Second Best Snap Shot In The NHL?

[donGjohnson]

It's a given that Kovalchuk has the best snapper, but who has the 2nd best snapshot in the league?

[vippe]

Semin gets my vote

[MG10]

From the options on this poll, I picked Hossa because his is very quick, but my real pick for, at least the second-best snap shot (not wrist shot), is Marian Gaborik because his snap shot release is quite deadly. Dany Heatley also has a great snap shot, along with Sidney Crosby.

[Celestial Black]

Semin. It is ridiculous.

[Wheatking]

Are we just talking about forwards? Because if not then I don't think Kovalchuk is a given for #1.

[donGjohnson]

Yeah, I was referring to forwards only. And I can't believe nobody has said Malkin...

[Tree444]

Semins takes a while for him to wind up, but give him space and time, and there really is no better

[Mach 9*]

Semin
Heatley

Ovechkin



Iginla

Hossa

Malkin

[Philly85]

Tha Gawd himself, AO.

Semin a close #3.

Gotta love those Russians.

[State of Hockey]

The best guy on there isn't listed. It's Marian Gaborik. His primary scoring shot isn't a wrister. It's a pure snap shot. Sakic would be in equal ground if he was still playing.

None of the players listed scream snap shot to me, and Kovalchuk is no given as #1. His dangerous shot is a one-timed slapshot. I see a lot of wristers and slappers on that list.

[DungeonK]

Originally Posted by State of Hockey

The best guy on there isn't listed. It's Marian Gaborik. His primary scoring shot isn't a wrister. It's a pure snap shot. Sakic would be in equal ground if he was still playing.

None of the players listed scream snap shot to me, and Kovalchuk is no given as #1. His dangerous shot is a one-timed slapshot. I see a lot of wristers and slappers on that list.

It's actually a snap shot most of the time if you look closely, and he uses the snapper instead of the wrister when he isn't being fed

[Washington Capitals]

Semin

[Tim Calhoun]

Jeff Carter should be up there.

[State of Hockey]

Originally Posted by DungeonK

It's actually a snap shot most of the time if you look closely, and he uses the snapper instead of the wrister when he isn't being fed

By definition a one-timer cannot be a snap shot. Sometimes the windup is the same, but in a snapper the puck must first be at some sort of "rest" by the shooting player.

And I think overall people confuse a wrister with a snap shot. I bet that's the case with Semin. A snap shot is really not that common. I just watched dozens of Kovalchuk's goals just to confirm, and the wrist shot was the most common scoring shot I saw from him. But he's a versatile goal scorer, and he mixes in his share of snappers and slappers. His proportion of snap shots is definitely near the top of the league though. But I do not think of a snap shot when I think of Ilya. I think of that nasty one-timer and heavy wrister first.

I'd say every player on that list doesn't take enough snap shots for a good comparison.