My all-time favourite player comes in at #11.
8th all-time in career points per game
4th all-time in career assists per game
- Tops among all NHL Centers from 94-99 with 440pts in 344gp
- Gretzky once called him the "most complete player he's ever seen"
- Was not only one of the highest-skilled players to ever play the game, was also one of the toughest.
- Media was billing the biggest story of a potential Colorado/New Jersey matchup in 2001 as "Unstoppable force meets immovable object." It was going to seven games of the the guy no one could stop (Forsberg) vs the guy who could stop anyone (Stevens). Instead, we got treated to Joe Sakic literally destroying Stevens' whole career with one fakeout goal put right between his legs in Game 7.
Also, this:
Oh, I forgot... the whole point of all that was four voters didn't even have him on their list, which is a complete friggin travesty.
https://www.nhl.com/news/super-16-nh...rs/c-316551554