, here's my top 15!
15: Marek Malik
14: Kevin Klein(Optimus Klein)
13: Brandon Prust(Dusty Prusty)
12: Tony DeAngelo (*in a Brooklyn accent* Tony D baybee)
11: Stepan(Keep calm n stepan)
10: Sean Avery
9: Ryan McDonough (Captn Mac)
8: Chris Krieder
7: Marion Gaborik(Gabby)
6: Ryan Callahan(Captn Cally)
5: Dan Girardi (Dan of Steel)
4: Mika Zibanejad
3: Neal Pionk (pls read the explanation but in short I own a Pionk jersey)
2: Hank (The King)
1: Zuccarrello (Zuuuuuuc)
EDIT FOR HR'S
Brandon Dubinsky (Duby)
Artem Anisimov ('Nisamov)
MSL (too short of time but love that run)
Marc Staal
Cam Talbot (Tablet, my dad couldn't say his name right)
Tanner Glass
Dominic Moore
Chris Drury
Brendan Shanahan (liked him as a wing bc of the name, liked him a lot as a ranger.)
Jesper Fast
NO Michael Del Zotto (Delzaster)
NO Rick Nash(he frustrated the hell out of me)
NO Brad Richards!! (nicknamed him Ohhh Richard bc he was terrible. Frustrated the hell out of me even more than Nash).
No Brian Boyle! He was so big yet so weak at the same time, he frustrated the hell out of me.
Explanations
Marek Malik (The Malik move was legendary, one of my first rangers memories)
Dan Girardi: when I played hockey growing up into my teen years, I was a defensive defensemen and modeled my game off of Girardi's. Great defensive defensemen.
Brandon Prust: He could fight, he could check, he could play defense, and low-key could score. Very likeable when he's on your team, not when you are against him.
Sean Avery: Same explanation of Prust but better scorer and his feud with Marty "Fatzo" Brodeur.
Marion Gaborik: He was fantastic. I watched the last goal he scored, an OT winner vs the Islanders and I was behind the net in the 6th row to see it.
Ryan McDonough: Same explanation as Girardi except he's even better offensively, I loved that pairing. Fearless leader. Great captain. McDonough for Gomez... Thanks Montreal.
Mats Zuccarrello: everybody loves Zuc, I'm no exception.
Derek Stepan: I looked Stepan but knew when he left it was the right move. That goal against the caps in game 7 sealed my love for *Black Jack in school of rock* "STEP-AN!" (I think he's actually saying step off but whatever)
Mika Zibanejad: What's not to like. We stole him from Ottawa. Loved him before this year, this year made it that more better. GIVE HIM THE C
Neal Pionk: yeah it was only one year and I'm more of a Pionk fan than anything else but when everyone was trying to run him out of town I was preaching his offensive talent and character. Kid was undrafted rose through the ranks in the AHL(where I started following him). When he did get traded I was once again going to bat for Pionk, saying how Winnipeg was getting a defensemen with a lot of upside and clear offensive puck moving talent
Ryan Callahan (Captain Cally was greak, loved his leadership. Perfect unsung hero).
Chris Krieder: He was one of the most exciting players to come in the league when he did in the playoffs and he's kept it up for his whole career. Great player, even better guy off the ice.
Hank: I can't type out how much I love Hank. Such a great guy off the ice, my autistic cousin got to meet him and how he was during that further cemented him as one of my favorite rangers of all time.
Tony D: (DeAngelo) Offensively amazing, great personality, funny dude and love that he plays with emotion. Also a bit of an understood story given TB & ARI gave up on him.
Kevin Klien: AKA Optimus Klien. Easy to forget him but he was an excellent underrated defensemen on that 2014 run and really had great seasons in NY.
