Most interesting NHL player of all time?

[VaporTrail]

 

[GlitchMarner]

I guess you have a point.

On a related note, Sean Avery was more interesting than a lot of other players but for the wrong reasons. If he wasn't a douchebag, would he be any more than a decent answer to players who have played for DAL/DET on puckdoku?

 

[carjackmalone]

Bellemare is interesting played in France and Sweden and didn’t make the nhl till north of 30 years old

 

[oilexport]

Wayne. Everything about how a skinny kid played against big kids growing up

 

[frisco]

Dos Equis should revive that ad campaign with Jagr as the focal point.



My Best-Carey

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Dennis Bonvie.

 

[BadgerBruce]

Carl Brewer is up there on my list — I cannot think of anyone I’d rather spend an afternoon with over a few adult beverages.

 

[mrhockey193195]

I am very biased as a fanatic of both hockey and tennis, but the easy answer for me is Jaroslav Drobny. Hockey HOFer, Wimbledon & French Open singles champion, defected Czechoslovakia and represented Egypt in Tennis...fascinating career(s) and fascinating person.

 

[Doctor No]

Dave Dryden. Yes, Dave Dryden.

 

[The Panther]

Dave Dryden. Yes, Dave Dryden.

Care to explain why?

 

[wetcoast]

Dave Dryden. Yes, Dave Dryden.

Goalie Nerd.

 

[SealsFan]

Link Gaetz, Gilles Gratton, Gary Smith, Gary Simmons... all already mentioned.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Joe Juneau and his 4.0 GPA, in aeronautical engineering from RPI

 

[JackSlater]

Eddie Shore for me, particularly among stars. Very interesting playing career in terms of when he played, his stature within the game, even the Ace Bailey incident, followed by a very interesting post-playing career in the sport. From descriptions he sounds both intelligent and crazy, so that's also very interesting.

 

[Voight]

Wayne. Everything about how a skinny kid played against big kids growing up

The amount of verbal abuse he endured from other parents would've driven most people crazy. Credit to him for ignoring it and to Walter for keeping him levelheaded.

 

[iamjs]

I don't always nominate players as the most interesting, but when I do, I prefer Brent Burns.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

What's interesting about him?

 

[GlitchMarner]

What's interesting about him?

Pinchevsky: The interesting life of Brent Burns

Between the missing teeth and tattoos and the Chewbacca mask at the All-Star Game, you might think you know Brent Burns. Turns out, the NHL's most interesting man has plenty more up his sleeve.

www.espn.com

 

[authentic]

The amount of verbal abuse he endured from other parents would've driven most people crazy. Credit to him for ignoring it and to Walter for keeping him levelheaded.

Amazing that he stayed so humble despite this

 

[Gerulaitis]

Kasparaitis.
Represented 3 countries.
A real estate guy.
Scored a game 7 winner on Hasek. Vegan.

 

[rfournier103]

Eddie Shore for me, particularly among stars. Very interesting playing career in terms of when he played, his stature within the game, even the Ace Bailey incident, followed by a very interesting post-playing career in the sport. From descriptions he sounds both intelligent and crazy, so that's also very interesting.

I came here to say Eddie Shore - the most savage Bruin of them all.

Drove to Montreal in a blizzard after missing the train and scored the game winner with frostbitten hands.

His ear was almost completely sliced off by a high stick - in practice - and after the team doctor said the ear would have to come off, had someone drive him around until he found a doctor that would sew it back on. Not only that, using a handheld mirror and no anesthesia, he instructed the doctor how he wanted the ear sewn on, just like you’d tell a barber how to cut your hair.

 

[JackSlater]

I came here to say Eddie Shore - the most savage Bruin of them all.

Drove to Montreal in a blizzard after missing the train and scored the game winner with frostbitten hands.

His ear was almost completely sliced off by a high stick - in practice - and after the team doctor said the ear would have to come off, had someone drive him around until he found a doctor that would sew it back on. Not only that, using a handheld mirror and no anesthesia, he instructed the doctor how he wanted the ear sewn on, just like you’d tell a barber how to cut your hair.

Shore is probably the guy whose interview I would most like to read/listen to, but it seems like barely any exist. It is particularly frustrating given that he lived into the 1980s. I'd also add that Shore is alone with Howe in terms of combining hockey's two identities as a skill game and a very tough game, though he takes the rough and tough part to an almost comical degree according to legend. Shore comes off, in legend, as much more cerebral than Howe and I'd love to hear his thoughts on pretty much any element of the sport.

 

[Sentinel]

Datsyuk. He is even better if you speak Russian. Fantastic sense of humor.

 

[JianYang]

Alex kovalev.

Nobody knew exactly what made him tick, and he would make skill dvds and fly planes during his off days.

One of his teammates compared him to that most interesting man in the world guy from that beer commercial

 

[kaiser matias]

Frank Frederickson should also be in consideration.

Born in Winnipeg to Icelandic immigrants, fights in the First World War for Canada and is part of the Royal Flying Corps. Gets sent to Egypt for training, and on the way back to the UK the ship is sunk, but he survives. Post-war he leads the Falcons to the Allan Cup and they win the first hockey gold medal in the Olympics. He stops in Iceland after the Olympics to help start up their airline industry, and is the second pilot in the country, but moves back to Canada in October 1920, where he turns pro in the PCHA, and is one of the better players in the league, helping Victoria win the Cup in 1925 and reach the Final in 1926. Joins the NHL when the leagues consolidated the next year. After retiring as a player he coaches at Princeton, where he shares a mutual interest in the violin with a professor of physics there, a German immigrant named Albert Einstein.

 

[carjackmalone]

Tommy Burns