Top 30 Canadian Players of All-Time - #22

[-AJ-]

Eddie Shore won with 55.33% of the votes.

Plante had 4 nominations, no one else has more than one.

Jacques Plante was added to the list.

Congratulations to Eddie Shore for being named the #21 Canadian Player of All-Time!

We are going with the Country the player played for internationally.

Please remember to nominate someone to be added to the voting list!

The List:

#1 - Wayne Gretzky

#2 - Bobby Orr

#3 - Mario Lemieux

#4 - Gordie Howe

#5 - Maurice Richard

#6 - Patrick Roy

#7 - Martin Brodeur

#8 - Steve Yzerman

#9 - Joe Sakic

#10 - Mark Messier

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#11 - Mike Bossy

#12 - Doug Harvey

#13 - Bobby Hull

#14 - Ray Bourque

#15 - Guy Lafleur

#16 - Jean Beliveau

#17 - Phil Esposito

#18 - Paul Coffey

#19 - Ron Francis

#20 - Marcel Dionne

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#21 - Eddie Shore

[Apples]

Voting Neidermayer

Nominating Frank Mahovlich

[AriGold]

Does this only consist of retired players ?

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Voting - Scott Niedermayer

Nominating - Bryan Trottier

[-AJ-]

Woah, I'm not voting for Shore! Weird!

Joking aside, I'd say it's high time another goaltender got onto this list. The last one to get on was Brodeur way back at #7, so it's been a while.

With that said, I'm voting for Terry Sawchuk, who is, by some accounts (not mine), the best goaltender of all-time. The old shutout king until Brodeur finally passed him, Sawchuk has a ton of accolades.

- Calder Trophy winner

- Played in 10 All-Star Games

- Four-time 2nd Team All-Star

- Three-time 1st Team All-Star

- Won 4 Vezina Trophies

- Won 4 Stanley Cups

- Lester Patrick Trophy winner

- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

- His #1 was retired by the Redwings

Among all these, he still holds the records, or is near the top of the league in many goaltending categories.

I'm gonna nominate Bernie Federko. Never heard of him? I'm' not surprised. It's a shame that he was so underrated in his career.

Federko managed four 100+ point seasons in his career and ended with a points-per-game ratio of 1.13, putting him just behind legends like Yzerman (1.16) and Lindros (1.14), and ahead of other greats, such as Denis Savard (1.12, already on the voting list), and Gilbert Perreault (1.11, also already on the voting list).

A lot of the reason that he was so underrated and unnoticed was because of the fact that Federko played when Gretzky was in his prime, so 107 points doesn't sound as impressive when the Great One was getting 200+.

Federko was the Captain of the St. Louis Blues for the 1988-89 and in his 13 year with the Blues he set (and still holds) tons of Blues records, including the most assists (721), points (1073), and assists in one game (5).

Federko was no slouch in the playoffs either, as he had 101 points in 91 playoffs games, all with the Blues.

Federko's specialty was playmaking, and he had eight seasons of 60+ assists, including 73 assists twice in his career. He could also score, as he had seven seasons of 30+ goals, including 41 goals in 1983-84.

Federko was also the first player to get at least 50 assists in ten consecutive seasons.

Federko did play in two All-Star games, and was justly inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002, but is relatively undecorated beyond that.

His number was retired by the Blues less than a year after he retired.

In 1986, in a poll conducted by GOAL magazine, he was named the most overlooked talent in hockey. It's a shame that he is so overlooked. Every time I look at statistics, particularly points-per-game and assists-per-game, I keep seeing his name pop up, but no one seems to recognize him and his achievements, which is a shame.

[-AJ-]

Does this only consist of retired players ?

[Merely]

Crosby should be number 4

[Butcher]

I think its time to vote Denis Potvin in. A rare combination of immense skill and toughness.

His numbers for a defenceman are remarkable. 310 goals and 742 assists for 1.052 points in 1,060 games. Thats almost a point a game for a defenseman with a long career.

Tough as nails as well, and you wont really find that with Orr or Coffey (although great as well). He had 1,356 penalty minutes and was one of the most feared hitters in the game.

• He retired as the NHL career leader in playoff goals, assists, and points for defensemen.

• He won the Norris trophy for leagues best defenceman 3 times - 1976, 1978, 1979

  All of these numbers trump Niedermayer. It would boggle my mind seeing Niedermayer get on our list before Potvin.

He won the Stanley Cup four times with the Islanders.

Ill nominate Bobby Clarke. Hes dirty, hes tough, and he had skill.

1210 points in 1044 games. 2 stanley cups with the Flyers. To be honest, i dont really even like him, his cheap shot on one of Russias star players early in the summit series is one of the series we won that thing. And the Bronx bullies offered a despicable brand of hockey. It s just hard to ignore the impact that he had. Its also that we already have a lot of guys from the 80's when points when easy to come by, and well Clarke was a force to be reckoned with in the tougher more defensive 70's.

[-AJ-]

Crosby should be number 4

[Alchemy Time]

Voting Niedermayer, that guy won just about everything. Nominating Iginla again

[Alchemy Time]

I think its time to vote Denis Potvin in.

His numbers for a defenceman are remarkable. 310 goals and 742 assists for 1.052 points in 1,060 games. Thats almost a point a game for a defenseman with a long career.

• He retired as the NHL career leader in playoff goals, assists, and points for defensemen.

• He won the Norris trophy for leagues best defenceman 3 times - 1976, 1978, 1979

  All of these numbers trump Niedermayer. It would boggle my mind seeing Niedermayer get on our list before Potvin.

[Gross-Misconduct]

VOTING - STAN MIKITA

NOMINATING - 7 TIME STANLEY CUP WINNER BRYAN TROTTIER

Bryan Trottier played 18 seasons in the NHL for the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders, two with the Penguins and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado .

16th all-time points regular season

11th all-time points in the playoffs

He set an NHL rookie record of 95 points and won the Calder Trophy as the league's Rookie of the year in 75-76

Art Ross Trophy winner

Hart Trophy winner

Conn Smythe Trophy winner

7 All-Star game appearances

[-AJ-]

With the recent nominations of Trottier I've had to think over whether to consider him Canadian, and I've decided to.

The reason for my doubt is that he did play for the USA in 1984, but he also played for Canada in 1981. I didn't know which one to pick, but then I realized he was indeed born in Canada so I thought that was a legitimate tie-breaker for me.

Therefore, for the purposes of this list, Bryan Trottier will be considered Canadian.

[Langdon Algur]

With the recent nominations of Trottier I've had to think over whether to consider him Canadian, and I've decided to.

The reason for my doubt is that he did play for the USA in 1984, but he also played for Canada in 1981. I didn't know which one to pick, but then I realized he was indeed born in Canada so I thought that was a legitimate tie-breaker for me.

Therefore, for the purposes of this list, Bryan Trottier will be considered Canadian.

[Langdon Algur]

Voted Sawchuck, nominate Sidney Crosby. He may be young but he has already won at every level possible and is 4th overall for pts per game, closing in on Bossy for 3rd overall behind only LeMieux and Gretz.

[Nazzyfan1993]

Voting Mikita, nominating Frank Mahovlich again.

[uber_pwnzor]

Nominating Crosby

[-AJ-]

Buuummp!

[Alchemy Time]

...nominate Sidney Crosby. He may be young but he has already won at every level possible and is 4th overall for pts per game.

[-AJ-]

Bump!