Greatest slapshot of all-time

[amnesiac]

Im sure this had 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



hockeys top gun

 

[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.