Best Snipers

[Dbrownss]

I don't see how Laine can be put ahead of Tarasenko.

Vladi has been kinda down on goal scoring this season and Laine is the hot new item. Tarasenko thinks he's a pivot guy or something this year

 

[Gary Nylund]

people sleeping on kessel since he has a pass first mentality this year, just wait till playoffs again.

I'm amazed how little mention of Kessel there is ITT.

 

[Proust*]

Since december 1st , Max Pacioretty lead the league with 13 goals. Top 5 goals scorer since the lockout but meh, habs...

Yeah, but most of those goals are breakaways he gets from cherry-picking...

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

I'm amazed how little mention of Kessel there is ITT.

Phil is top 10 but not top 5 IMO. His game has changed a bit the past couple of years to more of a playmaking / two way game vs just purely sniping.

 

[Whileee]

Overchkin, Tarasenko, Stamkos, Seguin, Pacioretty

If you haven't broken 30 goals or played a full season, you are not on this list (Laine, Matthews, Kucherov, Panarin).

I also did not go for a couple really great goal scorers just because they don't score a lot from range (Pavelski, Crosby)

The pucks and nets are the same in other pro leagues and international competition. Coach Maurice said he'd never seen anyone shoot like Laine as early as training camp. He's coached 4 teams and more than 1000 games in the NHL.

 

[Helistin]

Best sniper of all time is Simo Häyhä , 505 confirmed kills in under hundred days in Winter War. The highest recorded number of confirmed sniper kills in any major war.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

Best sniper of all time is Simo Häyhä , 505 confirmed kills in under hundred days in Winter War. The highest recorded number of confirmed sniper kills in any major war.

Finally someone brings up his name.

This is one where it's safe to say "AINEC"

 

[Mackinnonen]

1. Ovechkin
2. Tarasenko
3. Stamkos
4. Seguin
5. Laine
6. Panarin
7. Kucherov
8. Perry
9. Kessel
10. Hoffman

 

[Smelling Salt]

Benn has absolutely beautiful wrister, my fave in the league.

It's a devastating wrister. It's not one of those "how did he get it off he had no room" kind of things, but it's an absolute laser. His shot doesn't get talked about alot.

 

[Akhurite]

People seriously gonna leave Pacioretty off their lists? 40 goal scorer who doesn't go to the net and doesn't have great hands. How do you think he's putting up all his goals?

 

[Petri1981]

Best sniper of all time is Simo Häyhä , 505 confirmed kills in under hundred days in Winter War. The highest recorded number of confirmed sniper kills in any major war.

He is actually Laines great grandfather. Wonder where he gets his aim from...

 

[Gsus]

Talking about pure sniping ability the TOP3 for me is:

Ovechkin
Laine
Tarasenko

Let me tell you this guy is one of the better snipers in the game even tho he's just scored 21 career goals.

 

[ecemleafs]

these days crosbys gotta be on the list.

 

[llamateizer]

No offense to Laine, but based on your criteria, you're confident in saying he's top 5 after 20 goals over Seguin? What's the argument?

Or is this a literally at this moment in time question?

Care to elaborate?

This season alone, Laine is over Seguin

 

[50 in 07]

Tarasenko
Hoffman
Neal
Kessel
Silfverberg
Laine

are who come to mind for me

 

[Gsus]

What is impressive from Crosby is that while he doesn't always pick corners with clean shots, he does when the angle gets smaller. It's amazing and I've seen several beauties from him against the Flyers. His snapshot and backhand wrister are amazing.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

Top 5:

Laine, Ovechkin, Hoffman, Pacioretty, Pavelski

OM: Stamkos, Pastrnak

 

[ultraboy]

Take off Patches and replace with Kucherov. Please.

Why? Max has had one 37 and one 39 goal season with 2 more seasons scoring more than 30 goals, while Kucherov has two seasons with 29 and 30 goals!

 

[Dbrownss]

Top 5:

Laine, Ovechkin, Hoffman, Pacioretty, Pavelski

OM: Stamkos, Pastrnak

Justification for lack of Tarasenko....

 

[thecapsfan]

Some people here don't seem to get that by technicality there is a difference between "sniper and goal scorer".

When someone is a great sniper, they are among the best in the league at blasting the puck into the net past the net minders from the ice almost always with the wrister or slap shot. Ovechkin for example is a great sniper by virtue of both. His one timer, and shot beats goalies a lot, even when they know it's coming in some cases.

If you're the best goal scorer in the nhl, you usually have more goal scoring attributes then just being a sniper, and are among the best in the world at putting the puck in the net by any means allowed and necessary. This could be sniping, crashing the net, deflecting, putting away garbage goals, making a moves that get you past the defense and through the goalie, being hard for the goalie to read your body language to know what you'll do, having a release that is deceptive, having an arsenal of effective shot selections (more than just one or both of a great wrist shot or one timer from the circle or middle of the ice).
Crosby is a great goal scorer, but I wouldn't put him as a top 5 sniper.

Ovechkin
Laine
Tarasenko
Stamkos
Pacioretty.

 

[Little Psycho]

I'm mean Carter is the definition of sniper...yet he's left off a lot of lists. So underrated, guy has 21 goals already.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

I'm mean Carter is the definition of sniper...yet he's left off a lot of lists. So underrated, guy has 21 goals already.

To be fair, we don't see much of him out east.

 

[BM14]

Finally someone brings up his name.

This is one where it's safe to say "AINEC"

This thread is tailor made for Nikita Zaitsev.

 

[Winger23]

I'm mean Carter is the definition of sniper...yet he's left off a lot of lists. So underrated, guy has 21 goals already.

This. How he's left off top 10 lists is beyond me.

 

[McDLT]

Talking about pure sniping ability the TOP3 for me is:

Ovechkin
Laine
Tarasenko

Let me tell you this guy is one of the better snipers in the game even tho he's just scored 21 career goals.

Laine is actually a wizard tho. David Blaine type stuff coming from that guy.