The nicest guys in the NHL.

[zar]

Wayne Gretzky. Spoke with him twice in my life.

Once was early in his career… my dad and I were gassing up at the Mohawk gas station right near Northlands Coliseum in -20°C (-4°F) weather… my dad was known to be a “conversationalist”… Gretzky talked to us for at least 5 minutes while freezing his balls off… well, to be honest, he actually did more listening than talking. To this day, I blame my dad for Wayne leaving us in ‘88 because he was terrified he would run into my dad on a cold dark day in Edmonton.

Another time was after his playing career, in a more social setting, where he not only just said “hi”, he actually asked questions and we had about a 3 minute chat about hockey and the Oilers.

Really nice guy.

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Wayne Gretzky. Spoke with him twice in my life.

Once was early in his career… my dad and I were gassing up at the Mohawk gas station right near Northlands Coliseum in -20°C (-4°F) weather… my dad was known to be a “conversationalist”… Gretzky talked to us for at least 5 minutes while freezing his balls off… well, to be honest, he actually did more listening than talking. To this day, I blame my dad for Wayne leaving us in ‘88 because he was terrified he would run into my dad on a cold dark day in Edmonton.

Another time was after his playing career, in a more social setting, where he not only just said “hi”, he actually asked questions and we had about a 3 minute chat about hockey and the Oilers.

Really nice guy.

Anybody who promotes gambling as much as he does isn’t a really nice guy.

 

[olli]

Seth Jarvis

 

[SwissLeaf]

Seconded on Josi, I havent met the others outside of a quick picture with. But Josi i've met a bunch of times and he's been nice everytime, including talking to my ex and I for ten minutes when we ran into him at the team store in Nashville.

I know a few who are playing soccer with Timo in the summer. According to them he's very down to earth and very funny. Niederreiter is often at Swiss wrestling events. People who attend these events are good people.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

From the ones I had the chance to meet, Mike Bossy was the definition of class.

 

[Alicat]

David Krejci. Hands down one of the nicest and funniest Bruins player I've ever met. Super dry sense of humor and always asked how you were.

I was lucky to meet the majority of the 2011 Bruins, some more than once and they were all great guys. Down to earth and more focused on talking to me/other fans before signing or taking a photo.

 

[3074326]

James Wizniewski is awesome, I told him he was one of my favorite players after making an oral sex gesture at Sean Avery and he slapped my on the back so hard in laughter that I probably had a hand print. Met a bunch of former CBJ players that night (Johansen, Atkinson, Comeau, Dubinsky, and others). They were all nice.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Anybody who promotes gambling as much as he does isn’t a really nice guy.

To be fair there’s a good chance he’s in a serious hole with all those sportsbooks and this is his way of paying off his debts

 

[brentashton]

Anybody who promotes gambling as much as he does isn’t a really nice guy.

Flames fan?

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Lamdeskog’s a really nice guy. So was Eddie Läck, Hedman, Lidström (but he ranks down a bit b/c of his cheating)

???

 

[RegDunlop]

Anybody who promotes gambling as much as he does isn’t a really nice guy.

Wanna bet?

 

[Bonin21]

Nick Bjugstad is one of the nicest people out there

 

[zar]

Anybody who promotes gambling as much as he does isn’t a really nice guy.

Do you “judge” all the actors that play bad guys in the movies too.

 

[Terry Yake]

cam fowler

 

[RustyCat]

I am an Oilers fan. I don't like the Canucks, but Brock Boeser might be one of the best humans around.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canucks-top-prospect-brock-boeser-takes-fan-with-down-syndrome-to-her-prom-1.3572741

As a parent of a kiddo with Down Syndrome, Boeser just became one of my favorite players in the league. What a great story.

 

[Dutronc]

Marc-André Fleury is a gem

 

[shaner8989]

Gaudreau was an absolute gem

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I’ve mentioned it on here before but I took a summer finance course in college to get done a semester early. Brian Bellows was working on his degree and sat behind me. Really cool guy and pretty damn smart too. Invited some of us to hang out. Good dude.

 

[OysterForever]

Radko Gudas imo is the most caring player in the NHL

Y'all nice guys are just trolling in the thread

My choice would be Fleury

 

[Derailed75]

I think Slavin as well.

Slavin apologizes after he checks people. He then makes sure to say a prayer for them at bed time.

 

[Derailed75]

To be fair there’s a good chance he’s in a serious hole with all those sportsbooks and this is his way of paying off his debts

If that was a way out you would think Evander Kane would be a spokesman for all of them!

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[Hasbro]

Never heard a bad word about Peter McNabb and he was always willing to talk hockey.

That Rangers fan he fought in the shoe incident would probably tell you what a nice guy he was.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Nick Bjugstad is one of the nicest people out there

Yes. From his time down here with the Panthers, I can wholeheartedly agree with that. Great guy, and anyone who's met him will tell you the same.

 

[Chainshot]

I've had some very positive interactions with a couple of guys over the years. Kevin Dineen was so surprised that I recognized him and immediately asked after his dad after Bill's heart attack that he got me comp seats at center ice for a Hurricane game against the Rangers. I bumped into Rick Martin one night in a local watering hole where I was meeting a friend before a game in Buffalo. When I walked up to my friend, there was a shot and a pint on the bar waiting for me and then Rico turned around to shake hands with me - my friend had let on that I was always a big fan.

This may surprise some people but my interactions with Dale Hunter around junior events like the Top Prospects Game or at a couple of training camps and the draft in Toronto in 2002 was gracious, patient and chatty. I know his on-ice rep - I even mentioned that based on history, he was the biggest villain of my hockey viewing in the '80's, though I had already thanked him and Mark for their time and been chatting with them for a while.