Top 10 Most Skilled Hockey Players Of All-Time [Part 1/2]

[genelevit]

The most skilled player of all times was Valery Kharlamov from USSR. Then, after him, goes Gretzky, then Lemieux, Bobbi Orr, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Yan Suchy (Czechoslovakia), Datsyuk and Borje Salming (from Sweden)

[eagle8burger]

haha @ 7:20, he didn't score. insane moves, but didn't get it done

[Scarecrowman27]

No Goalies?

[33neilrose]

datsyuk best player in the nhl hands down

[jacobbxd]

datsyuk goals are purely digusting. makes the legends up front look bad at times.

[HardcoreGodz]

Mario Lemieux 915 games played 1723 points, Pavel Datsyuk 721 games played 710 points don't even try to compare a man with a kid, it's not fair for little Datsyuk

[TTJponder]

7:21= open net miss!

[theonlyone38]

If Lemieux would have taken his health a little more seriously when he was younger, he probably could have been still playing. A lot of hockey players will tell you that he was smoking while in his peak and would hardly work out.

[HardcoreGodz]

@theonlyone38 a ot of great players form the 80's were smoking...Mario wasn't different from them...Guy Lafleur , the best habs of all time was smoking btween periods...

[bmac1209]

For all you Lemieux haters how many players won a scoreing title while fighting cancer.

[Xray878modified]

if this vid was remade now crosby would be int it

[azynkron]

6:06 says it all.. Take that, you north american pussys.. And he gave Peter his winning move.

[MastodonManiac]

Dats should be much higher.

[ImBetterThenU17]

PAVEL bure PAVEL datsyuk

[richbou100]

hmm... maybe some of you didn't read, but it is the most SKILLED hockey players, sure some of them are better than others, but the criteria here is raw skills...



[Hockeyfan188]

Eh Gretzky should get first

[TheRJM1993]

You know she's gonna be a good top 10 when Datsyuk is number 10

[tehpxcman]

@TheRJM1993 exactly ipersonely tthink jagr should be higher but o well 8th in points must now not mean anything.

[CohenArts]

"hes like lemieux". lol. said that for most of em.

[ST1CKYM0VI3S]

What a fail at 7:20!!

[lakeerie90s]

whoever made this list has a pro-euro bias and no knowledge of hockey history. a better list is: #10 steve yzerman #9 jaromir jagr #8 mark messier #7 gilbert perreault #6 maurice richard #5 bobby hull #4 gordie howe #3 mario lemieux #2 bobby orr #1 wayne gretzky

[lprocter1982]

I'd take Forsberg over Kovalev any day... similarly skilled, but with Forsberg he gives his all every game, without brain farts... same can't be said for Kovalev

[bawlly1]

nruitmh5

[swscapeNEWS]

Pavel Datsyuk 10th REALLY!?

[parkerusc]

this list seemed out of order.

[SherbetHD]

Wow Brett, drop more names. "My dad is Bobby Hull".. yea, keep riding that train. Jerk.

(This is a joke for those of you that don't get it)

[GiulianoJagr68]

Jagr fkn best

[MrHighFRUCTOSE]

datsyuk is not the most skilled player of all time he is one of the best puck handlers of all time but not the most skilled

[Underoath7711]

Yeah right Jagr is better than Datsyuk

[SkaterJacob14]

Anyone else think that Datsyuk and Kovalev should switch places in the countdown

[DD57256]

Какой разговор?Гретцки номер один в НХЛ

[VonCurry8]

This Datsyuk crap is at legendary levels of stupidity get off the bandwagon and watch some old hockey...smh.. Bure is the G.O.A.T. at the skill Gretzky smartest and Lemieux had a little of both.

[steriods4champions]

if you guys think datsyuk is better than lemieux you're all on fucking crack. he would be top 5 but never better than mario. must be all wings fans

[On3]

@steriods4champions I'm a huge Red Wings fan but no chance in hell that Pavel Datsyuk is better than Mario Lemieux.

[MGOPantallica]

@steriods4champions Theres more to this game then scoring goals. Datsyuk is a waaaay better 2 way player then Lemieux.

[bmac1209]

@MGOPantallica Youre an ass. 

[Bullyfishing32]

@steriods4champions if you think the way this guy does then, your fucking retarded

[steriods4champions]

@Bullyfishing32 not on all of them, but they got it right putting lemieux first thats for sure. this isnt just some random guy who made this anyways, it's TSN's top 10

[edaaaaaaaaarz]

@steriods4champions Lemieux is oldschool, seriously that's like saying that some guy from 60's is better then Forsberg.

[steriods4champions]

@edaaaaaaaaarz lemieux played up until 2006 i think, and still dominated into the 21st century.

[EtienneLA09]

@steriods4champions I'm pretty sure its because they're young and never really got to see ''le Magnifique'' play.

[steriods4champions]

@EtienneLA09 true that bro

[PoXPuLar]

@steriods4champions Datsyuk is sick. Eat my dick.

[steriods4champions]

@PoXPuLar we got another fag over here!

[theeggsandwhich]

@steriods4champions nice name cock sucker, datsyuk is best deserves waaay better than number 10

[steriods4champions]

@theeggsandwhich nice name yourself, is that what it looks like when your dad creampies in your asshole?

[theeggsandwhich]

@steriods4champions if thats how u look at it, i dont like gay insest but if thats what ur into cool

[steriods4champions]

@theeggsandwhich cool story bro!

[PI37U]

@steriods4champions and you must be a pens fan. nuff said. You really cant reliably measure this kinda skill

[steriods4champions]

@PI37U no, actually i'm a habs fan. i have no interest in the pens at all, but it doesnt take a genius to figure out how skilled mario was

[rockedxxxx]

@steriods4champions Fuck you hick.

[steriods4champions]

@rockedxxxx so you and the other dumbasses really think datsyuk is better than mario lemieux..just think about that for a second smartass. i never said he shouldnt be on the list i'm just saying mario is better. if you think datsyuk is better please go educate yourself on hockey you mindless prick

[mbauer08]

@steriods4champions don't even mind them man, im a detroit fan but there just being idiots who don't know shit about hockey. Obviously they weren't around when mario played so they don't know how great he was.

[steriods4champions]

@mbauer08 exactly, thank you.

[jaromT]

@steriods4champions I´m not on crack and I´m not a wings fan, just a hockey fan and yes, I think Datsyuk is better than lemieux ;)

[iGNiTePS3TWiSTeR]

@steriods4champions if datyuk hit he would be better lol :)

[elementbam86]

datsyuk is #1 by far... the original dangle master

[VonCurry8]

@elementbam86 WHAT!? the original? ha get your head checked....Bure has that title before Datsyuk...what year was the first nhl game you ever watched? 2011?

[Pat6996]

LOL datsyuk behind jagr? thats fucking ridiculous

[bootsaregood]

What a beautiful play at 7:16 that wasn't even a goal. Wow.

[pdolan132]

I know

[turtlehater2]

Datsyuk #1 by a long shot.

[erreyzistable]

I know you all are hating on Datsyuk but i think the reason he is #10 is because he may arguably have the best set of hands in the league

[SuperColossal33]

@Viperstrike28 or...you're just young and have no appreciation for the NHL's rich 100+ year history.

[Viperstrike28]

@SuperColossal33 ummm obviously ur old and give way too much credit to the old days, when now its wayyyyy harder to be the best cause everyone knows how to do everything

[SuperColossal33]

@Viperstrike28 No, I'm 24, I just know that it's stupid to focus on only the hockey players I have seen play in my brief existence compared to a game that's been around for over 100 years.

If you think Datsyuk belongs ahead of any of the other 9, then you are foolish.

[VonCurry8]

@SuperColossal33 I agree with ya Colossal these kids think that...their generations they grow up watching is great...these guys in todays NHL is alot like the NFL in that the defense is handicapped by so many rules...players like Bure, Jagr, Lemieux, Selanne etc etc scored goals and made amazing plays against a defense that could clutch and grab, hold you up, play you off the puck..not to take away from the talent of todays guys...but the 90s generation was the best players..

[roobbiinn]

Datsyuk over Forsberg...? right....

[EtienneLA09]

Guy Lafleur? lol

[kingbigb2]

@TheMudkipz123 theres only enough room for 10 people

[MrJohnnycanuck10]

Wow Bobby Orr is #2. That is amazing a defencemen

[killakadafi77]

@TpCbo Get off his dick

[Thatsfrompowersbitch]

hmmm.. what about PETER FORSEBERG, JOE SAKIC, MARIO LEMIEUX, MARK MESSIER, WAYNE GRETZKY, NICKLAS LIDSTROM, RAY BORQUE, BRETT HULL. MIKE MODANO...

[kritik6]

@Thatsfrompowersbitch You might consider watching the rest of the countdown.

[virgozero]

@Thatsfrompowersbitch .... there's a part 2....

[Boobaadoowuupskii]

*Ice hockey

[DNNU29]

@Boobaadoowuupskii *real hockey

[wncnightmare]

@88Freefall Completely agree. He could have been one of the greatest ever but he didn't work for it.

