Gilrin

In my opinion, whenever you have a list like this there will always be a ton of players that you could make a serious case for. I knew when I posted that people would be disagreeing with the list and they have every right too. In fact, I disagree with some of it. I was just really surprised to see Datsyuk get so much love up here considering how much everyone loves Oveckin and Crosby (especially in Canada). When I watched the CBC broadcast of the Wings - Canucks game they also praised him very highly. It seems that Datsyuk is finally starting to get some of the recognition and appreciation that he deserves up here. He's not one of the aggressively marketed players in the NHL, so to be getting recognized up here in a distant market the way he has is pretty neat.

Haha - thanks. I read the forums daily but I don't tend to post much. I figured that this might go unnoticed by most of you guys here because it's on a Canadian show and aside from Datsyuk's props it was a fun watch.

I live in Vancouver, British Columbia so there's not a whole lot of love for the Wings players up here. They aired a special segment of the Sportscentre top 10 - a roughly 10 minute bit about the top 10 most skilled players. I was happily surprised that they had Datsyuk at #10 because I figured it was going to be an Ovie/Crosby lovefest, but it's actually a top 10 of ALL TIME most skilled players and was thrilled that Datsyuk is getting serious love for once. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZjBvMncouU