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Who is your favorite player in the NHL?

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McDavid is my favorite current player to watch.
All time, probably Lundqvist and Gretzky.. liked Jonathan Toews also.
Never met any of 'em in person.
 
All-time- Bure, everytime he got the puck he did something exciting with it. Kept fans on the edge of their seats.

Now - Hughes, After the Benning era there was very little to cheer about. The team was bland and lacked entertainment. Then came along Hughes who brought instant entertainment. Similar to Bure, Hughes brings fans out of their seats everytime the puck is on his stick.

I guess I like the two players who brought the Canucks back to life after going through eras that were bleak.
 
Present: Ovechkin, Draisaitl

Past: Yzerman, Hemsky, Mario Lemieux, Havlat, Brett Hull, Doug Weight, Coffey, Bure, Fuhr, Curtis Joseph, Iginla

For present, unbelievably I'm also starting to warm up to Crosby and Malkin even though the Pens are one of my least favorite teams.
 
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HabsCode said:
Big fan of McDavid. He seems like a introvert, self-focused, no BS and hard working individual, and a highly talented person who exploited his god given gift. Everytime Oilers play I look at the scoreboard hoping the guy has a multi-point game. Hope he racks as many Art Ross he can until he retires and obviously 1 or 2 cup for his legacy.
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Dunno, after watching that Prime documentary I kinda feel he doesn't really enjoy hockey all that much.

OT: All time: Douglas Murray, right now: Travis Konecny (here's two names I bet nobody else will mention lol)
 
J.T Miller and it's not even close right now.

The only Palestinian player in the league (I'm not joking, look it up he's from East Palestine), he had to battle from day 1 of his career to be taken seriously. Even being seen by scouts in a hockey backwater like that is an accomplishment. But did he let that constant underdog mentality sour him and turn him into an completely toxic teammate and human being?




Absolutely not. He's made every team he's gone to better, and I'm definitely glad the notoriously difficult Vancouver media chose Miller as the guy to give a free pass for whatever off ice demons Jaxxson Tanner was dealing with this past fall, cause it's paid off in spades for him. He endured and persevered during his time in a difficult Canadian market and kept his chin up the whole time. That's my kind of teammate.

There was a thread on here a couple years ago calling him the "biggest bozo in the league" and I think that's deeply unfair. I wanna ask the creator of that thread how they feel now?

I can't wait to see him and Panarin work their magic with NYR. I think they're going to get on swimmingly.
 
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Long ago it was Yzerman #1, then Sakic and Modano. Thornton was up there too and have always liked him

I'd say it's still MacKinnon, since about 2015/2016. Recently asked amongst his Canada teammates who his Superbowl halftime act would be, he said Tragically Hip. That fella knows good, Canadian music right there!

I've never disliked Crosby, even after he trumped the Wings in '09. The older Sid has gotten though, I've liked him more and more. Grandpa Sid has to be right up there with Nate these days. Got to finally go see #87 live this season

Guys who I've also always appreciated are Shane Doan, Anze Kopitar, Rick Nash, Marty St. Louis
 
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Never met any of my favorite players, could of met bobby orr though but i would not wake up for my parents in the hotel.

Have met jeff carter, ray emery, trevor daley, staubitz at a pool party in sault ste marie at a friends plce that used to billet for the greyhounds.
 
I love Jesper Bratt. Three reasons:
1. Absolutely electric to watch... after years of painfully boring Devils teams, he was pretty much the first guy (alongside Hall) that I could distinctly tell had the puck
2. He has a really good write up somewhere about taking therapy seriously to combat anxiety as he entered the league. Pretty cool to see some mental health success stories.
3. Bet on himself - some forget that he had some pretty ugly contract talks, but amidst scratchings, hold-outs, and some fan grumbling, he knew he rocked and deserved a nice chunk. Since then, he's been well over-value, and probably should have held out for more (though I don't concern myself with contracts when evaluating a player.)
 
Barrie22 said:
Never met any of my favorite players, could of met bobby orr though but i would not wake up for my parents in the hotel.

Have met jeff carter, ray emery, trevor daley, staubitz at a pool party in sault ste marie at a friends plce that used to billet for the greyhounds.
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I met Orr when I was a kid, got his autograph. Too young to remember much other than he was nice to us
 
Being from PEI I don't get to meet too many NHLers, I lived in Vancouver from 98-02 and got to meet Brashear and Cooke they were fun guys. I ran a kids soccer fun block at one of the community centers and Felix Potvins kid was in it, I had no idea he was Potvins kid until Potvin showed up, he was awesome, he immediately jumped in and was playing with the kids too. This was just after he was traded to LA, he was always on of my fav goalies at the time so that was really cool.

I grew up in the same area as Brad Richards and his family and know them, incredibly nice people. Same for Brandon Gormley and his family, couldn't meet nicer families.
 
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Right now its McDavid. I have never seen a more talented hockey player.

But all time I would say Pavel Bure. That guy was exciting to watch. So explosive and opportunistic and deadly. I would watch Panther games just for him. I was ecstatic when he came to the Rangers, even on one leg he was still great.
 
All-time (not named Gretzky): Adam Graves
Current: Artemi Panarin

Bread’s style of play and his backstory (grew up poor, went undrafted, overcame the odds to become a dynamic all-pro winger) appealed to me so he was my favorite non-Ranger since the Blackhawks days. He scored his first goal and first hattrick against us so he was kind of noticeable from the jump. Then when your favorite player joins your team years later it kind of solidifies things. Also has a world class nickname.

Never met any of these dudes but I got to see Bread thoroughly dominate the Golden Knights a couple of seasons ago in person with his range of passing, getting his 600th point.
 
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