Best hockey player ever?
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Wayne Gretzky\n\nHas the records for most career goals, assists, and points; single season records for most goals, assists, and points;  and career playoff records for most goals, assists, and points.\n\nWhat more proof do you need?
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Henrik Lundqvist - Sizzlin'\nOhno a close 2nd for sure.
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1.) Patrick Roy; #1 in wins and his playoff feats will never be touched.\n2.) Terry Sawchuk; to accomplish what this guy did in the pre-mask era is amazing.\n3.) Glenn Hall; "Mr. Goalie" set an NHL record 502 consecutive games (many of which before wearing a mask) is unrivaled.\n\n   Honourable mention would have to go to Jacques Plante, because without him, many of us goalies would not be as lucky as we are.
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Need him in detroit w/ Pavel Datsyuk,They would be unstoppable! GO DATSYUK!
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all time - terry sawchuck, Patrick Roy\n\nin the nhl rite now - no question bout it its Brodeur\n\nIf ur talking football its Oliver Khan or maybe even Vandersaar,\n\n\nBy the way huever said Belfour shuld go suck a penis... \n\nHe played for the leafs and in the past 20 years only one great player has played for em and thats SUNDIN the rest of em SUCKKK!
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No knock on Crosby but Ovechkin is the total package. His blend of talent, effort, skill and intensity is unrivaled. I think he's the most complete rookie I have ever seen, and I've been following hockey since I was 4 years old. It staggers the mind to contemplate the fact that he will only get better! If the Caps can begin surrounding him with talent, he'll achieve the heights previously known only to Gretzky and Lemieux. He's just that good!
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At this point, Michael Jordan is the best player basketball has ever seen.  He was a consistent scorer, a crowd pleaser and incredible in the clutch...\n\nNo one has even matched that...
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All three of those are good players.  But Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky have become the most famous because of their accomplishments in the sport.
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If you had to choose one team, I think the 70-79 Red Army team was the best.  Not only did they beat the All-Starts from the NHL the WHA, and the best teams the NHL and WHA had to offer, they dominated the sport at such a high level that they were unbeatable. They won 7 World Championships, 2 Olympic Gold Medals.  With wingers like Valery Kharlamov and Boris Mikhailov, Centered by Valdimir Petrov they created one of the greatest and most dangerous scoring lines of all-time and with the greatest goalie of his time Vladislav Tretiak. I don’t even think the great Canadians or Oilers teams could have beaten them in there Prime
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The best player at World Cup 2006
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Mr. Wayne Gretzky.  The Great One.
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I would have to go with Hulk Hogan...look at his longevity.\n\nOther greats (at least in my opinion) include:\nStone Cold, Ric Flair, Brett Hart, Macho Man, and Kurt Angle...to name a few.
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the better of them is ronaldinho\nthe best player ever
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Smytty, hands down. The guy takes a Pronger shot off the mouth, loses 3 teeth, gets multiple stiches and still has the guts to assist on the game winning goal!!!\n\nTHE MULLET ROCKS!!!
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Pele is the best and is recognized as the best\nPele the one and only\nSee\nhttp://www.ifhof.com/hof/halloffame.asp
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I'll take Bobby Orr, the man changed the way the game is played and would have been even better if he could have played longer.  Not that the Great one but remember the Oilers won a cup without him and the Bruins haven't won since Orr left
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Ovechkin.  He is not a crybaby like Crosby