Reijo ruotsalainen means reijo the swede in finniah
1. Henrik Lundqvist
2. Mats Zuccarello
3. Ryan McDonagh
4. Dan Girardi
5. Chris Kreider
6. Brad Richards
7. Wayne Gretzky
8. Brian Boyle
9. Jaromir Jagr
10. Mike York
11. Jed Ortmeyer
12. Mika Zibanejad
13. Dan Blackburn
14. Martin St. Louis
15. Petr Prucha
best zamboni driver is Stone Cold Steve Austin in Detroit. as a Rangers fan I'm not getting to who best as my list would be different
As an 23 year old aspiring goaltender, the King is my idol. He’s the reason the Rangers became one of my favorite teams.
try to follow an actual winner
@@billybrah4904 lol nice meme
Regarding Pavelich--Craig Patrick was the Rangers GM who hired Ted Sator for Pavelich's last year in the NHL 1985-86. Phil Esposito replaced Patrick the next season and early in the year replaced Sator with the recently deceased Tom Webster.
But anyway Plexy Rexy Reijo Ruotsolainen was a smallish D in an era of very large forwards crowding nets. Other teams were always trying to matchup against him with bigger forwards and that was a big issue. Eventually the Rangers would pair him with the much maligned but also much bigger Willie Huber.
Back when I started really progressing with my skating Anders Hedberg was the guy I always worked on mimicking.
Fotiu was also a very good skater. Just not the greatest hands except he was a really good fighter. He had a good wrist shot.
Greschner was not speedy but he did have hands. Great stickhandler and deker. There were a couple longish stretches where the Rangers used him at center.
Graves and Richter just great guys and Kovalev had crazy talent. Brian Leetch the best Rangers player in my lifetime. I'd put Henrik at No. 2. My first favorite player goes back to 1971-72---that was Rod Gilbert. Where's Sean Avery?
If it was up to Rangers Reijo would have been on their team for a decade.. Reijo just got same salary or even better salary in switzerland which was also closer to home.. NHL salaries werent huge in the 80s.. Arguably best Finnish born defender of all time, and skating was his biggest strenght
Shannon you made my day having Zuccarello number one for me its between him and the King as my favorite 2 Rangers. Gotta give love to my Ranger Russians Sergei Zubov and Nemchinov, AK 27, Bread Man, Buchy, Prince Igor and Mika and Quicky and Krieds. Miss my Rangers hockey.
Zuuuuuuuc! He will always be loved by ranger fans. I personally have nash as one of my fav. He was one of my fav players before he joined the rangers and was devistated when he was traded and then retired due to injury. But i guess he belongs on the blue jackets list first.
'Ruotsalainen' means 'Swedish' in Finnish. So, Reijo was Finnish, he's name sayd is Swedish, or....aah
I realize you likely never saw him play, but any NYR favs list HAS to include Eddie Giacomin. At least an honorable mention!
All of my favorite Rangers were from the 70's
1. Mike RIchter 2. King Henrik 3. JT Miller 4. McDonagh 5. Callahan 6. Prust 7. Kreider
brilliant video
Btw in finnish ruotsalainen means "swedish"
Congratulations on 138 Shannon! To think that I subscribed all the way back before 10,000. (Wanna say it was 6-8,000 but not sure) You've grown a hell of a channel and a hell of a community around it. It'll be 150 before you know it. Cheers!
Mike richter definitely should be in the hof, it wasn’t just the cup in 94 the guy won a silver medal 2002 Salt Lake City and 1996 World Cup beat team Canada. And was MVP. Also 94 all star game mvp, he always was a big game goaltender and shined in the biggest moments. he’s not in the hall simply because he doesn’t have as many wins as he should have due to a HORRIBLE rangers teams in front of him from 1998-2003 and he suffered from many injuries acl and concussions which ended his career. 301 wins and was rangers all time winningest goaltender until hank but if mike had a just 2 or 3 more 25-30 won seasons he’d have almost if not 400 wins. And he would have be in the hall of fame. But he is in the USA hockey hof. And Is considered one of if not the greatest American born goaltender of all time.
I'm only one minute into this video and am considering clicking away after seeing the no mark messier message LOL
I came to this video just to see where Mark Messier is on the list.
Keep up the good work!!
