Received this in my mailbox today. It was a nice surprise as I don’t believe the project was announced beforehand. THN ranks the Top 90 Players of the 1990s. I originally thought it was the annual Collector’s edition special, but upon further viewing it appears to just be a regular issue.
I can’t post the entire list due to copyright and site rules, but I’ll post the top 15 for discussion purposes.
1. Jaromir Jagr
2. Wayne Gretzky
3. Mario Lemieux
4. Dominik Hasek
5. Ray Bourque
6. Mark Messier
7. Steve Yzerman
8. Joe Sakic
9. Brett Hull
10. Patrick Roy
11. Ed Belfour
12. Brian Leetch
13. Sergei Fedorov
14. Eric Lindros
15. Chris Chelios
I can’t post too many thoughts without giving away the majority of the list, but I did want to share as a heads up since I’m sure many on here will want to pick it up on newsstands.
What are your thoughts on the top-15? I thought Belfour at 11 seemed fairly generous at first glance. All in all, the list isn’t awful. I actually find it to be a fairly competent since I typically expect these to piss me off lol A few curious placements, obviously. Yzerman over Sakic raised my eyebrows but then I remembered that Sakic’s Hart and Pearson season was in 2000-2001. Yzerman did have the Conn Smythe and Selke in the late 90’s.
Has anyone else received this yet? If so, what are your thoughts?