[EatinMahTurtles]

rocket richard and jean beliveau o.o

[TurismoCoyote]

@TpCbo too true. I was completely disappointed with all of the following clips since his eclipsed all of the others

[AVstorm13]

7:19 misses the net

[66ott7]

@Viperstrike28 Fedorov. Where is he please?

[66ott7]

FEDOROV!

[4EverCanela]

where is ryan kesler?

[88Freefall]

No one in the NHL has ever had such hands like Kovalev... not even Datsyuk.. I'm not saying he's better player... just that he's hands were once out of this world..

[omgitsaidsyay]

KOVALEV?????????????????? UNDERACHIEVING DRAMA QUEEN! Could have been one of the best players of all time.

[gribbleparts]

Born with skill? Born with talent.. you can't be born with skill.. skill is a 'learned capacity'.. host is an air-head

[danglesnipecelly13]

Datsyuk has the best hand the NHL has ever seen. His skill is the shit. He should be top 5

[behop32]

bullshit, pavel is not even the best pavel

[2girls1freak]

kovalev 5? no just no

[m1ck3n]

How come that not one single ****** can spell PETER FORSBERG right!? And i don´t agree with this list...

[pgman1804]

datsyuk only number 10? what is this

[leo1fun]

Datsyuk is top 3 skill, at least a top 5. This guy is just probably one of the best puckhandlers to ever play hockey.

[ErdeSterbeEIC]

Where is Perter Forsberg?

[ZappaSheik]

Well they only chosse the NHL players not the USSR BRM

[GrandMasterKolbasa]

This list is bullshit. Harold Snepts deserves to be Top Ten. He was fucking electric when he scored 50 goals playing with a broken leg.

[mw2addictish]

i didnt like thsi video because Pavel Datsuk wasnt in the top 3

[Mrhockeyrules20]

Pavel Bure and Jagr should be higher than 8 and 7

[ColonExplosion]

Dutch is fucking jacked!

[gleekout06]

We all no it's Gretzky an d the best cb is revis....

[VestingSkrye]

If you didn't guess who was number one, your weird...

[kikozup]

where the fuck is peter forseberg!!!

[VestingSkrye]

@kikozup Not here.

[Dr3amTh3ater]

hahahhaha datsuk as number 10 heeeheeeheeee ... maybe his rookie year....now....best in the world

[tjcurrie]

Guys that I've personally watched-

Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Pavel Bure, Pavel Datsyuk, Mike Modano, Denis Savard, Alexei Kovalev, Peter Forsberg, Sergei Fedorov, Steve Yzerman. - Daniel and Henrik Sedin are up there too.

Kent Nilsson played when I was barely even born and while I was just a kid, and Gilbert Perreault retired when I was pretty young so I'm not gonna comment on them. Bobby Orr too.

[l25376]

lemieux was like datsuk with his stick its just that mario could get aroud present day chara

[martin58587]

jarda jááágr

[Northover22x]

i named my 2 dogs after #9 and #8 Jagr and Bure :)

[ProductofAMurder]

@Ultradonna I hate the Wings, but yes he does.

[BasketBallGuys]

So much quebecers <3

[dwoodward1]

@Ultradonna Yeah, the most skilled player in the game today certainly isn't 10th all time.

[zombieruss]

Datsyuk is mental, number 1 by a long way in my opinion.

[XzStrawberryXz]

@zombieruss not number 1 by any means Lemieux and Gretzky are WAY above him.

[Wiz420Khalifaa1]

Pierre McGuire looks like a walking, talking Penis. lmfao.

[FusionCoreConfusion]

pierre mcguire looks like a talking lightbulb

[DBoyKing313]

For all you retards that didn't read the title of the video it's the most skilled players of all time not stat leaders of all time. Pavel Datsyuk does deserve to be at least 5th on this list.

[danynumero6]

@TpCbo Look Datsyuk is great but no way in hell is he #1

[phillytheflyerable]

KENT NILSSON <3

[mylifeispokemon93]

i stopped watching at 9

[amirjon]

loool datsyuk at 10? i sometimes miss a lot of action during wings games cuz all I'm doing is watching pavel and how he handles the puck. id say prob #1 or 2, after that id go for 87 and pkane

[ironeaglehead]

jagr the best!!!

[xEightEleven811]

I've seen Kovalev play in person a couple times and his puck handling skills are the best I've ever seen...

[hockeylax114]

i dont understand how datsyuk is only 10, he is the definition of skill

[AndyVintheD]

@hockeylax114 Datsyuk should be number one...

[danynumero6]

@AndyVintheD no he shouldnt

[goodalwaysworks]

I thought IT'S JUST AWESOME.

[aleksandrpondios]

As myself russian i can say:Valery Harlamov and Sergey Makarov are the most skilled and talented russian players.Malkin is very good,may be the best player in the League right now.But as coach i would like to have Datsyk and Sergey Fedorov in my team.

[JFSMotherland]

LINDROS!!!!

[DmxBloodline]

I'm a die heard bruins fan, Bruins are my home team and don't want NE1 2think I'm a Detroit "homer", but I almost shit my pants when the video started off by ranking Datsyuk as #10, LOL! He's probably #1.

[callsikhurity25]

@DmxBloodline datsyuk is a very good player however you are mentally unstable if you don't think Wayne Gretzky isn't the best player the NHL has ever seen...he is ranked above greats such as gordy howe and mark messier....hell, the hockey hall of fame even broke all induction rules to get him!!!!

[adamrs858]

@callsikhurity25 Gretzky unquestionably the greatest offensive player of all time, unfortunately there is this crazy thing called defense, and doing the little things to help your team win the cup. Gretzky has 4 cups but after being traded away from Messier, Hall, Fuhr, Anderson etc. he never saw another final. His '93 Kings did make it to the final, without him. Ever see Yzerman's snipe in 2OT game 7 against St.Louis? He stripped the puck from a lazy 99.FYI 10 guys have bypassed HOF wait period

[hailsquig]

datsyuk is FOR sure the most skilled in th WORLD ! period

[Christian91201]

Ilya Kovalchuk most skillfull player ever in his prime..THE END!!

[BostonDudeGuy]

AK-27

[wiipartymaster2]

Isnt Gretzy n:1

[android059]

@wiipartymaster2 #1 scorer, not most skilled

[wiipartymaster2]

@android059 Ah.Now I remember.But he was skilled to right?

[android059]

@wiipartymaster2 watch part 2 and see

[danmu2000]

Thumbs up if u think Hockey is the best sport

[metyzermanfan19]

@danmu2000 Thumb troll.

[FishYR0cKz]

Lol 7:19 he failed, he missed the net! Lol

[kidkappa04]

@DoctorShrooms12 your father's gay

[EVLA8]

FAIL at 7:21

[BostonSecret45]

@jimhowardchick35 all time... hes not even close

[sCoRp0090]

AK27 RULEZZZ!!!



[cbruckel]

Why is Brett Hull such a bonehead?

[Sm0otH521]

Go to 7:15 and watch the puck.

[Robin19901982]

This list needs to be re-created.

[dsjoakim35]

Kent Nilsson, the inventor of the Forsberg penalty shot move in the olympics. A beast and a legend.

[good2goskee]

I was at the game and saw Bure's goal (afternoon game vs. B's) at 4:11 ...... Where were u Bure? Could have used you last June.

[omykron23]

How is Kovalev ahead of Datsyuk and Jagr? :/

[WakiiiS]

@omykron23 That might be the stupidest question I've ever read..Btw Jagr shouldn't even be on the list in the first place.

[kkonstantinovich1]

ДАЦЮК

[cragmac1000]

Where's John Buccigross, Jack Edwards, Keith Olbermann or Craig Kilborn? Oh the ESPN glory days. Now ESPN just a bunch of no talent whores.

[alecathesensfan]

Datsuyk can deke out all the players from ten to five without skates and a stick.

[alecathesensfan]

Why is Lemieux numer 1? Gretzky an orr and jäger are better then him. Datsuyk to.

[jacusiw1]

@alecathesensfan wrong. Lemieux is a pure magician. You obviously didnt see him play much. Semin is more skilled then the guys you named

[alecathesensfan]

@jacusiw1

Mario Lemiux isn not nearly as good actually. Semin isn't even near the talent of the guys I mentioned and neither is Lemioux. Well actually Lemioux does come close.

[tomster6758]

@alecathesensfan you obviously know nothing about hockey. everyone here is now dumber for having read your post you are awarded no points and may god have mercy on your soul

[alecathesensfan]

@tomster6758

I know more about Hockey then you dude so don't talk. Btw, what's up with the religious comment at the end? I know alot about Hockey.

[tomster6758]

@alecathesensfan you havent shown that u know a thing about hockey

[metyzermanfan19]

@alecathesensfan If you knew a lot about hockey you wouldn't be a sens fan. Zing! lol

[squints0080]

@tomster6758 Oh snap, the billy madison quote! awesome.

[maxman261]

7:20 did he just miss the open net?