Automatic like
My favourite Ranger is Henrik Lundquist
I don’t watch televised sports, but I was instructed to watch this video. The host of this video is in my top three list of beings in this video, falling just behind black cat and other cat.
Ruotsalainen got same money in europe, and NHL wasn't big deal in finland that point.
I believe I've read an article about Ruotsalainen not wanting to play in the NHL any longer after his first Cup win with the Oilers in 1987. He did get convinced of returning to the NHL in the 1989-90 Season to play for the Devils and he got traded to the Oilers.
Yes. Gretzky asked him to join LA, but Reksa said no. And early 80s Reijo wanted play europe, and that time finnish hockey player wanted play switzerland or sweden. Reijo was best skater in that point in NHL. Oilers coach even said that Reijos skating was art, and no one was even close to him.
It kind of interesting that up here in Ontario I barely if ever hear anything the Rangers even though they are such a popular team with a long history. Usually it's *grumble grumble* Bruins or *ha ha ha* Red Wings, etc. but not a peep about the Blue Shirt Group
My All Time Favorite New York Rangers
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NEW YORK RANGERS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
01. 1945: Howie Morenz
02. 1947: Lester Patrick
03. 1952: Bill Cook
04. 1958: Frank Boucher
05. 1958: Ching Johnson
06. 1958: Frank Patrick
07. 1958: Conn Smythe
08. 1960: John Kilpatrick
09. 1963: Earl Seibert
10. 1964: Doug Bentley
11. 1964: Babe Siebert
12. 1966: Max Bentley
13. 1966: Babe Pratt
14. 1967: Neil Colville
15. 1969: Bryan Hextall
16. 1970: Bill Gadsby
17. 1971: Terry Sawchuk
18. 1972: Bernie Geoffrion
19. 1973: Doug Harvey
20. 1973: Chuck Rayner
21. 1974: Art Coulter
22. 1974: Carl Voss
23. 1975: William Jennings
24. 1976: Johnny Bower
25. 1977: Tim Horton
26. 1978: Andy Bathgate
27. 1978: Jacques Plante
28. 1979: Harry Howell
29. 1980: Harry Lumley
30. 1980: Lynn Patrick
31. 1980: Gump Worsley
32. 1981: Allan Stanley
33. 1982: Emile Francis
34. 1982: Rod Gilbert
35. 1983: Bobby Hull
36. 1984: Phil Esposito
37. 1985: Jean Ratelle
38. 1987: Eddie Giacomin
39. 1988: Guy Lafleur
40. 1988: Buddy O’Connor
41. 1988: Brad Park
42. 1990: Bud Poile
43. 1991: Clint Smith
44. 1992: Marcel Dionne
45. 1993: Edgar Laprade
46. 1995: Bun Cook
47. 1997: Glen Sather
48. 1999: Wayne Gretzky
49. 2001: Mike Gartner
50. 2001: Jari Kurri
51. 2001: Craig Patrick
52. 2002: Roger Neilson
53. 2003: Pat Lafontaine
54. 2006: Herb Brooks
55. 2006: Dick Duff
56. 2007: Mark Messier
57. 2008: Glenn Anderson
58. 2009: Brian Leetch
59. 2009: Luc Robitaille
60. 2012: Pavel Bure
61. 2013: Fred Shero
62. 2013: Brendan Shanahan
63. 2016: Eric Lindros
64. 2018: Martin St. Louis
65. 2019: Vaclav Nedomansky
66. 2019: Sergei Zubov
Jeff boukeboom was a monster he was one of my favorite rangers with brian leetch. Luke Robitaille? was he on the rangers for a long time or na
Luc Robitaille played only two seasons with the Rangers. He's mostly remembered as a King. And Jeff Beukeboom, such a fun name to say.
My All-Time favorite New York Rangers:
1. Nick Fotiu
2. Barry Beck
3. Donald Brashear
4. Sean Avery
5. Dan Cloutier
6. Ron Harris
7. Theo Fleury
8. Billy Tibbetts
9. Derek Boogaard
10. Rudy Poeschek
11. Lindy Ruff
12. Bryan McCabe
13. Sandy McCarthy
14. Mark Messier
15. Brendan Lemieux
Actually l'm replacing BRYAN HEXTALL Sr. over Mark Messier at 14.
