Who are the greats and why are they so great? A lot of people might crucify you for asking that question, but really, it’s not a bad question if you’re not familiar with hockey. So let’s start with who some of the greatest hockey players of all time are.

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Gordie Howe
3.Bobby Orr
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5. Jean Beliveau
6.Guy Lafleur
7. Doug Harvey
8. Sidney Crosby
9. Stan Mikita
10. Martin Brodeur
11.Mark Messier

These are 11 of the best hockey players I can name in the blink of an eye. I think right now you can try to argue with one player on my roster, and that’s Crosby. Even if you were to argue that he shouldn’t be considered one of the greats, you’d just argue that for the time being. If he were to retire, he would become one of the greats without a doubt. It’s the same reason people hate Lebron James because he’s so good and you’re mad that he doesn’t play for your team.

Anyway, let’s get back to what makes these players the best hockey players ever. Many of these players have won multiple scoring championships more than a few times. Now that’s quite an achievement because it’s hard enough to do it once, but more than once and sometimes consecutively is something else. Scoring goals is what wins games and these players were always able to put the puck in the back of the net like a magic trick. All of these players have incredible hockey IQs, they were able to tell where people were going to be and what the puck was going to do. They were very “hockey smart”, it’s as if they had invented the game themselves and had been playing the sport years before it was introduced into society. The greats were all incredible playmakers who brought their teams together and were a dominant force. One of the greatest playmakers was Wayne Gretzky! If he ever saw him play, you couldn’t even try to argue with this fact. Many of these players were incredible skaters, fast and strong. Two of the fastest skaters were Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull. Bobby Hulls’s nickname is “Golden Jet” because he had blonde hair and was very fast. In addition to Bobby Orrs’ speed, he won the Norris Trophy eight years in a row. What is the Norris Trophy, you ask? It’s a trophy awarded to the defenseman who displayed the best overall ability at his position throughout the NHL.

These greatest players of all time are so good because not only are they amazing at the great sport of hockey, but they are incredibly consistent year after year being the best in the league. They have come from themselves season after season, player after game. If you ever want to learn anything about the game of hockey, take a page out of his book.