What is offensive is that the NHL obviously manipulated the list for marketing purposes. All time greats in the twilight of their careers? Not marketable. Current great players years away from having the career impact of anyone else on the list, but with 3 cups? Put them on the list!
It's like the NHL was trying too hard to show that current all stars are among the 100 greatest of all time.
Toews doesn't even have 600 career points! If such a list is made in 6-10 years, Toews and Kane will likely deserve to be on the list. I'm not sure Keith will ever be truly deserving, as good as he is.
Crosby is deserving for sure. Ovechkin is deserving, but I can't see much reason for him to be more deserving than Iginla at this point is his career.
Jagr should have been announced with the 90s group, but He's still playing in 2017, and fairly effectively. Incredible.
Malkin deserves to be there, though finishing his career will certainly solidify that. The only "strike" he has against him, is low overal career numbers. That will come. It's pretty tough to argue for Toews or Kane simply because they have 3 cups when Malkin has 2, and has better overall career numbers.
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