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The Top 101

 

 

 

00 John Davidson

0 Neil Sheehy

1 Terry Sawchuk

2 Doug Harvey

3 Lionel Hitchman

4 Bobby Orr

5 Denis Potvin

6 Toe Blake

7 Howie Morenz

8 Cam Neely

9 Gordie Howe

 

10 Guy Lafleur

11 Mark Messier

12 Dickie Moore

13 Mats Sundin

14 Brendan Shanahan

15 Milt Schmidt

16 Marcel Dionne

17 Jari Kurri

18 Serge Savard

19 Steve Yzerman

 

20 Luc Robitaille

21 Stan Mikita

22 Mike Bossy

23 Bob Gainey

24 Chris Chelios

25 Joe Nieuwendyk

26 Peter Stastny

27 Frank Mahovlich

28 Steve Larmer

29 Ken Dryden

 

30 Martin Brodeur

31 Grant Fuhr

32 Dale Hunter

33 Patrick Roy

34 John Vanbiesbrouck

35 Tony Esposito

36 Daniel Bouchard

37 Olaf Kolzig

38 Vladimir Malakhov

39 Dominik Hasek

 

40 Alex Tanguay

41 Stu Barnes

42 Sergei Makarov

43 Patrice Brisebois

44 Chris Pronger

45 Rhett Warriner

46 Kyle McLaren

47 Marc-Andre Bergeron

48 Scott Young

49 Brian Savage

 

50 Igor Ulanov

51 Andrei Kovalenko

52 Adam Foote

53 Derek Morris

54 Sean Pronger

55 Larry Murphy

56 Sergei Zubov

57 Steve Heinze

58 Bill Berg

59 Tom Fitzgerald

 

60 Jose Theodore

61 Maxim Afinogenov

62 Olli Jokinen

63 Josef Vasicek

64 Sylvain Cote

65 Tim Hunter

66 Mario Lemieux

67 Robert Svehla

68 Jaromir Jagr

69 Mel Angelstad

 

70 Oleg Tverdovsky

71 Mike Foligno

72 Mathieu Schneider

73 Michael Ryder

74 Jay McKee

75 Walt Poddubny

76 Radek Bonk

77 Ray Bourque

78 Pavol Demitra

79 Alexei Yashin

 

80 Geoff Sanderson

81 Miroslav Satan

82 Marian Gaborik

83 Ales Hemsky

84 Guillaume Latendresse

85 Petr Klima

86 Jonathan Ferland

87 Sidney Crosby

88 Eric Lindros

89 Alexander Mogilny

 

90 Joe Juneau

91 Sergei Fedorov

92 Rick Tocchet

93 Doug Gilmour

94 Ryan Smyth

95 Aleksey Morozov

96 Tomas Holmstrom

97 Jeremy Roenick

98 Brian Lawton

99 Wayne Gretzky

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Great list! That was a fun read. I think #71 can be changed to Malkin already though. Did you see that goal last night? He appears to be the real deal.

 

He's only scored 4 goals. How many did Foligno have? I'm sure Malkin will pass that, but until he plays at least a full season, he's not better than Foligno.

 

And yes, that goal was pretty GD amazing. Sabres better win in the next 2 years, because the Penguins are loaded.

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He's only scored 4 goals. How many did Foligno have? I'm sure Malkin will pass that, but until he plays at least a full season, he's not better than Foligno.

 

And yes, that goal was pretty GD amazing. Sabres better win in the next 2 years, because the Penguins are loaded.

 

I saw Foligno score a lot of goals, but nothing like Malkin's. I think you can wave your full season rule.

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I saw Foligno score a lot of goals, but nothing like Malkin's. I think you can wave your full season rule.

 

There's more to being "great" than being pretty ... Foligno was a well-rounded player who did it for a long career .. .Malikin could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

 

 

 

I would give #31 to Billy Smith...

 

I think a case could be made for Dave Fenyves ... ;)

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Potvin over Geoffrion? Get real.

 

Bourque over Espo?

 

Yzerman better than Ratelle AND Robinson?

 

Nieuwendyk better than Lemaire?

 

Shanahan better than Keon? I MIGHT give them that one, but I'd have to think about it for a while.

 

I'm sure if I looked at the list long enough I'd find several others that SI had their head up their nether regions on.

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I'm sure if I looked at the list long enough I'd find several others that SI had their head up their nether regions on.

That is an understatement. Phil Esposito said one time (if not more) on Home Ice that SI knows nothing about hockey. Given a legend making a statement like that, I wouldn't give it a second thought to question his judgment. He's right on.

 

Here's a :bag: to SI.

 

As for the Pens, they might make the playoffs this year. Methuselah doesn't appear to be playing there anymore.

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