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Top 10 Greatest NHL Playmakers of All Time – The Lineup Ep. 5


these guys make an art of passing the
puck using their speed skill and
accuracy to put their teammates in a
position to score that’s why we’re
celebrating the greatest playmakers
today on the way
welcome to the lineup the game show
that’s basically family feud with
jockstraps
I’m your host Adam Reed let’s see what
gifts you got lighten up welcome for the
show cat’s day sir Adam how are you good
you are a radio personality that clearly
has an eye for up-and-coming talent like
that time you passed up Lady gaga
oh you heard about that I did I did I
would like to see the Lady Gaga today
well I apologize for not doing the
interview but nobody really knew who she
was her song it just broke in Canada
just dance and someone said at the radio
station
this gril Lady Gaga’s coming into on
interviewer for five minutes I go no I
don’t know Wow a decision you regret
probably still to this day every day you
are joined by shots out these are day
you were an accomplished sportscaster
and comedian where the hell do you get
all your material from have you met my
family therein is not a therapy so here
I am well welcome to show walk of the
line of thank you have everything to go
up against Sean McMann your radio
personality who early on in his career
like when you were age 12 we’re covering
Major League Baseball and a manager lost
bitch I don’t wanna say the word but
lost it on you yeah I was standing next
to him in the manager’s office after the
game and I had the audacity to ask him a
second question which he didn’t really
want that day and he emptied the entire
desk and a phone with past my faith Wow
in hindsight I should have leaned in a
probably coulda made a lot of money all
right do you write of Daniel not keen
some have fulfilling careers in other as
well they become Canadian oyster
shucking champions who dressed but been
stolen all the Wayne’s got to me but
still I did so with seven years that I
never enjoyed going after Halloween
except past seven years that one year I
decided dress up as Ben Stiller from
Zoolander that stuck people loved that I
went out a few characters and then I got
to meet him this year when he was in
town without the shots we took a blue
steel together like angry yeah yeah and
you loved it new super nice welcome to
the lineup teams over the next three
periods our two teams are going to
engage in a battle of knowledge and
strategy on their way to creating a list
of the top 10 greatest playmakers the
hockey pros of WatchMojo selected 20
players who they feel are most likely to
make the list teams this is your draft
pool some of these players like Gretzky
Lemieux were also gifted at putting the
puck in the net but since they were
equally skilled at making their
teammates better they belong on this
list just for final we’re going to hide
the names of two pegs those are well car
and you can pick those at any time we’ve
also selected a player who we feel is
most likely to be at the top of the list
that is our MVP the one and only number
99 playing Rex he’s off the table for
now all right so I curiosity team blew
aside from assists what are you using as
a criteria to make your picks it’s funny
you say that because the first thing I
told Sahn tell was let’s not look at the
statistics let’s look at what they do
with the puck when they get any
offensive zone you know how much talent
do they have are they setting up the
plays so we’re sort of stepping back I
think from the actual number of assists
for today or at least you’re going to
look at both of them you look at the
assists and you look at sort of their
vision of the game their hockey IQ and
how they can make things happen
all right you agree with that no not at
all I did I mean why would you want to
look at statistics when you’re trying to
you know evaluate talented players that
said I think consistency you know for me
consistency is always important and how
they made players around them better
that’s as a playmaker that’s what I’m
looking at what these guys yeah you need
points you need to give someone but you
need get points by allowing them to make
points one thing’s for sure it looks
like we’ve got two teams ready to go and
let’s get started time for the entry
draft in the entry drive teams a lot of
chance to pick some players to get them
started we’ll go back and forth
playground style until both teams have
their first three picks you guys want
the coin toss you guys go first who’s
your first pick
I thank worried we can’t have Gretzky
Lemieux is a great second choice
absolutely well done absolutely all
right your first pick team red go with
Adam o Adam Oates one of the greatest
playmakers of this day Oates unselfish
playing spell on the ice helped him end
his career with 1070 nine assists with
three seasons where he led the league in
assists 92 93 2000 101 2000 102 and
twice racked up 90 assists in a single
campaign including 97 in 92 93 death
numbers those numbers down together
putting you at the park how will you
counter that Team Blue it’s our pick now
they are absolutely going to go with
what a lot of people argue about who was
the greatest player ever in the NHL
Bobby Orr Bob your next pick yeah I love
a defenseman hell of a divestment from
what I hear he had some pretty good
numbers too yeah always played 12
seasons by now and you never know when
you would have done
unbelievable turns I always had the puck
though so of course he’s gonna put up
you read your second pick yeah let’s go
I think we re really like going for Ron
Francis Ron Francis Ron Francis yeah oh
great she’s in 1993 what a season it was
amazing that everybody amazing yeah well
done well set not decide we didn’t have
run for 1200 you guys just focus on
nonpoint we’re going to be great over
here without going over Cheryl how it
goes where your final pick team blue in
the pan I know I know that’s how the
game works
mark SDA Mark Messier going with mark
immense Mark Messier racked up 1193
assists by the time you retired in 2004
including 84 assists season in 1989 1990
second all-time and playoff points good
pick 25 seasons your final pick team
