In our latest episode we try to figure out who are the best Left Wing in NHL history.
As usual, Riley went too deep into the stats. Bill decided to do it on instinct. Unlike with our Greatest Defenceman episode , we didn’t really match up:
The Greatest Left Wings of All Time Bill’s Picks Riley’s Picks Bobby Hull Bobby Hull Alex Ovechkin Alex Ovechkin Luc Robitaille Ted Lindsay Brendan Shanahan Toe Blake Ted Lindsay Dickie Moore Frank Mahovlich Frank Mahovlich Johnny Bucyk Doug Bentley Steve Shutt Cy Denneny Paul Kariya Paul Kariya Keith Tkachuk Busher Jackson
Bill and Riley didn’t agree so much this time 2 x Hart 3 x Art Ross 7 x Richard [it didn’t actually exist] 9 x 1st Team All Star 3 x 2nd Team All Star 12 All Star Games 1 Stanley Cup 2 Avco Cups 2 x Gordie Howe Lady Byng 3 x Hart Conn Smythe 3 x Lindsay 9 x Richard 8 x 1st Team All Star 4 x 2nd Team All Star 8 All Star Games Calder 1st Team All Rookie 1 Stanley Cup Luc Robitaille Ted Lindsay Hart 0 0 Lindsay 0 N/A Conn Smythe 0 N/A Art Ross 0 1 Richard 0 1 Calder 1 0 1st Team All Star 5 8 2nd Team All Star 3 1 All Star Game 8 11 Stanley Cup 1 4
Luc Robitaille vs. Ted Lindsay Brendan Shanahan Toe Blake Hart 0 1 Lindsay 0 0 Conn Smythe 0 0 Art Ross 0 0 Richard 0 0 Calder 0 N/A 1st Team All Star 2 3 2nd Team All Star 1 2 All Star Game 8 N/A Stanley Cup 3 3
Shanahan vs. Blake 5. Ted Lindsay vs. Dickie Moore
Ted Lindsay Dickie Moore Hart 0 0 Lindsay N/A N/A Conn Smythe N/A 0 Art Ross 1 2 Richard 1 1 Calder 0 0 1st Team All Star 8 2 2nd Team All Star 1 1 All Star Game 11 6 Stanley Cup 4 6
Lindsay vs. Moore 6. Frank Mahovlich
Calder 3 x 1st Team All Star 6 x 2nd Team All Star 6 Stanley Cups 7. Johnny Bucyk vs. Doug Bentley
Johnny Bucyk Doug Bentley Hart 0 0 Lindsay 0 N/A Conn Smythe 0 N/A Calder 0 0 Art Ross 0 0 Richard 0 2 1st Team All Star 1 3 2nd Team All Star 1 1 All Star Game 7 5 Stanley Cup 2 0
Bucyk vs. Doug Bentley 8. Steve Shutt vs. Cy Denneny
Steve Shutt Cy Denneny Hart 0 N/A Lindsay 0 N/A Conn Smythe 0 N/A Art Ross 0 1 Richard 1 1 Calder 0 N/A 1st Team All Star 1 N/A 2nd Team All Star 2 N/A All Star Game 3 N/A Stanley Cup 6 4
Steve Shutt vs. Cy Denneny 9. Paul Kariya
4 x 1st Team All Star 2 x 2nd Team All Star 7 All Star Games 10. Keith Tkachuk vs. Busher Jackson
Keith Tkachuk Busher Jackson Hart 0 0 Lindsay 0 N/A Conn Smythe 0 N/A Art Ross 0 1 Richard 1 0 Calder 0 0 1st Team All Star 0 4 2nd Team All Star 2 1 All Star Game 5 N/A Stanley Cup 0 1
Keith Tkachuk vs. Busher Jackson Honourable Mentions
Dave Andreychuk Bill Barber Roy Conacher Michel Goulet Syd Howe Aurele Joliat Ilya Kovalchuk John LeClair Rick Nash Markus Naslund Sweeney Schriner
Bobby hull because he dominated more than one hiking.