Top 10 Europeans of All-Time

[up2here 41]

Saw the other thread about Nick being the best European NHL Player so I figured we should discuss it. Heres my top 10 all time,let the debate begin:

1.Nicklas Lidstrom

2.Jaromir Jagr

3.Peter Stastny

4.Dominik Hasek

5.Jari Kurri

6.Peter Forsberg

7.Sergei Fedorov

8.Mats Sundin

8.Pavel Bure

9.Teemu Selanne

10.Daniel Alfredsson

[BeeRYCE 2]

1A. Lidstrom

1B. Jagr

1C. Hasek

4. Kurri

5. Fedorov

6. Stastny

7. Forsberg

8. Bure

9. Sundin

10. Selanne

Edited December 4, 2007 by BeeRYCE

[timothy1997 0]

how can you have a top 10 european hockey player list and not include Stan Mikita?

top statistical leaders by country

pretty good list they got here from wikipedia.

[eva unit zero 271]

how can you have a top 10 european hockey player list and not include Stan Mikita?

top statistical leaders by country

pretty good list they got here from wikipedia.

Because he grew up in Canada, and generally 'European player' is taken to mean 'European TRAINED player'.

Otherwise, you'd have to include Dany Heatley, Steve Thomas and Owen Nolan as Euros, but could not include Olaf Kolzig.

[MUDSHARK 0]

10. Selanne

9. Forsberg

8. Fedorov

7. Salming

6. Hasek

5. Peter Stasny

4. Kurri

3. Mikita (honorary Euro)

2. Jagr...

(drumroll)

1. Lidstrom

[HomeNugget 2]

Because he grew up in Canada, and generally 'European player' is taken to mean 'European TRAINED player'.

Otherwise, you'd have to include Dany Heatley, Steve Thomas and Owen Nolan as Euros, but could not include Olaf Kolzig.

exactly. stan mikita shouldn't be anywhere near a best euros list.

my top ten, no particular order:

Mats Sundin

Jari Kurri

Peter Forsberg

Borje Salming

Vladimir Konstantinov

Sergei Fedorov

Teemu Selanne

Peter Stastny

Jaromir Jagr

Nicklas Lidstrom

[interminded 1]

1.Chris Osgood

2.Jaromir Jagr

3.Nicklas Lidstrom

4.Sergei Fedorov

5.Jari Kurri

6.Peter Forsberg

7.Dominik Hasek

8.Igor larionov

8.Pavel Bure

9.Teemu Selanne

10. Alexander Mogilny

[redmathew 0]

wow, hes a wing, but still no respect for dom.....umm wut awards and records does he have??? way more then any other non-canadian

dom=rodney dangerfield

[norrisnick 1]

wow, hes a wing, but still no respect for dom.....umm wut awards and records does he have??? way more then any other non-canadian

dom=rodney dangerfield

Lies. I'm sure Dangerfield's corpse could stop a puck or two...

[zata40 3]

1.Chris Osgood

2.Jaromir Jagr

3.Nicklas Lidstrom

4.Sergei Fedorov

5.Jari Kurri

6.Peter Forsberg

7.Dominik Hasek

8.Igor larionov

8.Pavel Bure

9.Teemu Selanne

10. Alexander Mogilny

What? try replacing that with jiri hudler

[toby91_ca 620]

1.Chris Osgood

Has he ever stepped foot on European soil?

[eva unit zero 271]

Has he ever stepped foot on European soil?

Maybe?

[interminded 1]

Maybe?

Maybe counts, no ?

[RedWings Gone Wild 6]

Maybe?

He's probably gone abroad to watch team canada play before .

My top ten: And since u specified NHL, i'll keep a lot of guys who spent their glory years outside the NHL off my list (Fetisov, Larionov, etc..).

1. Hasek (flame me! pls!)

2. Peter Stastny

3. Lidstrom

4. Jagr

5. Kurri

6. Mogilny

7. Bure

8.Sergei Fedorov

9.Mats Sundin

10.Selanne

Clear the way for Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Ovechkin, and Malkin!

[miksteri 55]

In no order...

Lidström

Selänne

Kurri

Jagr

Fedorov

Larionov

Salming

Hasek

P Stasny

AND

Esa Tikkanen!!!

[BeeRYCE 2]

Borje Salming wasn't THAT good. He'd probably be a top 5 on a most INFLUENTIAL Euro list, but definitely not top 10.

[eva unit zero 271]

He's probably gone abroad to watch team canada play before .

My top ten: And since u specified NHL, i'll keep a lot of guys who spent their glory years outside the NHL off my list (Fetisov, Larionov, etc..).

1. Hasek (flame me! pls!)

2. Peter Stastny

3. Lidstrom

4. Jagr

5. Kurri

6. Mogilny

7. Bure

8.Sergei Fedorov

9.Mats Sundin

10.Selanne

Clear the way for Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Ovechkin, and Malkin!

Wow...that list is so far off. Mogilny and Bure above Fedorov, Sundin, and Selanne? How about this list:

1) Nicklas Lidstrom

2) Dominik Hasek

3) Jaromir Jagr

4) Sergei Fedorov

5) Teemu Selanne

6) Peter Stastny

7) Mats Sundin

8) Jari Kurri

9) Pavel Bure

10) Peter Forsberg

[Pskov Wings Fan 71]

how can you have a top 10 european hockey player list and not include Stan Mikita?

top statistical leaders by country

pretty good list they got here from wikipedia.

Olaf Kolzig, being a goalie, still got the most points among all NHL players from South Africa.

[akustyk 84]

I guess European player here means: one who excelled in NHL. which is not necesarilly always been the case.

my answer:

1. Igor Larionov. and I feel pretty ashamed to see only 2 ppl listing him in top 10. this guy in his primes was Whine Gretzky of CCCP which had outstanding crop of players.

[interminded 1]

I guess European player here means: one who excelled in NHL. which is not necesarilly always been the case.

my answer:

1. Igor Larionov. and I feel pretty ashamed to see only 2 ppl listing him in top 10. this guy in his primes was Whine Gretzky of CCCP which had outstanding crop of players.

I guess when you ask people to make a list of the 10 best European players, most of them will try to make a list with players from the leading countries in hockey (Sweden, Russia, Finland, Czech Republic.)

But it would be very easy to fill the list with only Soviet players.

There were so many superb players in the 70's / 80's / 90's.

Not every one of them was able to have a career in the NHL, so a lot of them are 'forgotten'.

And that's a shame, really.

[eva unit zero 271]

I guess European player here means: one who excelled in NHL. which is not necesarilly always been the case.

my answer:

1. Igor Larionov. and I feel pretty ashamed to see only 2 ppl listing him in top 10. this guy in his primes was Whine Gretzky of CCCP which had outstanding crop of players.

I think moreover it's that people are making lists of the best European NHLers. A list of the best Europeans would include (at the very least) Tretiak and Fetisov above Larionov.

[RedWings Gone Wild 6]

I guess European player here means: one who excelled in NHL. which is not necesarilly always been the case.

my answer:

1. Igor Larionov. and I feel pretty ashamed to see only 2 ppl listing him in top 10. this guy in his primes was Whine Gretzky of CCCP which had outstanding crop of players.

The thread said Europeans in the NHL... otherwise Igor should be the least of your concerns, there were many soviets that were as good as if not better than Larionov (Maltsev, Kharlamov, Tretiak, Petrov, Mikhailov, Makarov, ect ect ect).