Instead of complaining about who should have been on the list, I am thankful to the NHL for putting a video like this together. It gives the fans an opportunity to learn about great players who played back in the day. Thank you National Hockey League!
I'm glad this wasn't a countdown. The game has changed too much and is too dynamic to compare players like that. It's nice to see a top players list from people who understand the game.
@@jackyl8259 The best players from the 50s and 60s would be absolutely destroyed by the worst players today. It's not hating, it's the truth. Players are simply bigger, stronger, smarter, way better nutrition, better equipment, better strategy, everything. Watch an old game in full, they can be easily found on youtube, and it looks like a beer league game. Could you imagine Gump Worsley or Glenn Hall going up against an Auston Matthews toe-drag, a Patrick Laine one-timer or an Ovie blast from the circle? No chance. It's not that the old timers were bad players, it's that it was simply a different time. Every single sport on earth is the same, players today are far better than anyone in the past
@@smokesletsgo2374 the game began its change When Bobby Orr showed everyone how well a human can skate. In '67 it was new. Now most great forwards can skate better. What cant be taught is Gretzky's mind for the game. He would dominate in a No 2 line pass league.
He played on teams that couldn’t go deep on playoffs. But his numbers absolutely should put him on this list. Maybe over 1 of the guys from the WW2 era. No disrespect to them, but winning cups in a 6 team vs 20-30 team league just isn’t the same.
Absolutely. There will never be a greater goalscorer than him. Than again, my top 10 would be quite unorthodox. Including players like Coffey, Dionne, and Esposito.
You know I never played hockey. Yet I grew up in Northwest Territories Canada and somehow have watched enough hockey that I knew EVERY name on the NHL top 100 list and could remember moments from all of them individually. ANd one thing that just makes me proud to be Canadian and have so much respect FOR the game of hockey is how much respect the players out there have for each other. Despite it's physical nature hockey is a serious gentleman's sport
The amount of ads in the bar thingy 😂 Year later edit: I wasn’t complaining about the ads, I was pointing it out because I thought it was funny, so y’all can chill.
From this hockey fan from Philly who seen him play in person both in Boston and Philly. Orr was the best. Bobby played every game like Nick Foles did only once in the Super Bowl beating the Patriots in 2018. Greeting Kate Smith after she sang "God Bless America" at the final Game Six that the Flyers won The Cup was pure Orr class.
Тео Флери не попал в список - видимо, до сих пор помнят его пьяные художества, а не сотни очков в каждом сезоне и помощь команде в критические моменты. Это сейчас он молодец, не пьёт, не курит и помогает людям пережить то страшное, что довелось пройти самому. Многие считают, что он достоин быть в зале славы НХЛ.
Billy Smith's record in the playoffs (Where it counted because the reg. season was a joke) was 88 wins 36 loses .657 against the best teams in the NHL. That's all I have to say about Billy.
Ted Lindsay was before my time but in hearing about him he seemed just like a tough guy who scored a few goals with Howe. Then I look at the statistics and it blew my mind that this little guy (5'8" 163 lbs) who got the nickname Terrible because of the fear he instilled in opponents also racked up a ton of points. Great player
@@donaldcornchowder9112 If you were a little older (like me) you remember him as a TV analyst on the NBC hockey broadcasts and I believe he did TV for the Flyers also. Never saw him play (my father did) but he remained a presence in hockey long after his career. A lot of players disappear when they leave the game but Ted Lindsay never did.
I think Marty St. Louis should be on here. I think one of the best undrafted players and won the art Ross twice and did lots of things at a very short height. True legend.
Pretty bad to ignore Jarome Iginla. 1554 games played which is 14th overall for games played by NHL players. He amassed 625 goals and 675 points for 1300 points in total and 34th overall in points scored by an NHL player.-
Didn't even get past the ad and reading this makes me question if I want to watch. Very disappointed he's not included was my favorite player growing up and as a born into die hard flames fan he carried my hockey fandom without question for many years
Iggy obviously should be there but there's bound to be some omissions that are nuts. Narrowing all of NHL history down to 100 players is an impossible task to get exactly right.
4:50:40 I agree with Stan Fischler. #5- Best defensemen of all-time. He didn't only score goals and assist, he played great defense unlike Coffey who kept getting caught in the offensive territory when the opponents were on the offense. Coffey was great, but i'd take Dennis. Soon as he retired The Islanders went from 1st place in 1988 to last the next season. In 1980 he missed 49 games and the Isles suffered but when he came back the Islanders finish strong going 12 games without a loss to finish the season. On power play he was the best. His passing was tops.
This is a great documentary the names like a Who's Who of the NHL I really enjoy this one I know my father saw a lot of these guys at the Old Chicago Stadium as a kid lots of great memories in this collection thank you from my father and me
The single greatest sports documentary ever produced. And the best part, no ranking. The 100 were presented in alphabetical order and really, how can these 100 men be ranked in order of greatness. Thank you NHL.
3:16:14 Leetch is the greatest American born player ever. Best Defenseman of the 1990s by far. Calder Trophy, 2 Norris Trophies, World Cup Gold Medal Captain, Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup Champion. Number 1 in points per game in the playoffs for the decade. One of 5 Defenseman in NHL history to have a 100 point season. One of 3 Defenseman to average over a point per game in the playoffs. Amazing player and also extremely humble. Awesome teammate as well, got along great with everyone.
