NHL HHOF Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) RANKING THE 50 NHL 500+ GOAL-SCORERS BASED ON THEIR SKILLS AND TALENT - An Idea For A Future Collector's Edition of The Hockey News Magazine The Hockey News Magazine really needs to do a special collector's edition dedicated to the National Hockey League's 500+ goals club members, once its membership reaches an even 50. Also, Alex Ovechkin will have to surpass Wayne Gretzky in goals before this issue can be published. The hockey experts at the Hockey News Magazine will rank the players based on their skills and talent, and not the number of goals they scored, and let's see how much different the list will look. How would you rank them? Who do you think is the worst member of the NHL 500+ goals club? The back pages of this Hockey News Magazine Collector's Edition should also include a small tribute and ranking of the 500+ goal-scorers from the AHL, BHL, CHL, and IHL. There are only 12 players combined. Steven Stamkos just became the 47th member on the NHL 500+ goals club. Evgeni Malkin and Patrick Kane will become the 48th and 49th members of the NHL 500+ goals club. After that, it is unknown who will become the 50th member of the NHL 500+ goals club. We will be waiting another 5 to 6 seasons to find out, if Eric Staal does not grab that # 50 spot. Eric Staal should be signed and get to play for two or three more seasons after this one, to make up for what he lost. This is Eric Staal's 18th NHL season. It would have been his 20th if it had not been for the 2004-2005 NHL Lockout, and him not being signed by any NHL team for the 2021-2022 season. He also played in three shortened seasons - the 2012-2013 lockout, and 2-COVID seasons - 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. Eric Staal would have had 500 NHL goals by now. The hockey world needs a Hockey New Magazine Collector's Edition dedicated to the NHL 500+ goals club. Plus a special tribute to the 500 clubs of the AHL, BHL, CHL, and IHL. No one else is allowed to enter! I have already tweeted and emailed this topic to the editors of the Hockey News Magazine. THE NHL 500+ GOALS CLUB 01. 894 – Wayne Gretzky 02. 810 – Alex Ovechkin 03. 801 – Gordie Howe 04. 766 – Jaromir Jagr 05. 741 – Brett Hull 06. 731 – Marcel Dionne 07. 717 – Phil Esposito 08. 708 – Mike Gartner 09. 694 – Mark Messier 10. 692 – Steve Yzerman 11. 690 – Mario Lemieux 12. 684 – Teemu Selanne 13. 668 – Luc Robitaille 14. 656 – Brendan Shanahan 15. 640 – Dave Andreychuk 16. 625 – Joe Sakic 17. 625 – Jarome Iginla 18. 610 – Bobby Hull 19. 608 – Dino Ciccarelli 20. 601 – Jari Kurri 21. 577 – Mark Recchi 22. 573 – Mike Bossy 23. 566 – Patrick Marleau 24. 564 – Mats Sundin 25. 564 – Joe Nieuwendyk 26. 561 – Mike Modano 27. 560 – Guy Lafleur 28. 556 – Johnny Bucyk 29. 549 – Ron Francis 30. 548 – Michel Goulet 31. 544 – Maurice Richard 32. 541 – Stan Mikita 33. 538 – Sidney Crosby 34. 538 – Keith Tkachuk 35. 533 – Frank Mahovlich 36. 525 – Marian Hossa 37. 524 – Bryan Trottier 38. 522 – Pat Verbeek 39. 518 – Dale Hawerchuk 40. 515 – Pierre Turgeon 41. 513 – Jeremy Roenick 42. 512 – Gilbert Perreault 43. 507 – Jean Beliveau 44. 503 – Peter Bondra 45. 502 – Joe Mullen 46. 502 – Steven Stamkos 47. 500 – Lanny McDonald 48. 49. 