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Top 15: NHL's Best True (Classic) Powerforwards #1


  

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Your description is more fitting for a goon than a powerforward imo LOL. John Scott fits your description...I think a true power forward is a player that is effective at using his size/strength to overpower opponents to make plays,score goals,drive the net hard,throw huge hits and cause havoc in front of the net.

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Where's Ovechkin? Nominating and voting for him.

Best scoring forwards with decent hitting ability (by order of hits connected last season):

Backes

Brown

Callahan

Lucic

Ovechkin

Doan

Bickell

Brouwer

Kunitz

N. Foligno (ask Coho)

Ladd

Getzlaf

Morrow

Clarkson

Byfuglien at forward

Ryan

Simmonds

Kassian (yay)

Hartnell

Penner

M. Richards

Ruutu

Perry

Malone

Nash

Horton

Stewart

Cole

OV isn't noted for being a true power forward, but he still lays plenty of guys out with crunching hits. Combine that with his hart trophy-winning awesome scoring ability, and he's the best guy on the list, easily. On paper. The problem is he's always looking for open ice, and not battling in the crease to get those hard-to-get goals, even though he would dominate there as well. 'The Russian Factor' seperates him from the other guys on the list.

Backes hits a lot, and he hits like a truck, but his speed and scoring ability isn't quite there.

Brown has a bit more offensive flair than Backes, but dives a lot.

Callahan hits like a truck, but is hurt a lot.

People love Lucic in this category because he also drops 'em a lot. Does that make him the best true power forward? Or best goon?

There are a few great scorers down the list that aren't exactly great hitters. Or they don't hit enough. (Noting the Perry dropoff in this category.) Nash is also a great power forward 'on paper', but he doesn't hit enough. In fact he floats most shifts.

Definitely the best true powerforward category is a highly-debatable one.

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