Kaner buddy. The only American born player to clean sweep awards. He won the Calder, conn smythe, 3 cups, a hart Ross and Lindsay. Not to mention he will have the most points by an American when he hangs it up
@@masondumonthier5841 Kane is a great choice too, but he just passed Leetch in points and Leetch was a DEFENSEMEN his entire career, not to mention Leetch played in the dead puck era a good portion of career on terrible teams! Kane won the Hart, but Leetch won the Norris TWICE which is the equivalent to the Hart for Defensemen. Plus as a teammate Leetch was better. He was a great guy and ambassador to the NHL, while Kane is a douchebag off the ice.
Can you imagine if the cross checking rules were like today back in the 1980's. Bossy wouldn't have to have left prematurely due to back problems and probably would have scored 8 to 9 hundred goals. Get well Mike we still love ya 🗽
A lot of the players on the list were in the rangers the year they tried to buy a stanley cup too, but nobody talks about it because they finished 26th somhehow. Pre-cap era dynasties are meaningless. I remember the owner of the wings joking about signing Hasek, saying there's going to be one less peperoni slice in the pizzas...
Bobby Orr was the greatest hockey player I've ever seen. You simply had to be there. Not just one zone- but all three. Complete and utter dominance of all three zones of the rink. His dominance can be seen in his Per Game plus/minus numbers. They dwarf all other NHL Players that ever laced up a pair of skates.
@earlviney5212 Wrong for a guy that was 6'5 Lemieux was a wimp who like Crosby would whine and complain everytime he got bodychecked. Lemieux should have played Soccer not hockey.
Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Börje Salming, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmström, Ulf Dahlen, Gabriel Landeskog, Douglas Murray. Yeah quite some tough Swedes xD
As a wings fan, it hurts that we couldn't make anything of him with the Wings, if he played during our dynasties in the 40s and 50s and 90s and 00s, he woulda been a Detroit legend
i've been getting into hockey over the past week or two and decided to watch this video to learn more about the sport's history, at first i thought the montreal canadiens were like hockey's version of the boston celtics, but the sheer number of canadiens on this list made me realize that was a severe understatement lol
This is wonderful!! Love that you have Stan Fischler as the main pundit. Pictures and videos are fantastic too. Added a lot to what knowledge I already had about the history of the NHL.
In Russia and Europe generally,former soviet and Russian Sergey Makarov considered one the greatest players ever,to bad he came to League then he was 30+,the late star of 70 Valery Harlamov as well
Neely is THE benchmark for a power forward, but while he was also a great goal scorer, I think he was left off the list simply due to injuries and a relatively short career (games played), and that he didn't score 400 goals.
I'm at the 5 hr mark now... had to pause to buy new skates, and get a radius done on them... NOW IT"S ON TIME for a BEAUTIFUL FINISH TO CHRISTMAS EVE.... THANK You HOCKEY SANTA.... all 100 OF YOU!
Taro Tsujimoto should be on this list. He was the 183rd overall pic from the sabres..he needs to be on this list as well..lmao im just buggin..but a good list overall..so many great players from their era's..hockey has come a long way along with society
I won hardest shot during highschool all-star weekend. That was 25 years ago. Using a Bauer stick cause it was a bucket stick that cost 15$ and my family didn’t have much money. I was 16 5’7 weighed maybe 155lbs. Soaking wet. Curios how fast my shot was? 78mph. Just sharing my story to someone who likes clappers.
It bugs the shit out of me that they never mention how Peter Forsberg has the world Juniors record of 31 points in 7 fucking games. That's fucking astounding!
Because it’s a little pointless. I’m sure he got 8 points vs Belarus and 12 points against South Africa! Forsberg was amazing but that record is nothing.
I know you guys want to honor the history of the original 6 but there are some players on this list that just succeeded from being on great teams who didn’t deserve to be on here. While leaving some legends off like Iginla, Doan, Malkin, and Hawerchuck name a few.
Man oh man would i love to see some of those old timers wearing the equipment of today. Bobby Baun, Red Kelly, Hull brothers, Stan Mikita , Pat Whitey Stapelton to name a few. Getting shivers thinking about it
24 of the 100 players are Quebec born (that I know of) The leafs don't like frenchies so they keep them off the team The leafs didnt win a cup since 67 and they still wonder why smh.
The problem for me is the title of this list. The 100 Greatest NHL Players should be 100 "of the Greatest NHL Players". So it would not mean the greatest but of the greatest acknowledging there are great players not on the list. I would actually prefer that they would only put those who are retired on the list. It gives a history to those who are younger to learn about the many players before their time in their prime. So take Crosby, Ovie, Kane, Teows, Keith off etc and put on others then update and make it best of the 100 updated as of a date who are retired???? Or make top 150, so many to know of
I realize that intangibles factor into player selections (not just stats and cup wins), but there are several early players that probably do not belong on the list (more sentiment than actual achievement - incl a few early goaltenders). As well, there are several players that were overlooked: Dale Hawerchuk, Evgeni Malkin and Mark Recchi top the list of omissions, and if you're going to include Mike Gartner (awesome player but no cup), then you have to also include Dino Ciccarelli, Doug Gilmore, and Michel Goulet (all with similar numbers to Gartner). Goalies on the other hand, seem to be under a higher scrutiny. Stats alone does not win them a spot on the list. One or more cup wins seems to be a must (perhaps rightfully so). Notably absent in this regard is Ed Belfour, Marc-Andre Fleury and Chris Osgood.
I agree with goaltenders being overlooked. I can think of at least 4 worthy of consideration. I'm old enough to remember how great Gump Worsley and the Rangers' Eddie Giacomin were. Plus, 2 more Rangers to consider are Mike Richter and Henrik Lundqvist. I can't hang with Osgood however. I see him as mediocre with any other team-and I was born and raised in "Hockeytown."
@Terminator6364 Price had a losing record in the playoffs and his save % dipped from.924 in the regular season to .912 in the playoffs which is average at best.