Thanks from Finland!
2020 UPDATE!
NEW YORK RANGERS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES
01. 1945: Howie Morenz
02. 1947: Lester Patrick
03. 1952: Bill Cook
04. 1958: Frank Boucher
05. 1958: Ching Johnson
06. 1958: Frank Patrick
07. 1958: Conn Smythe
08. 1960: John Kilpatrick
09. 1963: Earl Seibert
10. 1964: Doug Bentley
11. 1964: Babe Siebert
12. 1966: Max Bentley
13. 1966: Babe Pratt
14. 1967: Neil Colville
15. 1969: Bryan Hextall
16. 1970: Bill Gadsby
17. 1971: Terry Sawchuk
18. 1972: Bernie Geoffrion
19. 1973: Doug Harvey
20. 1973: Chuck Rayner
21. 1974: Art Coulter
22. 1974: Carl Voss
23. 1975: William Jennings
24. 1976: Johnny Bower
25. 1977: Tim Horton
26. 1978: Andy Bathgate
27. 1978: Jacques Plante
28. 1979: Harry Howell
29. 1980: Harry Lumley
30. 1980: Lynn Patrick
31. 1980: Gump Worsley
32. 1981: Allan Stanley
33. 1982: Emile Francis
34. 1982: Rod Gilbert
35. 1983: Bobby Hull
36. 1984: Phil Esposito
37. 1985: Jean Ratelle
38. 1987: Eddie Giacomin
39. 1988: Guy Lafleur
40. 1988: Buddy O’Connor
41. 1988: Brad Park
42. 1990: Bud Poile
43. 1991: Clint Smith
44. 1992: Marcel Dionne
45. 1993: Edgar Laprade
46. 1995: Bun Cook
47. 1997: Glen Sather
48. 1999: Wayne Gretzky
49. 2001: Mike Gartner
50. 2001: Jari Kurri
51. 2001: Craig Patrick
52. 2002: Roger Neilson
53. 2003: Pat Lafontaine
54. 2006: Herb Brooks
55. 2006: Dck Duff
56. 2007: Mark Messier
57. 2008: Glenn Anderson
58. 2009: Brian Leetch
59. 2009: Luc Robitaille
60. 2012: Pavel Bure
61. 2013: Fred Shero
62. 2013: Brendan Shanahan
63. 2016: Eric Lindros
64. 2018: Martin St. Louis
65. 2019: Vaclav Nedomansky
66. 2019: Sergei Zubov
67. 2020: Kevin Lowe
I LOVED Reijo Ruotsalainen!!
I'd personally have Ryan Callahan on my own list, but I love the vid
Just wanted to say RIP to former Ranger Mark Pavelich.
I still have the Reijo Ruotsaainen sweater I got as a boy. Would have been farther up my personal list.
I liked Zucc, was upset to see him go, but I think the Rangers were smart to unload him. Leetch tops my list.
Mike Gartner is one player I would put on this list. Still wish they didn't trade him in 94.
You should do either all time favorite St. Louis blues, Chicago blackhawks, or Philadelphia flyers next
I'm still shaking my head at that Brassard-Zibanejad trade.
JT Miller is my all time favourite Ranger
Still waiting for your favorite Avs list. My prediction for your favorite colorado avalanche players:
1) Adam Deadmarsh
2) joonas donskoi
3) gabriel landeskog
4) pavel francouz
5) patrick roy
*end of list*
I was really upset when MSG decided not to bring Ron Duguay back as a hockey analyst. He did a great job. And his hair was phenomenal (until he cut it).
Remember when dough
Leetch sb 1 :-) "Bright lights of Hollywood" or Broadway but same thing - Ron Duguay ! And Zuucch!
It would have been entertaining to see a Duguay/Jagr duo. The same for Archibald/Nichols duo.