50. NON-NHL 500+ GOALS CLUB MEMBERS 01. BHL – 921 – Tony Hand 02. BHL – 635 – Rick Brebant 03. CHL – 565 – Joe Burton 04. IHL – 547 – Dave Michayluk 05. IHL – 532 – Scott Gruhl 06. BHL – 529 – Rick Fera 07. BHL – 527 – Hilton Ruggles 08. IHL – 526 – Joe Kastelic 09. AHL – 523 – Willie Marshall 10. BHL – 521 – Paul Adey 11. AHL – 520 – Fred Glover 12. AHL – 504 – Jody Gage THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE (1936-Present) THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (1945-2001) THE BRITISH HOCKEY LEAGUE (1980-1996) THE CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (1992-2014) Edited January 19 by NHL HHOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) When I was a kid, I was lucky enough to witness a classic era, just as expansion had occurred, with such legends as Hull, Esposito, and Beliveau still playing well. Gordie Howe didn’t register as much with me by then, so I don’t know if he should be top five. 1 - Gretzky 2- Lemieux 3 - Esposito 4 - Bossy 5 - Trottier or Messier Honorable Mention: Howe, Beliveau, Hull (Bobby) Ovechkin considerably down the list per sketchy +/- and playoff performance overall. (Despite most acrobatic goal in history and likelihood to break Gretzky record.) Edited January 19 by SaucyJack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Do you think any of the players below Patrick Kane are actually going to score 500 goals before retiring? ACTIVE NHL LEADERS IN GOALS 01. 810 - Alex Ovechkin - 18th season - Should have been 19 02. 538 - Sidney Crosby - 18th season 03. 499 - Steven Stamkos - 15th season 04. 458 - Evgeni Malkin - 17th season 05. 448 - Eric Staal - 18th season - Should have been 20 06. 438 - Patrick Kane - 16th season 07. 435 - Joe Pavelski - 17th season 08. 430 - Joe Thornton 09. 425 - Jeff Carter - 18th season 10. 420 - Zach Parise - 18th season 11. 416 - Patrice Bergeron - 19th season - Should have been 20 12. 411 - Corey Perry - 18th season 13. 411 - John Tavares - 14th season 14. 406 - Phil Kessel - 17th season 15. 377 - Anze Kopitar - 17 seasons 16. 369 - Jonathan Toews - 15th season 17. 364 - Brad Marchand - 14th season 18. 345 - Jamie Benn - 14th season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, NHL HHOF said: Do you think any of the players below Patrick Kane are actually going to score 500 goals before retiring? I don't think I do. Outside chance of John Tavares, but I'd bet against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 ACTIVE NHL LEADERS IN GOALS 01. 810 - Alex Ovechkin - 18th season - Should have been 19 02. 538 - Sidney Crosby - 18th season 03. 502 - Steven Stamkos - 15th season 04. 460 - Evgeni Malkin - 17th season 05. 448 - Eric Staal - 18th season - Should have been 20 06. 438 - Patrick Kane - 16th season 07. 435 - Joe Pavelski - 17th season 08. 430 - Joe Thornton 09. 425 - Jeff Carter - 18th season 10. 421 - Zach Parise - 18th season 11. 416 - Patrice Bergeron - 19th season - Should have been 20 12. 411 - Corey Perry - 18th season 13. 411 - John Tavares - 14th season 14. 406 - Phil Kessel - 17th season 15. 377 - Anze Kopitar - 17th seasons 16. 369 - Jonathan Toews - 15th season 17. 366 - Brad Marchand - 14th season 18. 