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Rank the 1st overall forwards of the last 15 years in "skill"
03-21-2013, 01:02 PM
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Rank the 1st overall forwards of the last 15 years in "skill"
I'm not talking effort, or speed, or numbers. Just pure "skill". Sniping, passing, stick-handling/dangling, puck-handling, finesse, etc.
03-21-2013, 01:03 PM
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Hall is last, right?
03-21-2013, 01:06 PM
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Curious to see the results, I think it's inevitable that Stefan finishes last, nothing he showed in junior actually showed up in the NHL
03-21-2013, 01:13 PM
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Weird/vague criteria, but I'm going to assume "skill" includes the hockey brain, and excludes speed & strength:
03-21-2013, 01:34 PM
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03-21-2013, 03:40 PM
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Skill at their draft? or what they projected to be? or what they became?
03-21-2013, 03:45 PM
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aaaand heeeeeeere we gooooooo
03-21-2013, 03:46 PM
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03-21-2013, 04:28 PM
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Some of these lists are ridiculous. Stefan is at least top 3!
03-21-2013, 04:38 PM
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If Drouin goes first overall I'd vouch for him being top 5.
03-21-2013, 04:40 PM
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the rest in some order (who cares)
03-21-2013, 04:45 PM
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I'm not talking effort, or speed, or numbers. Just pure "skill". Sniping, passing, stick-handling/dangling, puck-handling, finesse, etc.
if we put Thorton and Vinny in thier prime....
1-Crosby
2-Ovie
3Thorton
4-Stamkos
5-Vinny
6-Tavares
7-Kovy
8-Kane
9-Nash
10-Hall
11-RNH
12-Yak
13-Stefan
Hard to compare the most recents with guys who have a body of work...
03-21-2013, 04:58 PM
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Based soley on "skill", I'd say:
03-21-2013, 05:26 PM
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Based soley on "skill", I'd say:
Why do you have him nearly last, then?
03-21-2013, 05:28 PM
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Crosby and Ovechkin should be the top 2 guys.
03-21-2013, 05:33 PM
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Weird/vague criteria, but I'm going to assume "skill" includes the hockey brain, and excludes speed & strength:
Skill is not brain, it's basically the combination of skating, shooting, passing.
In that department Crosby (of course), Kovalchuk, Ovechkin and Nash should make the top of the list.
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03-21-2013, 05:33 PM
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Why do you have him nearly last, then?
Because if skill was the only factor into being a good player, then Omark and Schremp would be NHL stars.
03-21-2013, 05:40 PM
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I'm not talking effort, or speed, or numbers. Just pure "skill". Sniping, passing, stick-handling/dangling, puck-handling, finesse, etc.
1. Crosby
2. Ovechkin
3. Kane
4. Kovalchuk
5. Stamkos
6. Tavares
7. Thornton
8. Nash
9. Hall
10. Yakupov
11. Lecavalier
12. RNH
13. Stefan
03-21-2013, 05:41 PM
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I'm not talking effort, or speed, or numbers. Just pure "skill". Sniping, passing, stick-handling/dangling, puck-handling, finesse, etc.1999 - Stefan
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03-21-2013, 05:43 PM
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Haven't even read the first post yet, and I already know who is dead last:
Poor, poor Stefan.
03-21-2013, 05:44 PM
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He listed the players in order chronologically.
03-21-2013, 05:47 PM
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2005 - Crosby
03-21-2013, 05:49 PM
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I left out Hall, RNH, and Yakupov because I just feel it is too early to tell.
It's way too early to come to conclusions on things like this for those guys. If we had done this for Stamkos or Tavares early on they'd have been near the bottom of the list.
03-21-2013, 05:55 PM
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