2007-08-04 03:39:52 · 12 answers · asked by The Caseman 4 in Sports ➔ Hockey
If I had to chose a difinitive 1-2, I would have to go with Wayne Gretzky and Jarri Kurri. While Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr were great players, keep this in mind (and this is coming from a life-long Penguins fan, too): when Jagr finally hit his stride in the mid 1990s, he didn't even play on the same line as Lemieux, except on power play occasions. Usually Lemieux played on a line with Petr Nedved and Joe Dzedzik, while Jagr was featured on a line with Ron Francis and whoever showed up to play leftwing that night. In 1995-96 Jagr set the NHL record for most points by a right winger with 149, most of those points coming on the aforementioned line. Lemieux scored 169 points that season, too.
2007-08-04 07:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Snoop 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the 1930s it was Charlie Conacher and Harvey Jackson
In the 1940s it was Maurice Richard and Hector Blake
In the 1950s it was Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay
In the 1960s it was Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull
In the 1970s it was Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito
In the 1980s it was Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri
In the 1990s it was Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr
In the 2000s......the best combination, although shortlived was probably Heatley and Kovalchuk
I have to admit there are some great pairs missing from recent times who due to free-agency/trades never played together forever (at least 2 seasons together)
Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier
Brett Hull and Adam Oates
Steve Yzerman and Adam Oates
Cameron Neely and Adam Oates (too bad Oates couldn't have stayed put)
Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi
Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald
Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor
Eric Lindros and Mark Recchi
Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya
Dougie Gilmour and Dave Andreychuk
Denis Savard and Alan Secord
Peter Stastny and Michel Goulet
Bernie Federko and Brian Sutter
Bobby Smith and Dino Ciccarelli
Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt
Bobby Clarke and Reggie Leach
Gilbert Perreault and Richard Martin
Marcel Dionne and Mickey Redmond
Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle
2007-08-04 15:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by cyrenaica 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is tough to answer. Different eras are hard to compare, but since you ask for scoring, I'd have to say Gretzky and anyone. Ok, put Kurri on his line. LOL. They seemed to know where each other was at all times. But Trottier and Bossy were good.
2007-08-04 10:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by kelowna42 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gretzky and...
I dunno...Ken Daneyko. Andrew Raycroft. Me. Seriously, he'd make any line into a scoring line.
Fine. Gretzky and Kurri.
2007-08-04 13:58:27 · answer #4 · answered by JK Nation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are looking at it in terms of sheer points, then the answer is Gretzky and Kurri.
However, had Bobby Orr been a forward........we'd be asking Gretzy and Kurri who?
2007-08-04 16:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beliveau and Richard of Canadiens would be hard to beat, but I would rank them slightly ahead of Gretzky and Kurri and then Lemiuex and Jagr
2007-08-04 11:01:13 · answer #6 · answered by Kickice66 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito....but I'm not a big hockey fan, and don't know much about it. Did Gretzky play beside another good scorer?
2007-08-04 10:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
2007-08-04 11:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by Tim O 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gretz and Kurri. Everyone else can only be second best once you look at their numbers.
2007-08-04 15:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grtezky, Kurri. Not even anyone else close
2007-08-04 11:15:57 · answer #10 · answered by MICHAEL S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