Ron Francis or Adam Oates?
2007-10-15 15:08:30 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
whoever said bure and sakic were better playmakers are just right down stupid(sakic never had more than 60 assists per season and bure had about 50 assists in his best season, meanwhile oates and francis reached the 90 assists plateau a couple of times you plug.)
2007-10-15 16:29:27 · update #1
Adam Oats or Stevie Y would be my guess. Hull and Oats made a pretty awesome combo for quite a while. Ronnie Franchise lacked the killer scorer in Hull's category to get a fair comparison.
2007-10-15 20:12:36 · answer #1 · answered by cme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best playmaker (ioncluding Gretzky)? Mario Lemiuex
The playmaker with most assists (behind Gretzky)? Adam Oates
Assists in the 90, Here are the top 18
877 Wayne Gretzky
693 Adam Oates
604 Ronald Francis
571 Douglas Gilmour
565 Joseph Sakic
555 Steven Yzerman
544 Mark Messier
538 Raymond Bourque
518 Pierre Turgeon
517 Jaromir Jagr
508 Craig Janney
508 Mark Recchi
507 Paul Coffey
466 Mario Lemieux
466 Joe Juneau
460 Lawrence Murphy
457 Allan MacInnis
453 Phil Housley
2007-10-15 23:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by cyrenaica 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Out of the two, Ron Francis. He's second on the all-time assists list. I think Sakic, Messier, Coffey and GIlmour should also recive consideration. But of course, no one comes near Gretzky. He's got more points than any one has points. And to all those who said Lemieux, I think Mario was more of a goal scorer than playmaker.
2007-10-15 23:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by hockey craze99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jaromir Jagr
622 Goals
912 Assists
+/- 268
2007-10-16 10:44:22 · answer #4 · answered by Marc B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Adam Oates. He set up Brett Hull and later Joe Juneau for some big numbers. Says in Wiki (if you trust it) that Oates was second to Gretz for assists in the 90s.
2007-10-15 22:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mario Lemieux
Adam Oates
Joe Sakic
Izayah.you keep showing your stupidity through your questions. Francis hit the 90 assist plateau ONCE! He only had more than 70 twice!
2007-10-15 22:14:56 · answer #6 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
oates did have alot of assists in the 90's but lemieux or sakic and jagr could score and pass
2007-10-15 23:19:53 · answer #7 · answered by brob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw this question on the front page with all the other questions and read the first part. The first name that came to mind was Mario Lemieux before i even saw anyone elses answers.
I opened the question and was shocked to see that he was not one of your choices. I thought at first i was the only one who thought this, but as i read the answers i found that i was with the majority of the people, soo i stick to it.. Mario Lemieux .
2007-10-15 23:32:17 · answer #8 · answered by Habs Fan30 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oates might have been the best pure playmaker as a bunch. He wasn't in the others' class when it comes to scoring goals, but the man sure could set up his linemates.
2007-10-15 22:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Obviously Mario. Gawd!
2007-10-16 19:14:41 · answer #10 · answered by christina37isfree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