Definitely a no brainer but Johnny Hockey, dude just had a type of energy and amazing presence wherever he went
Plumbercanuck
Orr, Howe Rocket, Gretz, Belivue
AliveTechnology7082
Brad Marchand
Switchgamer1970
Ray Bourque.
dbag3o1
Kariya
imloungin
Crosby is still hated by many from the antics he pulled his first few years in the league
starwrs34
Phil the thrill
Fleganhimer
68
Reallyme77
Jean Beliveau, Bergy, Iggy and Gretzky
Past_Plenty6699
What about Luongo
cheeseball209
I’m surprised I’m not seeing Sakic listed.
I’d also throw Swayman on the list for recent years.
gretzky9999
Mats Sundin
nystrom19
Sakic
fyurious
Joe Sakic, Stevie Y, Nick Lidstrom, Teemu Selanne
Republic-Of-OK
I think Jerome Iginla is pretty widely loved and respected around the league. I’m sure a lot of fans of other teams were rooting for him to win a cup after he left Calgary.
NerdAlert66
Sedin twins. Specially with what they did off the ice in their careers. special individuals.
Selanne id say as well
DeuceDropper420
Marchand, Cooke, DeAngelo, Avery….. wait, sorry. Wrong list
Sad-Tension-12
Orr, Gretzky, Howe, Beliveau, LaFleur, Yzerman
Root-Beer-Boy
Datsyuk
Fit-Meal4943
Wendel Clark, Johnny Bower, Lanny McDonald (or at least his moustache), Guy Lafleur.
bfingerton
Sakic, Lemieux, Fleury
DionFW
Trevor Linden.
scratchydaitchy
Jaromir Jagr. The magnetism and mullet were both unparalleled. What a beauty.
ProofByVerbosity
I think an underappreciated pick is Saku Koivu
SucculentSteamedHams
Trouba’s elbow is loved by chins everywhere
GamerGod337
Non penguins fans used to hate crosby.
CMDR_Traf85
Ray Bourque, Joe Sakic, Stevie Y, Jean Beliveau, Nathan MacKinnon, Patrice Bergeron, Jaromir Jagr.
I tried to pick players that were loved by the fans of their teams while being respected by opponents and fans of other teams.
Dangerous_Leg4584
Linden
Urban_Heretic
Jean Beliveau. Was considered for the role of Governor General back in the day.
furianeh
Scott Neidermeyer
Gaege29
Gordie Howe
Bobby Orr
Guy Lafleur
Joe Sakic
Steve Yzerman
Peter Forsberg..
Lanny Macdonald
Grant Fuhr
Doug Gilmour
Andy Moog
Mike Modano
Ray Bourque
MidnightNo1766
I’m surprised I haven’t seen Lundqvist on this list.
JoseMachismo
Beliveau.
OctoWings13
Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk
UmbraNation
Bryzgalov, but not for his play. Instead it was just how crazy/funny the guy was lol
DJFeed77
Forsberg, Lidström, Lundqvist, Sundin, Landeskog.
No I’am not a Swede I assure you.
Edit: Forgot Salming
Hugh_G_Rection1977
Johnny Gaudreau.
wompwomp077
I think Kopitar needs to be on this list.
gmwdim
Y’all forgot Martin St. Louis who won the Lady Byng trophy 3 times.
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Iginlas gotta be on the shortlist
Marc Andre Fleury absolutely
Definitely a no brainer but Johnny Hockey, dude just had a type of energy and amazing presence wherever he went
Orr, Howe Rocket, Gretz, Belivue
Brad Marchand
Ray Bourque.
Kariya
Crosby is still hated by many from the antics he pulled his first few years in the league
Phil the thrill
68
Jean Beliveau, Bergy, Iggy and Gretzky
What about Luongo
I’m surprised I’m not seeing Sakic listed.
I’d also throw Swayman on the list for recent years.
Mats Sundin
Sakic
Joe Sakic, Stevie Y, Nick Lidstrom, Teemu Selanne
I think Jerome Iginla is pretty widely loved and respected around the league. I’m sure a lot of fans of other teams were rooting for him to win a cup after he left Calgary.
Sedin twins. Specially with what they did off the ice in their careers. special individuals.
Selanne id say as well
Marchand, Cooke, DeAngelo, Avery….. wait, sorry. Wrong list
Orr, Gretzky, Howe, Beliveau, LaFleur, Yzerman
Datsyuk
Wendel Clark, Johnny Bower, Lanny McDonald (or at least his moustache), Guy Lafleur.
Sakic, Lemieux, Fleury
Trevor Linden.
Jaromir Jagr. The magnetism and mullet were both unparalleled. What a beauty.
I think an underappreciated pick is Saku Koivu
Trouba’s elbow is loved by chins everywhere
Non penguins fans used to hate crosby.
Ray Bourque, Joe Sakic, Stevie Y, Jean Beliveau, Nathan MacKinnon, Patrice Bergeron, Jaromir Jagr.
I tried to pick players that were loved by the fans of their teams while being respected by opponents and fans of other teams.
Linden
Jean Beliveau. Was considered for the role of Governor General back in the day.
Scott Neidermeyer
Gordie Howe
Bobby Orr
Guy Lafleur
Joe Sakic
Steve Yzerman
Peter Forsberg..
Lanny Macdonald
Grant Fuhr
Doug Gilmour
Andy Moog
Mike Modano
Ray Bourque
I’m surprised I haven’t seen Lundqvist on this list.
Beliveau.
Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk
Bryzgalov, but not for his play. Instead it was just how crazy/funny the guy was lol
Forsberg, Lidström, Lundqvist, Sundin, Landeskog.
No I’am not a Swede I assure you.
Edit: Forgot Salming
Johnny Gaudreau.
I think Kopitar needs to be on this list.
Y’all forgot Martin St. Louis who won the Lady Byng trophy 3 times.
Stevie Y