One Trick Pony players. Amazing at one thing.

[luiginb]

Zenon Konopka, faceoff ace.

Nah, doesn't qualify, NHL level fighter/penalty killer too

 

[Matty Sundin]

Rico Fata was the fastest straight line skater I have ever seen. I actually think he was faster than Mcdavid in terms of just straight line speed only. Everything else including making moves at high speed, he was terrible at.

 

[Leafshater67]

I used to get so excited watching Alex Semin absolutely wire pucks. That guy had a cannon blast at his disposal.

Martin Frk can wire it too but cannot even get a spot in the NHL.

 

[Felidae]

Brett Hull. Some even think he was better than Kurri, but I don't see it considering his overall game.

I don't think players like Brett Hull apply here.

You need more than an excellent shooting arsenal to be a top tier goalscorer, he had very good hockey sense, not in the playmaker sense, but just getting open, escaping defenders etc.

Elite players imo are almost always automatically disqualified from this topic

 

[Boris Zubov]

In today's NHL, Patrik Laine is the epitome of a one trick pony.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I don't think players like Brett Hull apply here.

You need more than an excellent shooting arsenal to be a top tier goalscorer, he had very good hockey sense, not in the playmaker sense, but just getting open, escaping defenders etc.

Elite players imo are almost always automatically disqualified from this topic

Hull was actually an excellent passer as well. His overall offensive IQ was really incredible.

 

[Boud]

Alex Formenton - Speed
Manny Maholtra - Faceoffs
Nate Thompson - Faceoffs

 

[ManofSteel55]

Patty O'Sullivans wrist shot was deadly. The rest of his game was...not.

 

[Boud]

Of current players, Hoffman and Victor Olofsson can shoot the emblem off the puck but that's about it.

I think Olofsson qualifies more here.

Hoffman at his peak was a really good playmaker/passer and was extremely good in transition.

 

[killermiller]

Andreas Athanasiou is one of the fastest skaters with the quickest acceleration i've ever seen, sucks at pretty much everything else though.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Zegras- The Michigan

Jussi Jokinen-Shootouts

Pavelski- deflections (not a one trick pony but whatever)

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Julien Gauthier: Cutting to the net…and not finishing.

 

[Khrox]

I used to get so excited watching Alex Semin absolutely wire pucks. That guy had a cannon blast at his disposal.

I remember a bunch of people saying that Semin was actually more skilled than Ovi (and this includes a bunch of Russian media) but lacked the work ethic to do anything with it, which is why Ovi became the Great 8 while Semin became "the other Alex" during their time in Washington.

 

[Zenos]

Based on what I could find, he had a total of 2,044 blocked shots in his career and had career earnings of about $32,600,000.

That means he was paid $15,950 per blocked shot. Doesn't sound dumb to me. Sounds like a smart but underskilled player who found a way to make his paper imo.

My comment was meant as a joke. Willingly stepping in front of so many one timers or slapshots from the point takes a special kind of person.
You couldn't pay me to do that

 

[Look Up]

David Desharnais - Michel Therrien's favorite pet.

 

[Hanji]

Brett Hull. Some even think he was better than Kurri, but I don't see it considering his overall game.

Brett Hull was 1 dimensional, but that doesn't make him a one trick pony. The guy's hockey sense was uncanny. Insane shot. Good passer.

 

[dalewood12]

Alexander Semin - Wrist shot.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Yanic Perreault.

Best ever at faceoffs. Decent player otherwise.

Excellent at scoring top shelf goals with his wrister when relatively close to the net.
Hence why his goal to assist ratio was almost 1:1 in his career in spite of playing center.

2-trick pony

 

[BLNY]

Most goons. Take your pick.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Sergei Berezin at losing his helmet.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Vitali Kravtsov and being aesthetically pleasing

 

[Just Linda]

Nate 'Face off, get off' Thompson

Martin Frk and shooting the puck

Cody Ceci at convincing GMs he's a good hockey player.

McDavid at hockey.

 

[FissionFire]

Teemu Pulkkinen and his shot. Absolute laser when he had the time to get it off. Absolutely nothing else he could do well at even an AHL level. If he had just average skating ability or a teeny bit quicker wind up (without losing all accuracy) he could have been a very good NHL PP guy.

 

[Bandit]

PLD: amazing at doing f***ing nothing.

 

[CraigBillington]

yep, I think he got another season's worth of games in because he was a former top 10 pick. similarly useless outside of being REALLY friggin fast.

Wasn't Emerson Etem in a similar mould?