Greatest slapshot of all-time

[amnesiac]

Im sure this has been done, but who in your opinion had the greatest most effective slapshot of all-time (not asking who had the hardest).

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[ESH]

I think Wayne Gretzky deserves to be on this list

 

[VanIslander]

I think Wayne Gretzky deserves to be on this list

Ha. Even Gretz said he worked OT to have an average slapper. Most of his goals were not scored that way.

Raymond had a heat-seeking missle that easily won him multiple all'star game 4 targets in 4 corners of the net shooting.

But, please, Al takes the cake. He was jaw dropping with his shot from the point.

 

[DitchMarner]

I think Wayne Gretzky deserves to be on this list

Agreed. If the poll is about effectiveness rather than velocity, he should be an option.

Sure, goaltenders let in a lot of long distance shots in the 80s compared to later times, but he was effective at exploiting that with his slapshot.

 

[JackSlater]

It seems very obvious to me that MacInnis is number one. Power and accuracy and something that teams gameplanned against. Curious about who two would be.

 

[MadLuke]

Even Gretz said he worked OT to have an average slapper.

And Kariya will beat all his records... Gretzky is one of those great enough to be humble person and if he is in the top 10 most slapshot goals in nhl history, that would not surprise anyone.

Kovalchuck was an other one with quite the spectacular, specially his one timer slapshot.

 

[tabness]

Brett Hull ainec

greatest shot all time



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[BattleEquivalent8265]

Out of those not mentioned... Wendel Clark, Chris Pronger & John LeClair

 

[Albatros]

Alex Shibicky made it a thing.

 

[Mandar]

Brett Hull ainec

greatest shot all time



hockeys top gun

Ovechkin did it more….and better. And that’s not a slight to either Hull.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Hull/MacInnis/Hull/Ovechkin/Stamkos gotta be up there if you’re looking for all of: trigger, power, and effectiveness.

But Gretzky needs to be up there if we’re asking who has the best snapshot purely for putting the puck in the net. His shot wasn’t blistering, but he had some mustard on it, and his release timing and accuracy are off the charts.

 

[tabness]

Ovechkin did it more….and better. And that’s not a slight to either Hull.

He'd be my number two, he did do it longer for sure, but also had rules and sticks that helped in that

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Mario could rip it

 

[Staniowski]

Lots of great slappers....

First, there are many guys with great slapshots, but who didn't use it a whole lot...like Mark Howe, Esa Tikkanen, and Alexander Mogilny. These guys had other great shots that they used a lot more often. Actually, you could say Lemieux and Bossy too. Great slapshots, but they scored in a variety of ways.

The defensemen: guys like Orr and Lapointe had very effective slapshots. Larson, Doug Wilson, the aforementioned Howe, MacInnis had howitzers in the '80s....many others, like Bourque, Chelios, etc. Right up to current times with Evan Bouchard. Lots of guys in between. There have been progressively more good shooters over the past 50 years.

The classic one-timers of recent years - Ovechkin, Stamkos, Pastrnak, Draisaitl, etc. And of course these guys can do more than one-timers too.

Other forwards through the years....Bobby Hull, Jacques Lemaire, Bill Barber, Kent Nilsson, Brett Hull, Paul Kariya, Stephane Richer, and many players who didn't score as much, like Brian Rolston.

 

[tabness]

Lots of great slappers....

First, there are many guys with great slapshots, but who didn't use it a whole lot...like Mark Howe, Esa Tikkanen, and Alexander Mogilny. These guys had other great shots that they used a lot more often. Actually, you could say Lemieux and Bossy too. Great slapshots, but they scored in a variety of ways.

The defensemen: guys like Orr and Lapointe had very effective slapshots. Larson, Doug Wilson, the aforementioned Howe, MacInnis had howitzers in the '80s....many others, like Bourque, Chelios, etc. Right up to current times with Evan Bouchard. Lots of guys in between. There have been progressively more good shooters over the past 50 years.

The classic one-timers of recent years - Ovechkin, Stamkos, Pastrnak, Draisaitl, etc. And of course these guys can do more than one-timers too.

Other forwards through the years....Bobby Hull, Jacques Lemaire, Bill Barber, Kent Nilsson, Brett Hull, Paul Kariya, Stephane Richer, and many players who didn't score as much, like Brian Rolston.

Doug Wilson definitely should have been an option. I get why Iafrate is up there, but he couldn't hit the net nearly as much as the other guys, regardless of how hard he could shoot, give his spot to Wilson.