346 - Jamie Benn - 14th season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 THE NUMBER OF 500+ GOAL-SCORERS WHO HAVE PLAYED FOR EACH NHL FRANCHISE 01. 11 - Detroit Red Wings 02. 11 - New York Rangers 03. 11 - Pittsburgh Penguins 04. 8 - Toronto Maple Leafs 05. 7 - Chicago Black Hawks / Chicago Blackhawks 06. 7 - St. Louis Blues 07. 6 - Boston Bruins 08. 6 - Montreal Canadiens 09. 6 - Calgary Flames 10. 6 - Colorado Avalanche 11. 6 - Dallas Stars 12. 6 - Los Angeles Kings 13. 5 - Hartford Whalers 14. 5 - New Jersey Devils 15. 5 - Washington Capitals 16. 4 - Atlanta Thrashers 17. 4 - Buffalo Sabres 18. 4 - Chicago Blackhawks 19. 4 - Philadelphia Flyers 20. 4 - Phoenix Coyotes 21. 4 - Quebec Nordiques 22. 4 - Tampa Bay Lightning 23. 4 - Winnipeg Jets 24. 3 - Chicago Black Hawks 25. 3 - Edmonton Oilers 26. 3 - Florida Panthers 27. 3 - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim / Anaheim Ducks 28. 3 - Minnesota North Stars 29. 3 - New York Islanders 30. 3 - San Jose Sharks 31. 2 - Carolina Hurricanes 32. 2 - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 33. 2 - Ottawa Senators 34. 2 - Vancouver Canucks 35. 1 - Anaheim Ducks 36. 1 - Colorado Rockies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 (edited) Here is my subjective ranking. Players with stars by their names are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. NHL PLAYER GOALS SCORED RANK IN GOALS MY RANK FOR SKILLS/TALENT RANK DIFFERENCE Wayne Gretzky * 894 1 1 0 Mario Lemieux * 690 11 2 +9 Jaromir Jagr 766 4 3 +1 Mark Messier * 694 9 4 +5 Steve Yzerman * 692 10 5 +5 Gordie Howe * 801 3 6 -3 Bobby Hull * 610 18 7 +11 Maurice Richard * 544 31 8 +23 Jean Beliveau * 507 43 9 +34 Stan Mikita * 541 32 10 +22 Phil Esposito * 717 7 11 -4 Guy Lafleur * 560 27 12 +15 Mike Bossy * 573 22 13 +9 Bryan Trottier * 524 37 14 +23 Marcel Dionne * 731 6 15 -9 Sidney Crosby 538 33 16 +17 Steven Stamkos 504 44 17 +27 Alex Ovechkin 810 2 18 -16 Mike Gartner * 708 8 19 -11 Teemu Selanne * 684 12 20 -8 Joe Sakic * 625 16 21 -5 Jari Kurri * 601 20 22 -2 Ron Francis * 549 29 23 +6 Brett Hull * 741 5 24 -19 Dale Hawerchuk * 518 39 25 +14 Jarome Iginla * 625 17 26 -9 Mike Modano * 561 26 27 -1 Brendan Shanahan * 656 14 28 -14 Luc Robitaille * 668 13 29 -16 Mats Sundin * 564 24 30 -6 Marian Hossa * 525 36 31 +5 Mark Recchi * 577 21 32 -11 Michel Goulet * 548 30 33 -3 Joe Nieuwendyk * 564 25 34 -9 Lanny McDonald * 500 47 35 +12 Joe Mullen * 502 46 36 +10 Johnny Bucyk * 556 28 37 -9 Frank Mahovlich * 533 35 38 -3 Gilbert Perreault * 512 42 39 +3 Peter Bondra 503 45 40 +5 Patrick Marleau 566 23 41 -18 Dave Andreychuk * 640 15 42 -27 Dino Ciccarelli * 608 19 43 -24 Pierre Turgeon 515 40 44 -3 Jeremy Roenick 513 41 45 -4 Keith Tkachuk 538 34 46 -12 Pat Verbeek 522 38 47 -9 Edited January 23 by NHL HHOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 (edited) AHL, BHL, CHL, IHL, NHL 500+ GOALS CLUBS MEMBERS COMBINED 01. BHL - 921 – Tony Hand 02. NHL - 894 – Wayne Gretzky 03. NHL - 810 – Alex Ovechkin 04. NHL - 801 – Gordie Howe 05. NHL - 766 – Jaromir Jagr 06. NHL - 741 – Brett Hull 07. NHL - 731 – Marcel Dionne 08. NHL - 717 – Phil Esposito 09. NHL - 708 – Mike Gartner 10. NHL - 694 – Mark Messier 11. NHL - 692 – Steve Yzerman 12. NHL - 690 – Mario Lemieux 13. NHL - 684 – Teemu Selanne 14. NHL - 