2000 onward Mt. Rushmore

[RageQuit77]

There is case for Patrice Bergeron, in which case he would replace McDavid.

As of now.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Was Erik Karlsson's peak years enough to earn consideration or lack of Stanley Cups hurts the case or the peak wasn't long enough ?

 

[nowhereman]

There is case for Patrice Bergeron, in which case he would replace McDavid.

As of now.

There is absolutely no case for Bergeron. None whatsoever.

 

[RageQuit77]

Just for note, there is potentially and actually (for all human and hockey time measures) infinity onwards since 2000.

We must take it as as of now, unless we also take account wind erosion, super volcanoes, continental drift, 100+ megaton size meteor explosions, anarchy in US etc. impacts onto those ever changing busts on the cliff face. After some 800-1000 million years whole site will be molten lava, few hundred million years after the goldilock zone departed from us toward Mars by the stellar evolution of our beloved, but typical G2 main sequence star, Ra.

That unfinished cave behind the busts would be clearly Brodeur's. There are no competition. In the infinity.

As of now.

 

[RageQuit77]

There is absolutely no case for Bergeron. None whatsoever.

Ok.

Both are still playing.

 

[PolishPrince21]

5/8/87/97 - i think that's all been said.

 

[dalewood12]

Crosby
Ovechkin
McDavid
Brodeur

 

[LightningStorm]

Crosby, Ovechkin, McDavid, Lidstrom

Yup. open and shut case with it being those 4 IMO.

 

[RageQuit77]

Mount Rushmore is perpetually incomplete if the stoneface of Raimo Helminen doesn't watch the chosen ones from his own titanic cliff few hundred meters from the main culprits as, as of now he remains as the biggest missed opportunity for 1C+ in the NHL schemes of the hockey world. 2000 was just another year for the Maestro.

As of now.

 

[The Panther]

Lidström was drafted only a year after Gretzky left Edmonton, so I don't really think of him as a "2000s" player, despite his Norris trophies therein. (This also excludes Brodeur, who won four Vezinas in the 2000s.)

If I were to take this as "players who first appeared or first peaked in the 2000s", then:
1. McDavid
2. Crosby
3. Ovechkin

The problem then, is who is fourth??
Thornton? Chara? Karlsson? Kane? Malkin?

Nobody seems quite at the same level as the 2000s' "big three".

 

[DapperCam]

Marleau, Chara, Thornton, Lundqvist

Marleau because he has the most games. Chara because he has the most games for a defenseman. Thornton because I want to see them try to carve his beard out of a mountain. Lundqvist because he is so handsome and should get carved out of rock.

 

[RageQuit77]

Marleau, Chara, Thornton, Lundqvist

Marleau because he has the most games. Chara because he has the most games for a defenseman. Thornton because I want to see them try to carve his beard out of a mountain. Lundqvist because he is so handsome and should get carved out of rock.

Ok. That's it! The beard alone drop Lidström out of this derby. We don't know how McDrai's beard grows as they never get that deep in the playoffs, so we cannot drop them yet.

Make it free flowing, wild, and organic, covering all those other lucky ones. (including Raipe few hundreds of meters away)

 

[LosPollosHermanos]

Crosby
Ovechkin
Keller
McDavid/Kane

 

[Sky04]

There is case for Patrice Bergeron, in which case he would replace McDavid.

As of now.

Yeah absolutely not.

 

[hamzarocks]

Tage Thompson
Pierre Engvall

And two other guys with long necks who are nicknamed the Giraffe

Ok.

Both are still playing.

McDavid passed Bergeron all-time rankings as a player in 2019.

 

[jetsforever]

Crosby and Ovechkin for sure
Probably McDavid
Then Malkin/Lidstrom or possibly a goalie

 

[Ace]

If you’re going to pick a goaltender I’d pick Brodeur. In the 2000’s, 2 cups, 4 finals appearances, 4 vezinas, 3 Jennings, 5 all star games.

If we’re putting him up there we better chisel in a trap system in front of him

 

[Jozay]

Wouldnt Kane be on there? Has the individual awards and the cups.

 

[super6646]

Skjei, Parayko, the rest

 

[Markster]

 

[Jason316]

U can't have a modern one without Gretzky, Lemieux, Roy!!!!

 

[kilowatt]

McDavid is 49th in scoring since the 2000-01 season with 770 points in 526 games. Let me repeat that: only 48 guys have scored more than he has over the past 23 years, and he’s only been playing for 8 of those years. And there’s a non-zero chance he’ll be top 25 by the end of next season.

From a points per game perspective, since 2000, it’s McDavid, Lemieux, Crosby, and Forsberg, in that order.

McDavid absolutely deserves to be up there. He’s the most talented player since Crosby and Ovechkin and might be even better than them.

 

[Ceremony]

Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov, Eberle

 

[bobholly39]

Crosby, Ovechkin, McDavid are obvious to me.

For #4, I'll go Malkin.

Lidstrom/Brodeur maybe have a case, but they started in the 90s. Jagr too

 

[Windy River]

Tough call.