who do you think are the greatest three players in NHL history?
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Henri Richard\nGilbert Perreault \nDave Keon\n\n_
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The US - Russia semi final game in the 1980 olympics had to be the greatest game from a US perspective.\n\nHowever a personal Favorite of mine (and a very close second) was game 7 of the 1994 Stanley cup eastern conference semi-finals between the NY Rangers and the NJ Devils.\n\nHowie Rose's call of the Game winning goal in the 2nd OT still gives me goosebumps \n\n"Mateau, Mateau, Mateau. Stephane Matteau and the Rangers have one more hill to climb baby, but its Mt. Vancouver. The Rangers are headed to the finals"
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1-He is the only player to score 9 consecutives 50 or more goals season.\n2-With 9 he's the one who score the most 50 or more goals seasons (tie with Wayne Gretzky, Bossy did it in 10 season, Gretzky in 20)\n3-He have 5 season of 60 or more goals (tie with Wayne Gretzky)\n4-He scored 4 game winning goals in a series against the Boston Bruins in 1983. A record that may never be matched again.\n5-He also got the most power-play goals in one playoff year with 9 goal in 1981.\n\n\nBossy also holds the Islanders team records for the most career goals (573) and most goals in a season (69)\n\nHe was the first rookie with 50 goals (53), this record was broken by Teemu Selanne with 76 goal in 1992-1993
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Ovechkin, Heatley and Kovalchuk are all candidates. But I'd go with Ovechkin. He's the youngest and he's got the most potential.
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Sam Rosen:  " THE WAITING IS OVER! THE NEW YORK RANGERS ARE THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!!! AND THIS ONE WILL LAST A LIFETIME!!"\nJohn Davidson: "NO MORE CURSES, THIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE! THESE PEOPLE HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME!"\nSam Rosen: " LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN"\n\nI love Sam Rosen.  Howie Rose will always be remembered for his " Matteua Matteua Matteua" line.\n\nBut the best NHL Announcer would have to be Mike Emerick for the Devils. He literally keeps you on his toes. Whether its his high pitched voice, or the way he does the play by play, he is just the best in the business. Im a Ranger fan, and i look forward to the 2 or 3 times a year that he does Ranger games instead of Sam Rosen. He really does  agreat job.  And the 6 times a year the Rangers play the Devils, are not only the best games  hockey-wise, but the best announced games.  Mike Emerick, second to none.
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It has to be Reggie Miller. All time leader in three point field goals made, one of the greatest three point shooters ever. Not to mention the uncountable times he has drained clutch threes to win or tie the match for the Pacers, including that unforgettable game at Madison Square Garden. As a pure shooter, even with a hand in his face, Miller was ace.
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Let the records speak...The Great One holds/shares 61 NHL records!
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Michael Jordan - greatest basketball player ever\n-----\nJackie Robinson - set a major precedent on sports history\n-----\nDick Butkis - the dirtiest and most feared football player ever (and unlike Lawrence Taylor did not get his edge from being high on cocaine)\n----\nBabe Ruth - no great athlete as ever been as in poor of physical health as he was, a sports anomaly\n----\nWayne Gretzky - indisputably the greatest hockey player to ever play\n----\nDale Earnhardt - unlike petty, won his races and championships in an era of regulated racing (Petty's car was just faster than everyone elses when he was racing)\n----\nArthur Ashe - not only his tennis, but his legacy and foundation will make him remembered for decades to come\n----\nPele - another milestone in sports history by going pro as a minor, and one of the greatest soccer players of all time\n----\nNolan Ryan - a symbol of longevity as well as holder of numerous pitching records and quite possible the greatest pitcher to ever take the mound\n----\nCharles Barkley - even though he never won an NBA title, the 6-4 power forward had a phenomenal NBA and collegiate career, and often dominated players half a foot taller than him. He is one of the greatest anomalys in sports history.
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Probably Jaramir Jagr of the New York Rangers. Most hockey fans talk about Brian McCabe's one timer, but has anyone seen Jagr's one timer? That is one awesome shot.
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I'm Ms. Know it all....132 best answers and the numbers are growing.\n\nseriously if i really wanted to ask someone about hockey i would ask Scotty Bowman he is the master mind of hockey.\n\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Pete Rose is the best. I am a big fan of his and always will be. He was a great ball player. He should be in the Hall of Fame. He could have done worse. There are other ball players I think should be taken out because of what they did.