668 – Luc Robitaille 15. NHL - 656 – Brendan Shanahan 16. NHL - 640 – Dave Andreychuk 17. BHL - 635 – Rick Brebant 18. NHL - 625 – Joe Sakic 19. NHL - 625 – Jarome Iginla 20. NHL - 610 – Bobby Hull 21. NHL - 608 – Dino Ciccarelli 22. NHL - 601 – Jari Kurri 23. NHL - 577 – Mark Recchi 24. NHL - 573 – Mike Bossy 25. NHL - 566 – Patrick Marleau 26. CHL - 565 – Joe Burton 27. NHL - 564 – Mats Sundin 28. NHL - 564 – Joe Nieuwendyk 29. NHL - 561 – Mike Modano 30. NHL - 560 – Guy Lafleur 31. NHL - 556 – Johnny Bucyk 32. NHL - 549 – Ron Francis 33. NHL - 548 – Michel Goulet 34. IHL - 547 – Dave Michayluk 35. NHL - 544 – Maurice Richard 36. NHL - 541 – Stan Mikita 37. NHL - 539 – Sidney Crosby 38. NHL - 538 – Keith Tkachuk 39. NHL - 533 – Frank Mahovlich 40. IHL - 532 – Scott Gruhl 41. BHL - 529 – Rick Fera 42. BHL - 527 – Hilton Ruggles 43. IHL - 526 – Joe Kastelic 44. NHL - 525 – Marian Hossa 45. NHL - 524 – Bryan Trottier 46. AHL - 523 – Willie Marshall 47. NHL - 522 – Pat Verbeek 48. BHL - 521 – Paul Adey 49. AHL - 520 – Fred Glover 50. NHL - 518 – Dale Hawerchuk 51. NHL - 515 – Pierre Turgeon 52. NHL - 513 – Jeremy Roenick 53. NHL - 512 – Gilbert Perreault 54. NHL - 507 – Jean Beliveau 55. NHL - 504 – Steven Stamkos 56. AHL - 504 – Jody Gage 57. NHL - 503 – Peter Bondra 58. NHL - 502 – Joe Mullen 59. NHL - 500 – Lanny McDonald Edited January 23 by NHL HHOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL HHOF Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 When ranking the players based on their talent and skills, you should also take into consideration how long it took them to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT TOOK FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE’S 500+ GOALS CLUB TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME AFTER RETIREMENT 01. Wayne Gretzky – 7 months 02. Mario Lemieux – 7 months 03. Gordie Howe – 1 year 04. Maurice Richard – 1 year 05. Jean Beliveau – 1 year 06. Brett Hull – 3 years 07. Marcel Dionne – 3 years 08. Phil Esposito – 3 years 09. Mike Gartner – 3 years 10. Mark Messier – 3 years 11. Steve Yzerman – 3 years 12. Teemu Selanne – 3 years 13. Luc Robitaille – 3 years 14. Joe Sakic – 3 years 15. Jarome Iginla – 3 years 16. Bobby Hull – 3 years 17. Jari Kurri – 3 years 18. Mats Sundin – 3 years 19. Mike Modano – 3 years 20. Guy Lafleur – 3 years 21. Johnny Bucyk – 3 years 22. Ron Francis – 3 years 23. Stan Mikita – 3 years 24. Frank Mahovlich – 3 years 25. Marian Hossa – 3 years 26. Bryan Trottier – 3 years 27. Gilbert Perreault – 3 years 28. Joe Mullen – 3 years 29. Lanny McDonald – 3 years 30. Brendan Shanahan – 4 years 31. Mike Bossy – 4 years 32. Joe Nieuwendyk – 4 years 33. Michel Goulet – 4 years 34. Dale Hawerchuk – 4 years 35. Mark Recchi – 6 years 36. Dave Andreychuk – 11 years 37. Dino Ciccarelli – 11 years NOT IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME, BUT ELIGIBLE Pat Verbeek - 21 years and counting Peter Bondra - 16 years and counting Pierre Turgeon - 16 years and counting Jeremy Roenick - 14 years and counting Keith Tkachuk - 13 years and counting NOT ELIGIBLE YET Patrick Marleau STILL PLAYING Jaromir Jagr, Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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