Jagr's #1 for me. Great list
Ruotsalainen was one of the best skaters around. Lacked physicality in the eyes of many NHL bosses.
As a Rangers Fan I probably wouldn't have Messier on my list either, because I only became a Fan in the early 2000s, when the team sucked and Messier wasn't really that great anymore either. Jagr would make my list and a Nylander, probably many of the 2012-2015 teams.
A schoolyard buddy of mine played for the Rangers.
www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1364
His little brother Brian played briefly for Colorado under Don Cherry.
www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6462
I am sad to admit that despite being a year older then Shannon, I don't recognize half the people on his list
I cannot argue against anyone on this list. Thank you 👍
All time favorite San Jose sharks would be good as well as all time favorite Minnesota wild players. Even all time Montreal canadiens another original 6 team.
I agree with you about Zucc and it really hurt to see him go. And you've gotta be smoking somthing to say Price is better than Hank
no Jagr? without him Rangers don't make the playoffs in 06-07 season in my opinion.
I suspect the reason Graves is so high on your list is because he broke super Marios hand with a cheap slash. Bit him in the ass too, as it only woke up the sleeping beast that was the 92' Pens
Maybe do a video of your favorite tough guys of the 80’s?
We’re is st Louie
Sorry I probably spelt that wrong
Sad that Stephan is not on the list. Surprised you don't have esa on there.
Ruotsalainen is considered one of the best skaters ever by some finnish hockey people so the reason he didnt stay in NHL for longer is definitely not that.
Anybody hear about the Barkov rumors?
You trading for Nick Fotiu sounds like me looking for Tomas Kana or Eric Tangradi cards :D
Gretzky was to the rangers and Michael Jordan was to the Wizards if you disregard that Michael Jordan was promised part ownership of the Wizards
FOX is my #1, i would've expected Vanbiesbrook
4:50 wrong pronunciation but its just funny
Wondering how i guessed #5, #3 and #1
I'd also include Jasper Fast, same as Zucc
I don’t mind number 6 ;) 👍🏼
Spoiler: Avery's at #1.
In Reijo the J is pronounced as a J not H like in spanish. Other than that, you pronounced it pretty well.
Reijo Ruotsalainen's contract expired at end of 86 season. Craig Patrick was replaced by Phil Esposito as GM. And Ted Sator was being kept for next season. I think with changing of GM's, Patrick even keeled and affable. Esposito was brash and most likely a bit conceited, and proved to be one mess of a GM. And to top it off Ted Sator was a jerk he might have been more of a jerk than Keenan was. The guy sent Pierre Larouche to the minors for half a year. So I'm figuring he was fed up and was given a decent contract in Europe, close to home and less BS. He did come back as a mercenary a few times being a part of 2 of Edmontons cups. He was small, but was quick, good hands and a very accurate shot. Rangers messed up with him, hell they messed up in more ways then one the second half of the 80's.
No Mike Gartner? Mostly a Cap, but still, he was a killer for 3-4 seasons. Also, no Wayne Gretzky? Callaghan should probably also be there. But it's your list. Interesting list, good video post
Zuccarello getting traded was a travesty. Worst thing to happen since 2014
The dudes 5'6 and isnt going to have a season like the one he had. I'm totally happy for the time we had together but it was time for him to go.
As a rangers fan I’d love to see Dan Girardi and Ryan Callahan on this list
Nick Fotiu the first New York Ranger to be from New York City.
Ws9881 Sal Messina never got into a game but he was the backup goaltender for the Rangers.
Otto Zizak he’s not from the city
@@fishbomb6378 he’s from Staten Island, a borough of New York City.
What about elite Finnish prospect, and 2022 1st overall...Brad Lambert
Rangers fan here, I would have had Jagr, Callahan and Staal in that list .
Ogrodnik and greschner and reijo
Vadnis
Next on the list: Alex LeFreniere, sorry if I spelt this wrong
marian gaborik is my favorite ranger and player ever
Tough no Mark messier, makes sense he peaked in Vancouver