Out of all active players who would you say is most similar to Fedorov?

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Fedotov? R/ T .I'll show myself out.

 

[Garbageyuk]

He's more of a Howe/Orr/Gretzky/Ovechkin/Crosby/Lidstrom/Hasek/JT Miller/Pele hybrid.

It makes me laugh how mad other fans are about Hutson. Love it.

 

[NVious]

It makes me laugh how mad other fans are about Hutson. Love it.

Our teams weren't lucky enough to get the greatest sports prospect of all time, it's natural for us to be mad, even though it's only game.

 

[miscs75]

Vitali Kravtsov

 

[Shareefruck]

Obviously I'm biased and he's playing miserably right now, so the sentiment is probably laughable at the moment, but the intrigue of Pettersson's potential from his rookie season has been that he had the natural talent to be the most gifted-at-both-ends player since Fedorov (since his concussions/injuries/general complexities though, maybe not possible anymore). His top speed was never quite Fedorov level, but at one point, had the ability to win the hardest shot, was more than Selke-capable defensively when playing well (should have won that one year), and was able to get 100+ points (even after injuries limited his offensive skills somewhat-- his peak year was more about playing within his new limitations and relying on offensive IQ/instincts rather than the raw skill that he showed earlier in his career).

Would be an unlikely miracle for any of that to come to fruition now, though.

 

[MoneyManny]

Puck handling of a prime patrick kane
Speed close to mcdavid
D of a younger kopitar
Hockey sense of barkov
I have to say federov's puck handling was second to none
I watched and was awed by federov. I think he was probably the best ive ever seen- so no, no one player comes close

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

It’s a shame that man is retiring. You know, Maroon.

 

[Garbageyuk]

Our teams weren't lucky enough to get the greatest sports prospect of all time, it's natural for us to be mad, even though it's only game.

Oh you are genuinely angry lol

 

[Lemonlimey]

Erik Karlsson...pre Achilles injury.

Can't honestly think of anyone close with the same speed, edge-work, puck handling, and shot. But that's as close as I could get with the current player base.

Cale Makar was what I came here to post, pardon borrowing your karrlson reference which I think is next best.

These are two defensemen with the skating and IQ level in both ends of the rink as Fedorov, and the same thought experiment can be had about how they’d look as a forward, instead of defense.

 

[Sentinel]

Larkin is excellent on both sides of the puck and has the speed but he falls just short of being truly elite.

Fedorov was infuriating to watch. Six sub-PPG seasons in a row, when you KNEW he could win games by himself. Five superb playoffs though.

 

[DamonDRW]

back in the day it was Pavel Datsyuk.