Yes Yvan Cournoyer is in a different league/category, that's a no brainer. No logic on this one Sir........... 12 = Cournoyer

Nobody cares shut up

I said the same thing to myself.

R.I.P.

I loved watching Forsberg carrying defensemen on his back and still making plays, but Stan Mikita was a legend. For the doughnut shop in Aurora, Illinois, if for no other reason...

@@clippedwings0 Forsberg is two Times in Triple Gold Club ... That's a good reason to be the best #21 :p

Hull had 350 more pts than Richard. At 741 goals, he more than doubled Richard's total. Henri's best season is 80pts. Hull once had a 86 GOALS season. Besides the 86 goals, he also had two 70 goals+ and two 50+ goals seasons. Hull also had four 100 pts seasons, one of which was for 131 pts. Besides Richard's 80pts season, he had two 70 pts season and two 60pts seasons. The rest of his seasons were in the 45-55 pts range. I'm a die-hard Habs fan, but Brett Hull is the superior player. By far.

@@rich.jerkov I came to see you post after I posted my comment; but here it is: I would dispute your pick for no 16: Brett Hull, yes.... but, for me I would go for HENRI RICHARD, 20 full seasons all with Montreal Canadians ! Wikipedia: Henri Richard has won the Stanley Cup 11 times (including 5 times in a row), more than any other player. He accumulated 1046 points (358 goals and 688 assists) in 1256 matches as well as 49 goals and 80 assists in 180 playoff matches. Brett Hull: His career total of 741 goals is 5th highest in NHL history, 2 Stanley Cup, and he is one of five players to score 50 goals in 50 games.

I agree. Honorable mention, I think, goes to 16 (Bobby Clarke, Brett Hull, and Henri Richard) and 19 (Larry Robinson, Joe Sakic, and Steve Yzerman).

@@pastorfergus that sounds fair

​@@pastorfergus Add Bryan Trottier as well for 19.

#19 (Trottier, Yzerman, Sakic, Toews)

@@pastorfergus you must add Brian Trottier to the 19 list. That's why Stevie Y. chose the number.

Hull had 350 more pts than Richard. At 741 goals, he more than doubled Richard's total. Henri's best season is 80pts. Hull once had a 86 GOALS season. Besides the 86 goals, he also had two 70 goals+ and two 50+ goals seasons. Hull also had four 100 pts seasons, one of which was for 131 pts. Besides Richard's 80pts season, he had two 70 pts season and two 60pts seasons. The rest of his seasons were in the 45-55 pts range. I'm a die-hard Habs fan, but Brett Hull is the superior player.

@@rich.jerkovCompletely agree. No shadow on Richard but 11 Cups are team efforts and this ranking is about the greatest players to wear each jersey number.

My first thought was Al MacInnis, whom I would have chosen over Leetch personally, but it would be close. But then there's the incredible oversight of Doug Harvey - winner of 7 Norris Trophies. I really do not know much about either Shore or Harvey, but hear their names mentioned with greatness only.

Doug Harvey

I would have liked to have seen Eddie Shore play.

yes this guy got other stats wrong. Howe won 4 Stanley cups not six.

9 hall of famers. That team was stacked

I feel like this is the EA NHL 2002 team the list writer used lol.

As a Habs' fan, don't forget Larry Robinson as another heavyweight #19.

frank may have an argument, peter doesn't.

pete for sure

yzerman, trottier, and sakic would all have been solid choices for 19 and you can't really go wrong with any of them.

19 = Sakic

Trottier would be behind Yzerman, Sakic, and maybe Jumbo Joe

@@sirekumasutra7022 I don’t see how you can make that argument for thornton.

Everyone forget the real owner of 19? 6 Stanley Cups, Conn Smythe winner, 2 Norris cups, 3 first team all-star and 3 second team all-stars. And... Beat the shit out of Dave Schultz in his rookie year. The one and ONLY true #19. Larry Robinson

Cups shouldn't be part of the equation when discussing individual greatness... TEAMS win Cups. Otherwise, Justin Williams is three times the player Ovechkin is.

