Agreed! I think Mario would've taken a lot of Gretzky's records had he not had health problems.
Greatest Hockey Players Of All Time?
- Thread starter TheLegendKiller
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One of my favourite players in the SEL....
Nice Red Wing choices! GO WINGS!! :glugglug:
Yeah, but I remember Rechi playing with them at times. That power play unit was the shit when all those guys were out there with Desjardins and Recchi.
bigbadbrody
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The greatest Hockey players that I ever saw play in the NHL were
Wayne Gretzky
and
Mario Lemieux
The players that I can see in the NHL now,that are going to be the greatest someday
Sidney Crosby
and
Alex Ovetchkin
Wayne Gretzky
and
Mario Lemieux
The players that I can see in the NHL now,that are going to be the greatest someday
Sidney Crosby
and
Alex Ovetchkin
I remember Recchi being on the PP with LeClair at times but it was mostly after Lindros was shipped out and Primeau was named captain.
People been sleeping on Coffey too. 3 of the top 7 single season goal records by defenseman are held by Coffey, including the single season record of goals by a defensemen w/48. :eek: That's A LOT of goals for a defenseman. Believe me, I played defense and that is an incredible feat. I don't think that record will ever be broken.
Sakic has won Major Junior MVP, Lady Byng, Hart, Conn Smythe and Person awards. Those are all major awards.
I don't know about Hasek. I don't think he did enough for me. He was a mind-boggling goaltender in the late 90's though. No one could score on him, I remember that. He was like a fucking wall.
Maybe not great in the sense of awards and Stanley cups and such, but I'm saying that his style changed the status quo, which makes him great.
MRPIMPN4EVA
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Bobby Orr?
bobby orr in my opinion wouldve been THE greatest but too many knee injuries cut short such a great career at the age of 30
Sakic has also won two cups. Hes going strong and still has 2 or 3 more years. He doesnt get enough credit. He has also captained the Canadian olympic team, look at the rest of the nhlers who did that and see the company hes in. {Gretzky,Lemieux to name a few}
Roys is the best goalie of all time he is responsible for butterfly and thats no disrespect to Brodeur whos easily one of the best and one of my favs
I don't know about that....Gretzky hit the game at the right time, always had great linemates, and played on some damn good teams.
true about gretzky .....notice how when he left edmonton the numbers started to suffer a bit even though he wasnt even 30 yet.....but gretzky is still one of the greats
I agree with all except the Shane Doan comment from page one. He's good but no where near when you talk about greatest of all time. I think one glaring oversight that I am noticeing is the lack of respect for Mark Messier, He won 2 cups without Gretzky, Gretzky never won any without him. Don't get me wrong Gretzky is #1 but Messier is definetly in the top 5.