 

[Crosby2010]

I personally said Bobby Hull, but it was really a toss up between him and MacInnis. You can pick either one of them for different reasons but I suppose you could say MacInnis is #1 simply based on the fact his game revolved around the slapper more than Hull's. Hull had that legend of terrifying goalies without masks with his shot. The 118mph shot, the fact he even scared his own goalie Glenn Hall in practice. But you know, even as I think about it more it probably is MacInnis. Only because Hull's game was much more than a dangerous slapper. Not that MacInnis was only about his shot, but his offense was driven from his slapper more than Hull's I would say. MacInnis had such a hard slapper as we all know, but more importantly it was very accurate. Very low, very hard, very much used on the power play, and struck fear into goalies. And somehow he always got it away quick. But still did it while unleashing a howitzer each time.

By the way, here he is scoring on Kelly Hrudey on a penalty shot in the 1990 playoffs. He didn't use a slap shot, but I am telling you for sure that the fear of his slap shot was definitely going through Hrudey's head during this time and I'll bet would have with Hasek in 1998 had MacInnis been one of the shooters.

 

[carjackmalone]

Gaston Gingras had a monster of a slapper

 

[The Panther]

Just among players I've seen enough of to have an opinion:
1) Al MacInnis
2) Alex Ovechkin
3) Brett Hull
4) Wayne Gretzky
5) Jari Kurri

Then, a bunch of guys, like Steve Stamkos, Stephane Richer, Doug Wilson, David Pastrnak, Leon Draisaitl...

Good mention, above, of Esa Tikkanen, who didn't let the slapper go very often, but when he did it was deadly! (And geez, the two-season line of Gretzky, Kurri, Tikkanen had a lot of good slappers on it.)

Out of those not mentioned... Wendel Clark, Chris Pronger & John LeClair

I honestly don't recall Wendel Clark ever scoring on a slapshot. I mean, I'm sure he did once in a blue moon, but...? The wrist-shot was his bread and butter. (Don't recall LeClair doing it often either.)

 

[Hippasus]

Sheldon Souray and Marc-Andre Bergeron had really good ones as far as lesser known Oilers players go. Souray also had wrist surgery (01-02 with the Canadiens) before coming to Edmonton and still managed to have a deadly point shot.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Bobby Hull's slapshot changed the league... and that was with a wooden stick.

Not on the list, but worth a mention, is Pavel Bure. His slapper was lethal, especially so if he whizzed one by the goalie's ear early in the game.

 

[MadLuke]

I feel some of the choice like Chara-Weber-lafrate, MacInnis over them seem an easy pick.

I am not sure we should hurt the Hulls slapshot because they could do many others things to score

He didn't use a slap shot, but I am telling you for sure that the fear of his slap shot was definitely going through Hrudey's head during this time

That was after, but still

 

[BattleEquivalent8265]

Just among players I've seen enough of to have an opinion:
1) Al MacInnis
2) Alex Ovechkin
3) Brett Hull
4) Wayne Gretzky
5) Jari Kurri

Then, a bunch of guys, like Steve Stamkos, Stephane Richer, Doug Wilson, David Pastrnak, Leon Draisaitl...

Good mention, above, of Esa Tikkanen, who didn't let the slapper go very often, but when he did it was deadly! (And geez, the two-season line of Gretzky, Kurri, Tikkanen had a lot of good slappers on it.)


I honestly don't recall Wendel Clark ever scoring on a slapshot. I mean, I'm sure he did once in a blue moon, but...? The wrist-shot was his bread and butter. (Don't recall LeClair doing it often either.)

Undoubtedly Clark's wrist shot was the most lethal in his arsenal but although he didn't use it as often, his slap shot was a BOOMER! The shot that knocked Cujo's hemlet off is his most infamous, but throughout years of watching Leafs games from that era, I marveled every time Clark launched off a slapper. Speaking of, LeClair's slap shot might not have been the most accurate but it was an absolute ROCKET! Marvelous!

 

[Golden_Jet]

Bobby Hull

 

[carjackmalone]

Mikael Tatarinov best Russian slap shot I’ve ever seen

 

[Staniowski]

Brett Hull ainec

greatest shot all time



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Yeah, Brett Hull was such a natural, and his slapshot is a bit underrated. The great thing about it is that he could use it all over the offensive zone. Off the rush; one-timers; moving or stationary, otherwise all over the zone.

Doug Wilson definitely should have been an option. I get why Iafrate is up there, but he couldn't hit the net nearly as much as the other guys, regardless of how hard he could shoot, give his spot to Wilson.

One of the very best....very heavy shot. Anybody who saw Wilson's slapshot will never forget it.