That's right! Joe's off
Some time ago Joe posted his greatest 36 players of all time. I saw the list and said to myself, Stop it there, back it up!
No, I wasn't referring to my handy telestrator. I was referring my book from 1999, Stop it there, back it up!: 50 years of hockey with Howie Meeker.
In that book, I made my own list of the greatest hockey players. Golly gee, I've been in hockey for longer than Joe's been alive. He's a nice kid and all, but I've played against Rocket Richard and Gordie Howe and I savored Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky. Heck, I even taught many of the big names when they were kids at my hockey school. Names like Mickey Redmond!
So I know a thing or two about hockey, or my name isn't Howie Meeker! So here's my list of the greatest players of all time:
| 1. Wayne Gretzky | 26. Bill Durnan |
| 2. Bobby Orr | 27. Bobby Clarke |
| 3. Mario Lemieux | 28. Frank Mahovlich |
| 4. Gordie Howe | 29. Dickie Moore |
| 5. Guy Lafleur | 30. Larry Robinson |
| 6. Jean Beliveau | 31. Eric Lindros |
| 7. Bobby Hull | 32. King Clancy |
| 8. Doug Harvey | 33. Bryan Trottier |
| 9. Terry Sawchuk | 34. Marcel Dionne |
| 10. Mark Messier | 35. Charlie Conacher |
| 11. Jacques Plante | 36. Elmer Lach |
| 12. Mike Bossy | 37. Glenn Hall |
| 13. Stan Mikita | 38. Peter Stastny |
| 14. Eddie Shore | 39. Steve Yzerman |
| 15. Maurice Richard | 40. Syl Apps |
| 16. Ken Dryden | 41. Jari Kurri |
| 17. Ray Bourque | 42. Gilbert Perreault |
| 18. Harvey Jackson | 43. Howie Morenz |
| 19. Chris Chelios | 44. Patrick Roy |
| 20. Jaromir Jagr | 45. Milt Schmidt |
| 21. Turk Broda | 46. Paul Coffey |
| 22. Ted Lindsay | 47. Denis Potvin |
| 23. Phil Esposito | 48. Michel Goulet |
| 24. Ted Kennedy | 49. Dit Clapper |
| 25. Henri Richard | 50. Nels Stewart |
Note: Howie Meeker isn't really affiliated with this website. Howie appears only in good fun.
Also, I will have better internet access this time around and may post here and especially on Twitter @HockeyLegends. In addition I have prepared content to auto-run while I'm away.
2 comments:
Lindros? Bwa ha ha ha ha! Never won anything. Dished it out but couldn't take it. A huge cry baby. A complete loser. Scott Stevens did us all a favor when he put the finishing touches on Eric's multi-concussed head. OVER RATED!
Indeed. Lindros was hyped as 'the next one' but as I see it we are still awaiting delivery. He was an over- hyped mamas boy. Lots of promise, no delivery. I have no time for thise who don't sdeliver on their promise. A good hockey player should out deliver their potential not vice versa. Linden better deserves that spot than Lindros does and he is not one of the best 50 hockey players of all time.
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