The Cutting Room Floor. (Last update: 4/6/25 Next update: July ’25)

Historically undervalued: 🔵

Rank	Player			Position	Years
1	Wayne Gretzky			C	1978-1999
2	Alexander Ovechkin		Why?	LW	2005-active
3	Mario Lemieux		Why?	C	1984-2006
4	Gordie Howe			RW	1946-1980
5	Bobby Orr			D	1966-1979
6	Sidney Crosby			C	2005-active
7	Patrick Roy			G	1984-2003
8	Connor McDavid			C	2015-active
9	Jaromir Jagr			RW	1990-2018
10	Mark Messier	🔵	Why?	C	1978-2004
11	Martin Brodeur	🔵	Why?	G	1991-2015
12	Phil Esposito			C	1963-1981
13	Nicklas Lidstrom			D	1991-2012
14	Ray Bourque			D	1979-2001
15	Dominik Hasek			G	1990-2008
16	Jean Beliveau			C	1950-1971
17	Bobby Hull			LW	1957-1980
18	Maurice Richard			RW	1942-1960
19	Guy Lafleur			RW	1971-1991
20	Doug Harvey			D	1947-1969
21	Jacques Plante			G	1952-1975
22	Ken Dryden			G	1970-1979
23	Glen Hall			G	1952-1971
24	Stan Mikita			C	1958-1980
25	Bobby Clarke			C	1969-1984
26	Evgeni Malkin			C	2006-active
27	Eddie Shore			D	1926-1940
28	Joe Sakic			C	1988-2009
29	Patrick Kane			RW	2007-active
30	Nikita Kucherov			RW	2013-active
31	Steve Yzerman			C	1983-2006
32	Bryan Trottier			C	1975-1994
33	Brett Hull			RW	1986-2006
34	Erik Karlsson			D	2009-active
35	Paul Coffey			D	1980-2001
36	Chris Chelios			D	1983-2010
37	Denis Potvin			D	1973-1988
38	Andrei Vasilevskiy			G	2014-active
39	Mike Bossy			RW	1977-1987
40	Howie Morenz			C	1923-1937
41	Terry Sawchuk			G	1949-1970
42	Al MacInnis			D	1981-2004
43	Larry Robinson			D	1972-1992
44	Jari Kurri	🔵		RW	1978-1998
45	Nathan MacKinnon			C	2013-active
46	Red Kelly			D/C	1947-1967
47	Pierre Pilote			D	1955-1969
48	Sergei Fedorov			C	1990-2009
49	Peter Forsberg			C	1994-2011
50	Patrice Bergeron	🔵		C	2003-2023
51	Auston Matthews			C	2016-active
52	Leon Draisaitl			C	2014-active
53	Chris Pronger			D	1993-2012
54	Brian Leetch			D	1987-2006
55	Cyclone Taylor			R	1905-1923
56	Newsy Lalonde			C	1917-1927
57	Joe Malone			C/LW	1917-1924
58	Teemu Selanne			RW	1992-2014
59	Scott Stevens	🔵		D	1982-2004
60	Jarome Iginla	🔵		RW	1996-2017
61	Steve Stamkos			C	2008-active
62	Ed Belfour			G	1988-2007
63	Ted Lindsay			LW	1944-1965
64	Marcel Dionne			C	1971-1989
65	Scott Niedermayer			D	1991-2010
66	Zdeno Chara			D	1997-2022
67	Duncan Keith	🔵		D	2005-2022
68	Anze Kopitar	🔵		C	2006-active
69	Brad Park			D	1968-1985
70	Bernie Geoffrion			RW	1950-1968
71	Bernie Parent			G	1965-1979
72	Bill Durnan			G	1943-1950
73	Joe Thornton			C	1997-2022
74	Doug Gilmour	🔵		C	1983-2003
75	Ted Kennedy			C	1942-1957
76	Drew Doughty			D	2008-active
77	Tony Esposito			G	1968-1984
78	Frank Mahovlich			LW	1956-1978
79	Nels Stewart			C	1925-1940
80	Elmer Lach			C	1940-1954
81	Henrik Lundqvist			G	2005-2020
82	Sergei Bobrovsky			G	2010-active
83	Pavel Datsyuk			C	2001-2016
84	Martin St. Louis			RW	1998-2015
85	Eric Lindros			C	1992-2007
86	Ron Francis			C	1981-2004
87	Billy Smith			G	1971-1989
88	Luc Robitaille			LW	1986-2003
89	Roberto Luongo			G	1999-2019
90	Tim Thomas			G	2002-2014
91	Rod Langaway			D	1977-1993
92	Dickie Moore			LW	1951-1968
93	Pavel Bure			RW	1991-2003
94	Andy Bathgate			RW	1952-1975
95	Johnny Bower			G	1953-1970
96	Milt Schmidt			C/D	1936-1955
97	Syl Apps			C	1936-1948
98	Bill Cook			RW	1926-1937
99	Frank Nighbor			C	1917-1930
100	Charlie Conacher			W	1929-1941

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