A franchise player is a player that a younger child (being a fan of the team) is excited to see.
I won't list them but just think of the names a kid might talk about excitedly, want to be when they grow up or pretend they are when playing road hockey.
Now would be...: Iggy
Luongo
Kovalchuk
Chara
Datsuk
Brodeur
Gaborik
Lunkquist
Pronger
Crosby
Malkin
Thorton
Heatley
Ovechkin
A cut below right now
Savard
Getslaf
Miller
E Staal
Kipper(Consistency in stats year to year vary to much.)
Toews
Nash
Lidstrom(Has lost a step this year)
Visnovsky
Volkoun
Kopitar
Doughtry
Markov
Parise
Tavares
Dipetro
Alfredson
Spezza
Richards
Brygalov
Marleau
Boyle
Nabakov
Lecavier
St. Louis
Stamkos
Hedman
Kaberle
H & D Sedin
Semin
Backstrom
13.
Of the 13 I chosen they can all dominate the game and have proven themselves to be dependable players year in year out. Whatever they can do well they do it better than anyone else.
