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THN’s Top 50: A recap

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).

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