The Hockey News top 50 Players

[jjtt99 0]

Here is the Hockey News' list of the top 50 players in the NHL

1. Jarome Iginla

2. Peter Forsberg

3. Martin Brodeur

4. Chris Pronger

5. Joe Sakic

6. Joe Thornton

7. Scott Neidermayer

8. Martin St-Louis

9. Nicklas Listrom

10. Ilya Kovalchuk

11. Brad Richards

12. Jaromir Jagr

13. Vinny Lavalier

14. Markus Naslund

15. Rick Nash

16. Marian Hossa

17. Nikolai Khabibulin

18. Patrik Elias

19. Zdeno Chara

20. Mats Sundin

21. Daniel Alfredsson

22. Rob Blake

23. Mario Lemieux

24. Sergei Fedorov

25. Mike Modano

26. Sidney Crosby

27. Miika Kiprusoff

28. Todd Bertuzzi

29. Martin Havlat

30. Milan Hejduk

31. Pavel Datsyuk

32. Wade Redden

33. Ziggy Palffy

34. Marian Gaborik

35. Dany Heatley

36. Sergei Gonchar

37. Marty Turco

38. Roberto Luongo

39. Tomas Vokoun

40. Pavol Demitra

41. Keith Pimeau

42. Keith Tkachuk

43. Kris Draper

44. Scott Hannan

45. Glen Murray

46. Adam Foote

47. Ryan Smyth

48. Brendon Morrow

49. Alex Tanguay

50. Shane Doan

I'd like to see my man Naslund higher, but they're right, he's lacking a big play off performance.

I also like Thorton, but he hasn't had a huge playoffs either...hmmm.

As for Crosby...I'm liking this kid, but he hasn't played a game yet so what's up with that?

What do you think?

JJ

[sherwood21 0]

Absolutely no way Naslund should drop out of the top 10. Sorry. I think Doan should also be higher. Solid list, solid list. Too bad I lost my issue..:(

[chilaxin12 2]

I'm just not seeing how as of right now, Crosby is better than Heatly

[hockechamp14 0]

Kovalchuk number 10?... are they kidding? He owns iginla...

[AtlantaThrashers01 0]

heatly should be way higher...top ten atleast

[Cavs019 710]

Crosby better than a guy who put up 98 points one year? (Hejduk) As Hockey News' credibility flies out the window.....

[djinferno 2]

where is zerdev?

[djinferno 2]

Kovalchuk number 10?... are they kidding? He owns iginla...

that one of the worst comment i heard yet, Iggy caried his team to the finals and kova is not even the best player on his team...

[kosydar 0]

Crosby better than a guy who put up 98 points one year? (Hejduk) As Hockey News' credibility flies out the window.....

Crosby shouldn't even be on the list. He still hasn't played one regular season game. This hype is just bullshit.

[shute 4]

how could they put crosby but not put ovechkin

[Chadd 916]

how could they put crosby but not put ovechkin

Ovechkin is Russian and they haven't been making a living off of hyping Ovechkin during the lockout.

[Chris_H 0]

Richards over Lecavalie.... Do they not know who wears the "C" in T-Bay?

[Dangles 0]

Where's Brewer? Past and future Olympian..Team Canada..world champion..

[nate 0]

Crosby is way too overrated. I agree with Heatley is under rated and should be at least top 25.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Richards over Lecavalie.... Do they not know who wears the "C" in T-Bay?

Vinny lost the C to Andreychuk a couple of years back.

[Jason Harris 31]

I don't think there are enough goalies on the list.

[all-star 0]

where is zerdev?

he hasnt done anything big yet to be top 50. hes good, but hasnt done anything to get recognition

[SR27 0]

No Roenick? Wait a second....

[Sven 1]

Tanguay is way too underrated.

[JGraz15 53]

Poor Kariya, not Canada invites the last couple of years, no All-Star team...have one really bad year and look what happens.

[freq019 0]

I think heatley dropped because of his showing at the worlds, and well crosby is a victim of the hype machine but he did play on the world cup team so there is some basis of comparison. I am surprised there was no Ovechkin or Malkin, but like Chadd said TSN didn't pimp either of them during the lockout.

[Stampede 0]

Heatley hasn't really played well since the car crash... I hope he can put all that behind him in Ottawa.

Agree with the post about not enough Gpalies cos it is the most important position in hockey.

Crosby shouldn't be on the list as he hasn't played a regular season game ... period.

Pronger being higher than Niedermyer is also crazy.

There's some very suspect people in there ... if it's voted on recent performance then why is Mondano in there.

I think THN aways make it a bit controversial with some choices to get every one talking

[Eazy_b97 1]

Pronger being higher than Niedermyer is also crazy.

Pronger is head and shoulders above every NHL D in the league. I wouldn't even put Niedermayer in my top 5, maybe top 10. He is by far the most overrated player in the NHL. He's been lucky enough to play on teams which cover him constantly in Jersey its almost impossible to make a mistake, and on Team Canada he had the likes of Pronger, Blake and others covering. As soon as they weren't around, he looked below average. I'd drop Foppa, but understand their reasoning. If healthy he's probably the #1 player in the NHL, but he hasn't been healthy. I don't understand why Hannan is on the list.

[Stampede 0]

Or Redden.....

We'll agree to disagree about Pronger, given he is massive and logs a lot of time but the East has had the stronger over all teams and for his size I think Neidermyer players bigger than he is... Pronger can't possibily play bigger!

[mack 44]

I'm convinced Niedermayer kicked your dog or had relations with your sister. Other than Guru's bloodlust for Lindros, I've never seen someone hung-up on one player as much as that.