Espn 100: NHL2night's 100 best of all time (1st 100 players they thought of)
There has been discussion who are the top players of all time. Here is the top 100 according to Melrose, Pang and Ferraro.
They put some thought into it but there are players who are higher then they should be and lower then they should be.
NHL2Night’s Top 100 NHL Players of All Time
Rank Player 100-99
100 Adam Oates
99 Dave Keon
98 Paul Kariya
97 George Hainsworth
96 Joe Mullen
95 Serge Savard
94 Michel Goulet
93 Darryl Sittler
92 Borje Salming
91 Luc Robitaille
Rank Player 90-81
90 Markus Naslund
89 Jarome Iginla
88 Glenn Anderson
87 Eric Lindros
86 Phil Housley
85 Mike Modano
84 Rod Langway
83 Dave Andreychuk
82 Jean Ratelle
81 Johnny Bower
Rank Player 80-71
80 Brendan Shanahan
79 Joe Malone
78 Dino Ciccarelli
77 Norm Ullman
76 Pat LaFontaine
75 Scott Niedermayer
74 Denis Savard
73 Joe Nieuwendyk
72 Doug Gilmour
71 Chris Chelios
Rank Player 70-61
70 Chris Pronger
69 Mike Gartner
68 Dale Hawerchuk
67 Jeremy Roenick
66 Bob Gainey
65 Pavel Bure
64 Mark Howe
63 Sid Abel
62 Brian Leetch
61 Dickie Moore
Rank Player 60-51
60 Newsy Lalonde
59 John Bucyk
58 Alexander Mogilny
57 Al MacInnis
56 Yvan Cournoyer
55 Bill Durnan
54 Brad Park
53 Bill Cook
52 Scott Stevens
51 Bernie Geoffrion
Rank Player 50-41
50 Dit Clapper
49 Max Bentley
48 Peter Stastny
47 Milt Schmidt
46 Gilbert Perreault
45 Tim Horton
44 Tony Esposito
43 Ken Dryden
42 Sergei Fedorov
41 Bob Clarke
Rank Player 40-31
40 Frank Mahovlich
39 Howie Morenz
38 Ron Francis
37 Henri Richard
36 Charlie Conacher
35 Red Kelly
34 Grant Fuhr
33 Paul Coffey
32 Marcel Dionne
31 Steve Yzerman
Rank Player 30-21
30 Nicklas Lidstrom
29 Jari Kurri
28 Martin Brodeur
27 Brett Hull
26 Phil Esposito
25 Larry Robinson
24 Glenn Hall
23 Denis Potvin
22 Dominik Hasek
21 Jaromir Jagr
Rank Player 20-11
20 Terry Sawchuk
19 Ted Lindsay
18 Stan Mikita
17 Peter Forsberg
16 Joe Sakic
15 Jacques Plante
14 Mike Bossy
13 Guy Lafleur
12 Ray Bourque
11 Mark Messier
Rank Top 10 Hockey Players of All Time 10-1
10 Jean Beliveau
9 Doug Harvey
8 Patrick Roy
7 Eddie Shore
6 Maurice Richard
5 Bobby Hull
4 Gordie Howe
3 Mario Lemieux
2 Bobby Orr
1 Wayne Gretzky
Where is Trottier? 500 goals, ton of points, 5 or 6 cups. Hart winner, one of the great 2 way fowards ever.
Kariya is there. Sellanee won a few scoring titles he should be ther over Kariya.
Pronger at 70? Look at the names behind him. He isnt even a HOF yet in my opinion. Its a disgrace Luc Robataile is so low.
For NYR defensemen vs. NYR defensmen Leetch should be ahead of Brad Park
I dont want to offend anyone but why is Sakic so high. Top 20 all time? No way.
Mogilny was a great player, but everyone behind him was better then him.
I thought Recchi and his stats couldve made it. But that is just my opinion.
Ill be honest there are the older players who I never heard of, so I will not argue on that.
It is not that bad but there are some things that make you scratch there head.
This proves that no one can make a perfect list. No one can because there will always be certain arguments that will come up.
For example the number one player of all time: Dave Schultz.
