No love for Pacioretty and his 35 goals?

No idea who that is.
- Bieksa#3

You have no idea about a lot of stuff...

well the year before wasn't his best either
- Oil_Addict

You mean the year he was over a PPG?

You have no idea about a lot of stuff...
- BoBBeR56

poor little troll

You have no idea about a lot of stuff...
- BoBBeR56

Well, it's a good thing you are here to educate everybody then.

You mean the year he was over a PPG?
- BoBBeR56

and still had a 9.4 Million cap hit, all i'm saying, i realize the dudes an ok hockey player

No love for Pacioretty and his 35 goals?
- Scabeh

He's too new (yeah I know Landeskog is on the list but people expected him to be that player, not saying Pac wasn't highly touted, just not the bluechiper and pedigree Landeskog had in his draft year). If he can do it again next seaons then I think he enters the talks. Big and fast, can score but can he fight and hit? Does he back check? And why the hell should I care? I hope...umm...shoots...Lombardi knocks the socks off him!

I am hoping Marcus Foligno will be on this list someday..

My point is Lucic has no business on this list. Sure he,s a great fighter but way to many aspects of his game are far to weak to be the best power forward.
- Bieksa#3

Uhmm, fights? back to back 60 pt seasons? hits?, scores? And if he is weak at any of this, then what is Perry? Surely not a powerforward.

No love for Pacioretty and his 35 goals?
- Scabeh

Doesn't hit or fight even remotely enough IMO.

Well, it's a good thing you are here to educate everybody then.
- fiveandagame

He's just a Leaf hater, and even though nothing remotely close to Leafs was brought up, he had to throw in his little jab...
Everyone else in this thread is seriously talking hockey and talking power forwards...

Uhmm, fights? back to back 60 pt seasons? hits?, scores? And if he is weak at any of this, then what is Perry? Surely not a powerforward.
- shinebox

Exactly...I'm curious what he considers a power forward if Lucic isn't one.

and still had a 9.4 Million cap hit, all i'm saying, i realize the dudes an ok hockey player
- Oil_Addict

He's a little better than ok.

Guy has one bad year by his standards, and you chirp one of the best players in the game today?
My top3 in no specific order: Ovie, Perry, Lucic
- BoBBeR56

Still not a powerforward.

and still had a 9.4 Million cap hit, all i'm saying, i realize the dudes an ok hockey player
- Oil_Addict

hmm if we're now considering cap hit as part of a player's value as power forwards then you have changed the definition as well. In saying that, I agree with you for Ovie's cap hit, he's only played a few seasons where I think he's earned it. But that maybe because of the defensive systems he was stuck in. This year should be telling.

Exactly...I'm curious what he considers a power forward if Lucic isn't one.
- BoBBeR56

No (frank)ing poop, the personification of a powerforward, a throw back player in that respect in fact.

Exactly...I'm curious what he considers a power forward if Lucic isn't one.
- BoBBeR56

Yea seriously all these people saying he shouldnt be on this list are delusional. Lucic is a prototypical power forward. He is the definition of a power forward

He's just a Leaf hater, and even though nothing remotely close to Leafs was brought up, he had to throw in his little jab...
Everyone else in this thread is seriously talking hockey and talking power forwards...
- BoBBeR56

Fair enough, but the amount of Leaf and Oiler trolling that goes on in the Canucks thread has made a lot of us a little touchy.

Ovechkin for me. Consistently among the top of the league in goals (well, save for 10-11), shot totals, and hits. Also faster than just about anyone on that list. When he's on, which is a lot more often than people think, he's one of the toughest players to stop from a pure physical standpoint, and I believe that's a prime essential to the definition of a power forward.

No (frank)ing poop, the personification of a powerforward, a throw back player in that respect in fact.
- shinebox

This may help. The player to be considered the archetype of a true power forward (got that from wikipedia)....none other than Mr. Neely. I think when we consider who the best power forwards are today...Cam has already set the standard for us. Continue.

Fair enough, but the amount of Leaf and Oiler trolling that goes on in the Canucks thread has made a lot of us a little touchy.
- fiveandagame

I've seen it...definitely understandable, lol
And some of it is bad...
I love, yet hate seeing threads about Luongo now, lol

This may help. The player to be considered the archetype of a true power forward (got that from wikipedia)....none other than Mr. Neely. I think when we consider who the best power forwards are today...Cam has already set the standard for us. Continue.
- Hockey_Hoser

Exactly. They should also while referring to Mr Lucic, google the word quintessential.

Yea seriously all these people saying he shouldnt be on this list are delusional. Lucic is a prototypical power forward. He is the definition of a power forward
- MCGUIZZY

Lucic is absolutley a power forward. The reason I wouldn't put him as one of the best power forwards is because he lacks skating ability and does not have the scoring touch of a Perry or Ovechkin ect.

No love for Pacioretty and his 35 goals?
- Scabeh

Is he big enough to be a power forward?

And I believe it was 33 goals.

Uhmm, fights? back to back 60 pt seasons? hits?, scores? And if he is weak at any of this, then what is Perry? Surely not a powerforward.
- shinebox

Perry is far better. I expect my power forward to back check, Lucic doesn't know what that even means. I expect my top power forward in the NHL to be a bonafide 1st liner, Lucic is not. I do not expect my top power forward to disappear for 10 game streches, Lucic does. Hell Clarkson is better