from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun at the National Post,

The list isn’t perfect, but it’s mine: The Top 100 in this, the 100th season of NHL hockey. Ladies and gentleman, start your arguments.

1. Bobby Orr, D
1966-1979 | Boston, Chicago
657 games played; 270 goals; 645 assists; 915 points

Could do everything and then something you’ve never seen before while changing the way the game was played. A combination of speed, power, toughness and offensive brilliance we will never witness again.

2. Wayne Gretzky, C
1979-1999 | Edmonton, Los Angeles, St. Louis, New York
1,487-894-1,963-2,857

Appropriately known as The Greatest, no one will ever match his impossible, incredible scoring numbers.

3. Mario Lemieux, C
1984-2006 | Pittsburgh
915-690-1,033-1,723

The most extreme combination of size and talent in hockey history.

4. Gordie Howe, RW
1946-1971; 1979-80 | Detroit, Hartford
1,767-801-1,049-1,850

Mr. Hockey. The name and the numbers say it all.

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