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THN’s Top 50: A recap
by Mike Chen on 10/12/08 at 06:23 PM ET
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Well, I wrote this huge post a few days ago recaping 1998’s The Hockey News Top 50 vs. 2008’s Top 50...and then my computer crashed. So, sorry about the slight delay in getting to this, but here is your list of today’s best players and the best players from a decade ago. If you look at the number of prominent young players in today’s list, it’s easy to see that this is now a young man’s game. Also, a few players have actually either maintained their position or gotten better (Nicklas Lidstrom, Scott Niedermayer, Daniel Alfredsson) while a few veterans are still hanging around after a decade (Joe Sakic, Martin Brodeur, Chris Pronger).
The list is broken down into rank, player, current status, and 2008 equivalent.
1 Dominik Hasek - Retired Sidney Crosby
2 Paul Kariya - St. Louis Blues Alexander Ovechkin
3 Peter Forsberg - Free Agent/Injuries Henrik Zetterberg
4 Jaromir Jagr - KHL Pavel Datsyuk
5 Sergei Fedorov - Columbus Blue Jackets Vincent Lecavalier
6 Nicklas Lidstrom - Detroit Red Wings Nicklas Lidstrom
7 Eric Lindros - Retired Roberto Luongo
8 Mike Modano - Dallas Stars Jarome Iginla
9 Chris Pronger - Anaheim Ducks Evgeni Malkin
10 Keith Tkachuk - St. Louis Blues Dany Heatley
11 Mats Sundin - Free Agent Chris Pronger
12 Teemu Selanne - Anaheim Ducks Daniel Alfredsson
13 John LeClair - Retired Marian Gaborik
14 Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils Henrik Lundqvist
15 Joe Sakic - Colorado Avalanche Brenden Morrow
16 Rob Blake - San Jose Sharks Evgeni Nabokov
17 Steve Yzerman - Retired Marian Hossa
18 Brian Leetch - Retired Ilya Kovalchuk
19 Ray Bourque - Retired Eric Staal
20 Wayne Gretzky - Retired Zdeno Chara
21 Patrick Roy - Retired Joe Thornton
22 Pavel Bure - Retired Dion Phaneuf
23 Peter Bondra - Retired Martin Brodeur
24 Keith Primeau - Retired Jean-Sebastian Giguere
25 Doug Weight - New York Islanders Martin St. Louis
26 Jason Allison - Retired Scott Niedermayer
27 Olaf Kolzig - Tampa Bay Lightning Brian Rafalski
28 Scott Niedermayer - Anaheim Ducks Sergei Gonchar
29 Al MacInnis - Retired Marty Turco
30 Joe Nieuwendyk - Retired Ryan Getzlaf
31 Brett Hull - Retired Andrei Markov
32 Ziggy Palffy - Retired Zach Parise
33 Chris Osgood - Detroit Red Wings Ales Hemsky
34 Alexei Yashin - KHL Jason Spezza
35 Derian Hatcher - Long-term injury Vesa Toskala
36 Mark Recchi - Tampa Bay Lightning Rick Nash
37 Theo Fleury - Retired Joe Sakic
38 Chris Chelios - Detroit Red Wings Scott Gomez
39 Saku Koivu - Montreal Canadiens Ryan Miller
40 Jeff Friesen - Tryout Jonathan Toews
41 Ron Francis - Retired Daniel Sedin
42 Brendan Shanahan - Free Agent Daniel Briere
43 Daniel Alfredsson - Ottawa Senators Anze Kopitar
44 Mike Richter - Retired Miikka Kiprusoff
45 Rod Brind’amour - Carolina Hurricanes Paul Stastny
46 Curtis Joseph - Toronto Maple Leafs Shane Doan
47 Larry Murphy - Retired Derek Roy
48 Sergei Zubov - Dallas Stars Marc Savard
49 Michael Peca - Columbus Blue Jackets Mike Richards
50 Jere Lehtinen - Dallas Stars Patrick Kane
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