10 greatest hockey players ever....

[sillywilly]

http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/gr...f-all-time.asp

Anyone on this list that shouldn't be?? Anyone missing???

[mpare]

Do you think that you'll mysteriously find your way into the top 10?

http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/gr...f-all-time.asp

Anyone on this list that shouldn't be?? Anyone missing???

[sillywilly]

Don't need to.. my country man is #5

[mpare]

I just had to add Jean Belliveau to that list. The man was simply too good and too classy not to be considered.

[Indio]

I agree with Mike, take Crosby off as he hasn't been around long enough to be calle one of the greatest ever. Jean Beliveau was very classy hockey and a very solid player.

[Leftygolfer3]

Pretty bad list if you ask me. Way to many current players, especially in the 11-20 part of the list.

Let's see, off the top of my head, as well as Beliveau being added;

Gordie Howe should be higher
Orr should be second as he revolutionized his position
No way is Crosby in the top 20, even 30 - hasn't playd enough yet
Tretiak isn't included
Terry Sawchuck absolutely was SOOO much better than Hextall for example that it isn't even funny.
Bossy - #28? What a joke!

Note: I realize some of what I included above are not necessarily Top 10, they are certainly better than a lot of the listed Top 33.

It's a pretty bogus list IMO.

[LobWedge]

In no particular order...

- Wayne Gretzky
- Mario Lemieux
- Mark Messier
- Vladislav Tretiak
- Martin Brodeur
- Patrick Roy
- Gordie Howe
- Maurice Richard
- Bobby Orr
- Nicklas Lidstrom

I know that there are definitely some notable names that are left off my list, and that 10 is a pretty restrictive number especially over thousands of players, and 100+ years, but any true list also needs to include goaltenders and defencemen, IMO. They are as much a part of the game, and their team's ability to win championships as any player who racks up offensive points. It is after all, a TEAM game.

[spackler]

Doug Harvey is a no doubt top 10 player of all time. They changed the game's rules because of him.

[Baxter]

1-Gretzky
2-Orr
3-M.Richard
4-Lemieux
5-Howe
6-Roy
7-Beliveau
8-Harvey
9-Bobby Hull
10-Sawchuck
11-Bossy
12-P.Esposito
13-Lafleur
14-R.Bourque
15-Sakic
16- Mikita
17-Broduer
18-Messier
19-Lindsay
20-B.Clarke
21-Fuhr
22-Brett Hull
23-Robinson
24-Parent
25-Yzerman
26-Kurri
27-Coffey
28-Lidstrom
29-M.Dionne
30-Keon
31-D.Potvin
32-G.Perrault
33-Boom Boom
34-K.Dryden
35-Oates

I think the top 10 is easy after that you can move some rankings around but these guys on any Team would be amazing.

Tretiak - every big game - he could not win - 72 Lost, 80 Lost(pulled) plus more look at the records - Played one game in Montreal that made him a star in Canada and that was a tie.

[mpare]

No team can really succeed without a selfless defensive genius, who never - ever - stops playing and never - ever - leaves his man. That man is Bob Gainey. He needs to be on this team. The Russians correctly thought of him as the best two-way player in the world.

[Golfbum]

Don't need to.. my country man is #5

When did you start using the name HAIMSLEY? #5? Who is this dude you speak about?

[Big Johnny69]

I'll give you my top two lines of all time:

Line 1:

Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe
Defence: Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque
Goalie: Patrick Roy

Line 2:

Forwards: Mark Messier, Maurice Richard, Bobby Hull/Mike Bossy
Defence: Doug Harvey, Paul Coffey
Goalie: Terry Sawchuk (But one day Brodeur will be here or on line 1)