For the Hurricanes I think it’s easily Rod Brind’Amour and Ron Francis, but narrowing down the next two I’m finding a lot harder. Do you just slap Eric and Jordan Staal in there and call it a day? What about Justin Williams or Eric Cole? It’s maybe easier to hold off some of the current players like Svechnikov or Aho who don’t have a career’s body of work yet. Glen Wesley’s certainly in the conversation, but would you necessarily put him ahead of some of those others?
Does Cam Ward get a shout maybe? The Eric/Jordan question is a good one, I’d probably give the nod to Eric because I feel like his highs were higher than Jordan’s.
It’s hard with Cam; he was a backup that caught fire in the playoffs when they won the Cup and had a few fantastic years after that, followed by a lot of years where he was really a liability and maybe shouldn’t have stuck around. I’d have a hard time putting him in the top 4 all-time.
With the Staals if I were to pick one I’d probably go with Eric, too, but I suppose that could change if Jordan captains this team to a Cup win. I feel like that needs to happen in the next couple years before he ends up retiring, and his value seems to be more elder statesman/mentor than actual production at this point. Still great at face offs, of course.
For the Hurricanes I think it’s easily Rod Brind’Amour and Ron Francis, but narrowing down the next two I’m finding a lot harder. Do you just slap Eric and Jordan Staal in there and call it a day? What about Justin Williams or Eric Cole? It’s maybe easier to hold off some of the current players like Svechnikov or Aho who don’t have a career’s body of work yet. Glen Wesley’s certainly in the conversation, but would you necessarily put him ahead of some of those others?
Does Cam Ward get a shout maybe? The Eric/Jordan question is a good one, I’d probably give the nod to Eric because I feel like his highs were higher than Jordan’s.
It’s hard with Cam; he was a backup that caught fire in the playoffs when they won the Cup and had a few fantastic years after that, followed by a lot of years where he was really a liability and maybe shouldn’t have stuck around. I’d have a hard time putting him in the top 4 all-time.
With the Staals if I were to pick one I’d probably go with Eric, too, but I suppose that could change if Jordan captains this team to a Cup win. I feel like that needs to happen in the next couple years before he ends up retiring, and his value seems to be more elder statesman/mentor than actual production at this point. Still great at face offs, of course.