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Guy Hebert - goaltender\nSteve Shields - goaltender after that\n\nmaybe others, I don't know who
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I would have to say Jim Brown is one of the best to have ever played the game....and Barry Sanders was close behind him....had he continued.
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Favorite current player is Peter Forsberg.  I know this is a easy choice, but when you have the best hockey player on the planet on your team, it's kinda hard not to like him.\n\nForsberg is a force and is very talented.\n\nAs for current and the past- I have to go with Ron Hextall.  I was too young for the Cups of Barber, Parent and Clarkey.  Hextall was a great goalie with a huge mean streak.  Gotta love 'em!
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harmon killebrew\nkirby puckett\ntony oliva\nrod carew\nkent hrbek\n\nin my opinion, johan santana and joe mauer will crack that list someday.
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Forwards - Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Gordie Howe\n\nDefensemen - Bobby Orr and Ray Bourque\n\nGoalies - (#1A & 1B) - Dominic Hasek and Ken Dryden\n\nCoach - (old time hockey!) Toe Blake
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Well, I can't really imagine that you are satisfied with the wide array of responses up above as neither they really address the question or even attempt to back it up whatsoever.  So here it is:\n\nThere has and always will be a debate over who is the greatest NHL team of all-time.  If you are wondering what has been the winniest franchise throughout history, it would be the Montreal Canadiens, who have won 24 Stanley Cups since 1917 when the NHL began it's official operations.  Next closest is the Toronto Maple Leafs with something like 12, but who really cares because they haven't won it since like 1967 and probably never will again at the rate that they are going.\n\nBut the best team of players ever assembled.  If you would like to read what Sports Illustrated's Tom Layberger has said on the subject, go to this link:\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/tom_layberger/03/01/dominant.teams/\n\nHe lays out the top 10 teams of all-time in great detail.\n\nIf you want my opinion and likely anyone else with half a hockey brain to name the best team of all-time it would have to be the Edmonton Oilers between 1983-1984, 1984-1985.  They were stacked:  \nGrant Fuhr - a stone wall of a goalie, \nMark Messier - A solid skating, shit-kicking centre, \nGlenn Anderson - high speed winger, \nPaul Coffey - arguably to this day the greatest defenceman of all-time, \nKevin Lowe - current GM of the Edmonton Oilers, \nEsa Tikkanen, Old school version of Ville Nimmenen - annoying Finn player who scores goals and plays cagy defence, \nJari Kurri - the all-time leading Finnish points leader, who ALWAYS found the back of the net in clutch times,\nAnd all coached by Glen Sather - a revolutionary coach who demanded the best of his players and competed to always win.\n\nI am of course omitting one name:\nWayne Gretzky is undisputably the greatest NHL hockey player of all-time.  "The great one" holds more hockey scoring records than entire other teams combined.  Entire pages have been re-written into the record books and there they will remain in stone as they will never be broken.  His single season record of 212 points in a season will likely never be broken; 50 goals in 35 games is completely untouchable, and the fact is, he managed to amass these massive point totals over years and in clutch times in the playoffs as well.\n\nGretzky revolutionized hockey in a way that one way ever has before.  His quote:  "Well, I think an assist is just as good as a goal." is often repeated in minor hockey arenas.  His idea of using the boards, behind the net, other players' skates/bodies is completely unparalled.  He was fast, had a deadly accurate shot, and made behind the back passes while looking the other way to teammates who were practically too stunned to do anything about it.\n\nI saw Gretzky once score a goal right off the face-off.  That's how good he was.  I remember when he used to shoot the puck down the ice like it was icing, only to see it bounce in a funny way off the boards and straight to Jari Kurri for an easy tap-in.  Dude, Gretzky was seriously ridiculously good.  \n\nNow, the Edmonton Oilers won the cup 4 out of 5 years, between 83 and 88, although interestingly lost out in the 1985-1986 season in one of the most famed playoff series of all-time:\n  \nIn game 7 in the opening round against their arch-rivals The Calgary Flames, with 2.4 seconds left, Steve Smith (a defenceman for the Oilers) skated around the net in his own zone and in a completely harmless play accidentally passed the puck into his own net!  This play has been re-shown and re-played probably 1,000,000 times to hockey fans everywhere and became fashionable to say:  "To pull a Steve Smith."  The fans went nuts of course, and so did the media who of course expected the Oilers to coast to an easy 3rd straight Stanley Cup.\n\nAnd do you know how classy Wayne Gretzky is?  He said to the media, to the fans, to the