I paused when he mentioned his decision for 13. I knew I wasn't going to be the only one bothered haha

As a red wings fan I gotta agree, I loved Homer but he wasn’t the greatest

Selanne also wore #76 hands down better than subban

​@alberthiggelke2525 Selanne never wore 76 to my knowledge but he did wear 13 in his rookie year with Winnipeg and 1 year in Anaheim

this is the one that surprised me. i get picking ovi for his run at the goal record. but damn, this might be the one time on this list where it's ok to have an honorable mention. pretty hard to exclude the finnish flash.

With you on that one. Doug Harvey than Leech. 7 Norris tropies!

Henri Richard should have been the choice for #16. Eleven Cups as a player, no contest.

Marcel Dionne.

@@johnleak8396 Henri was a great talent. But I'd have to give it to Brett because of his goal scoring ability. If we were going to give a larger amount of weight to Stanley Cup wins as a player, there's some pretty strong Canadiens players who would dominate.

Dionne - hands down.

and a jerk to boot

Selanne wore #8. You're thinking of his 76 goal season

I suspect, if you asked the men themselves, they both would have given it to the other one. As a lifelong Wings fan, I pick Yzerman, but I'll openly admit that Joe Sakic is the only member of the 90s Avalanche that I have ever had respect for.

@@mjsteele42 No respect for Forsberg? :D I'd pick Yzerman over Sakic as well as a neutral Caps fan

@@tommiebethmarker7607 Not really. Forsberg took too many dives.

Um it's spelled HOWE dummy. Sheesh. Sorry Gordie.

Yzerman had 1755 regular season points. Richard trophy is a scoring title as well and yes Matthews have won it three times.

​@@tommiebethmarker7607 if someone says "scoring title" they are referring to the Art Ross trophy. Most points = scoring title

Pavol Demitra was in his prime as a Blue, not as a Canuck.

11 team efforts does not make him the best individual player for the jersey number.

1,755 LOL

@@silntstl It's 1755 points, 792 goals.

@@rich.jerkov Yes I know. But the screen clearly stated 1755 GOALS.

​@@rich.jerkovtry again

Steve Larmer was a god on skates compared to Andrew Desjardins :D

kind of a reach? just stop.

Exactly what I said and Selänne still has more points too. Not only that he was never in a dynasty team Ovie was in one of the 2 dynasties of 2010's he was in Caps the other being Pens. Selänne was also a great example and role model.

@@ElmoNator39 Not just that, I just found Selanne more fun to watch than Ovechkin.

@@SonicSlicer I'm a Finn so I agree, but Ovie a legend tho.

@ElmoNator39 I have a hard time with Ovechkin. Now, that's not to take away from his accomplishments, I just don't see him as exciting as Selanne.

In no way is he better than Fedorov. If Fedorov had been allowed by the Soviet Union to enter the NHL sooner than he had, he’d have a lot more accolades. You can make an argument he’s the greatest Russian player ever next to Ovechkin

@@SkisandBeer970 yes he is the 2nd best russian but idk if hes the best 91. He played in an era that was far easier to score so thats likely why he won more accolades but the numbers arent better

@@ethanparker7900 Uhhh...no. Fedorov played in the dead puck era, dude.

Fedorov put up numbers during the dead puck era and was one of the best defensive forwards.

Dunno about GOAT, but I thought that too. Maybe because he had a shorter career then Kane.

@@troybaker7152 That's sad they hate Big E the guy who wore 88 and with Swedishized name.

I was thinking he might be 13 but had forgotten about Datsyuk. Feel like it's "could have been"-situation. If Sundin played on better teams and had more team success I think he would have been the best choice. But Datsyuk has the cups to back it up as well as the individual awards. If Sundin played on those Red Wings teams he probably would have hit 600 goals and had some individual awards as well, which would have made him number 1. Also, Datsyuk was one of the most entertaining players to watch, ever.

I agree, hard choice indeed ! @@tommiebethmarker7607