The Hockey News' Top 50 Players
As you probably know, each year the Hockey News releases a list of the top 50 players in hockey. This can spark some fantastic debate, so let’s see who made the list this year.1.) Peter Forsberg
2.) Jarome Iginla
3.) Markus Naslund
4.) Chris Pronger
5.) Dany Heatley
6.) Joe Thornton
7.) Martin Brodeur
8.) Ilya Kovalchuk
9.) Martin St.Louis
10.) Joe Sakic
11.) Mario Lemieux
12.) Nicklas Lidstrom
13.) Scott Niedermayer
14.) Marian Hossa
15.) Mats Sundin
16.) Daniel Alfredsson
17.) Rob Blake
18.) Sergei Fedorov
19.) Nikolai Khabibulin
20.) Jaromir Jagr
21.) Zdeno Chara
22.) Todd Bertuzzi
23.) Mike Modano
24.) Milan Hejduk
25.) Brad Richards
26.) Patrik Elias
27.) Vincent Lecavailer
28.) Martin Havlat
29.) Bill Guerin
30.) Sergei Gonchar
31.) Miikka Kiprusoff
32.) Keith Primeau
33.) Keith Tkachuk
34.) Glen Murray
35.) Ziggy Palffy
36.) Pavol Demitra
37.) Pavel Datsyuk
38.) Roberto Luongo
39.) Marty Turco
40.) Kris Draper
41.) Brenden Morrow
42.) Marian Gaborik
43.) Robert Lang
44.) Alex Tanguay
45.) Adam Foote
46.) Patrick Marleau
47.) Brian Leetch
48.) Jeremy Roenick
49.) Ryan Smyth
50.) Rick Nash
Personally, I don’t have too many issues with the selections. I would have put Scott Niedermayer over Niklas Lidstrom, but that is a close call. I would have also placed Ziggy Palffy in the top 30 at least, over the likes Bill Guerin, and had Pavel Datsyuk higher than Glen Murray and Keith Tkachuk, but it is all opinion.
What do you think:
