ex who is the best russian to ever play, who is the best Chezch ect.
Russian
Canadian
American
Czech
Slovokian
Swede
Fin
Ukrainian
( you can add more if you wish. i just put up the major hockey countries,)
2007-10-14 12:14:29 · 15 answers · asked by hooah89d 4 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Russian - Pavel Bure
Canadian - Gordie Howe(Greztky played in plastic bubble his whole career, so no I wouldnt rate him the best Canadian)
American - Pat LaFontaine
Czech - Jaromir Jagr
Slovokian - Peter Statsny
Swede - Peter Forseberg
Fin - Jari Kurri
Ukrainian - Peter Bondra
Germany - Uwe Krupp
England - Steve Thomas (Im from England so I thought id add that one)
2007-10-15 03:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by packerd_00 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Canada: Wayne Gretzky
Russia: Pavel Bure
American: Mike Modano
Czech: Jaromir Jagr
Slovokia: Peter Stasny
Sweden: Peter Forsberg
Finland: Jari Kurri
Ukraine:Dimiri Khristich
United Kingdom: Steve Thomas
Germany: Marco Sturm
France: Cristobal Huet
Latvia: Sandis Ozolinsh
Poland: Wojtek Wolski
Switzerland: Martin Gerber
Lithuainia: Danius Zubrus
Kazakhstan: Nik Antropov
Belarus: Ruslan Salei
Norway: Espen Knutsen
Austria: Thomas Vanek
Slovenia: Anze Kopitar
2007-10-14 19:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by jkstuart12 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
America: Patrick Lafontaine - highest points per game average by an American. Unfortunately his career was cut short due to injuries or Modano would still be chasing him.
Canada: Bobby Orr - changed the game forever
Czech Republic: Vaclav Nedomansky - Would have been an NHL superstar in his prime unfortunately due to politics never got the chance to play in the NHL until he was 33. Along with Milan Novy; one of Jaromir Jagr's childhood heroes.
Finland: Jari Kurri, no other Finn has done as much for hockey or played as well as he has or has as many Cup rings (and when you compare Selanne's stats to Kurri.........Kurri still wins hands down).
Germany: Erich Kuehnhackl. Allegedly the greatest player in the game (according to Sam Pollock). The New York Rangers and Montreal Canadians thought so highly of him in the 70s they offered him million dollar contracts (at a time when Marcel Dionne was the leagues highest paid player at $350K)
Russia: Valeri Kharlamov, he had skills that nobody else had. Pavel Bure was a close 2nd.Sergei Makarov and Viacheslav Fetisov both called playing with Kharlamov the highlight of their careers. Unfortunately, Valery died young (just prior to or during the 1981 Canada Cup)
Slovakia: Stan Mikita and Peter Stastny, very similar players in style and substance. Marian Gaborik had the promise, but has so far failed to live up to it
Sweden: Sven 'Tumba' Johansson. In 2004, a poll picked him as the greatest Swedish player ever (by a landslide over Borje Salming) and he still holds numerous records for the Swedish national team. He was named the best forward at several World Championships won by Russia. Sundin, Forsberg, et al are nowhere near as good as Johansson.
Switzerland: Richard Torriani. Played on the Swiss National Team for 20 years. Was the Montreal Canadien's leading scorer in the 1943 and 1944 pre-seasons but got homesick and left for Switzerland each year.
2007-10-14 19:46:52 · answer #3 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Russian: Pavel Bure and Maxim Afinogenov
Canadian: Wayne Gretzky
Sweden: Henrik and Daniel Sedin
Finland: Teemu Sellane
American: Pat Lafontaine
Austria: Thomas Vanek
Czech Republic Jarmoir Jagr
Germany: Jochen Hecht
2007-10-14 22:02:48 · answer #4 · answered by rac531 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Russian - Vladislav Tretiak
Canadian - Wayne Gretzky
American - Mike Modano
Czech - Jaromir Jagr
Slovokian - Peter Stastny
Swede - Peter Forsberg
Fin - Jari Kurri
Ukrainian - Not sure that I can think of a player that qualifies in this list.
2007-10-14 20:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by loveforfrance 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Russian - Pavel Bure
Canadian - Wayne Gretzky
American - Chris Chelios
Czech - Jaromir Jagr
Slovokian - Pavol Demitra/Ziggy Palffy(soon to be Marian Hossa)
Swede - Peter Forsberg
Fin - Teemu Selanne
That's just off the top of my head.
2007-10-14 19:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by Bryan 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Russian - Pavel Bure
Canadian - Wayne Gretzky
American - Joe Mullen
Czeck - Jaromir Jagr
Swede - Mats Sundin
Fin - Teemu Selanne
2007-10-14 20:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by robmurphy22 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Russian - Valery Kharlamov
Canadian - Gretzky
American - Modano
Czech - Jagr
Slovokian - Peter Stastny
Swede - Peter Forsberg
Fin - Jari Kurri
2007-10-14 22:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by Hammer 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Russian: Makarov / Kharlamov / Tretiak (It's a tossup)
Canadian: Gretzky / Lemieux (It's a tossup)
American: Brett Hull had dual citizenship, as far as only U.S. citizenship then Pat LaFontaine.
Czech: Vaclav Nedomansky / Jagr (It's a tossup)
Slovakian: Peter Stastny
Swede: Mats Sundin, but Forsberg has always had the most talent and skill.
Finn: Jarri Kurri
Ukrainian: ??? I don't know. Gretzky? lol, his grandparents were Ukrainian.
2007-10-14 20:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by N/A 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Russian- Not sure.. currently probably ovechkin
Canadian- Gretzky.
American- another tough one.. maybe Modano..
Czech- I'll get back to you..
Slovokian- Hmmm..
Swede- Mats Naslund, Hakan Loob, Kent Nilsson, Mats Sundin
Fin- Temmu Selanne, 'Nuff said.
Ukrainian- Uhh....
2007-10-14 19:26:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