where yeah yeah yeah good of a Bryan
Trottier yeah I know Jay are like the
glue on that team and the Islanders I
mean it was amazing what he’s able to
that was one hell of a Diana fantastic
later all right Anna curiosity team red
Henrik Sedin
he’s playing some might not consider him
as one of the greatest we have enough
our list because of what he’s done with
this brother do you consider them right
now as one of the greatest is it fair to
say we were actually talking about we’re
drug it should have been
Daniel flash Henrik Sedin as one player
Mike optioning as you want to talk about
playmakers I think those two what you
could have one without the other right
so if it came down to a play a lot of
times it was both of those guys making
one place so I think it’s yeah it’s
tough to separate the two of them even
though Henrik is probably the playmaker
out of the two of them but so when you
put them all on or off we put them on I
think we’d put them on you know what
when this show is over you could have
both well you have you can have 11 I got
to tell you you guys are on fire
okay we’re off to a good start with very
strong draft picks but that was a piece
of cake we’re wrapping things up it’s
part of the next round
[Applause]
if our teams want the best possible
players for their next seven draft picks
don’t need to rely on or hockey
knowledge because this game night is all
about trivia every time a team answers a
question correctly they get to draft
first the first two questions are a one
on one trivia showdown whoever buzzes in
first gets the answer if they get it
wrong the other team could feel if
neither of them get it right the person
who was in first wins the round and gets
the pick all right cat Sean come on up
all right which probably yes you got
that iving here we go it’s not gonna
help you everyone remember a SIDS golden
goal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics but
no one really talks about the incredible
past that made the goal to roam Iginla
if there’s a question which players
unbelievable pass that of Sidney
Crosby’s golden goal at the Vancouver
Olympics that’s correct yeah Iginla is a
power for better known for shooting and
checking not so much his playmaking
ability well done for you go back to
your positions and we will pull up the
draft pool all right Team Blue
you get the right to pick next we have
any discussed that we would like to
choose a wild card at this point it’s
possible because we know who it’s going
to be just make sure wild card all right
I like it there’s one guy call you one
yeah well perch one wild card to please
Adam wild card to come on wild cards I
don’t wanna say who I hope it is but I
hope it rhyme little paws be don’t kill
O’War gilmore great one of the more
physical players on earth had financed
the assistive is race including 95
assists in the 1992-93 CBI playing for
the league is a great job David I lived
in Toronto at 92 93 our land boy that’s
why I will take the lone leaf no problem
all right Clark wasn’t available we go
traffic well no no maybe we’re gonna go
the other wild card never well car yeah
I don’t know that computers logins well
Danielle are
he cross me although it’s pouring polls
which certainly not being much higher if
it wasn’t for his injuries he sustained
over the years Cosby is still one of the
league’s elite playmakers in 2006-2007 a
sophomore year he had 84 assists a lot
of assistance I was a huge concert there
Gilmore got talked out
Daniel caught up okay we can start out
here we go Daniel
no matter how nice dress who’s all that
subscribe I really get it smack talk I
have the same dress there we go
what kind of stance is that is like
really alright her question is there are
so many incredible rivalries in the NHL
what you know what are you doing often
have you heard that one name me a
rivalry Montreal bison which two teams
have played the most regular-season
games against each other you know I give
sharpshooters what I am on a sidenote
teams the teams have been hundred times
of the regular season with Montreal
holding the better record with 358 wins
to 265 losses well done T blue again the
answer tractor positions guys from now
on with manager looking a bit quick
quick draw Wow
are you kidding me alright team blue
you’ve earned the pick was it going to
be
oh my god now there’s working dog we’re
going with Steve Yzerman and to tell us
why your son Simon is one of my favorite
players in the whole world because he’s
very offensive guy but then when Scotty
Bowman came in he had to totally change
his game and he was very much defense
first totally sacrificed offense to be a
more all-around player he went his 155
points in the 88-89 season including 90
assists only fell short behind Lemieux
and Gretzky and as the Red Wings
all-time leader in assists and he has
7th all-time four assists in league
history good pick
alright how you guys gonna counter that
we’re gonna go Ray Bourque super easy
super easy obvious pick one of the best
be been one of the best diamond but one
of the greatest quarterbacks in the
history of the game when the puck was on
his stick he made things happen
great play alright transfer you got to
make things happen for these next two
we’re offering the snakes instead of
getting one draft pick for a correct
answer teams will win two also the
winner of this round will get to force a
trade on the other team so they could
take their least desirable player and
swap it out for the other team top pick
I’ll read out a question that will
require a team to place four items in
the right order
teams can choose the plate a question or
pass it being right wing’s in the next
pick all right those questions for you
guys clean bread it’s not easy to be
crowned the leading point scorer in the
NHL to do it more than once is enough to
write your name in hockey history place
these players in order for most career
art lost trophies to the fewest before I
give you your options you wish to play I
can always Patek you’ll feel good team
Booya
all right yeah let’s do it you’re the
play okay well that’s brave boys that’s
free he’s a numbered guy I’m going to
fail miserably
your options are Patrick Kane Mario
Lemieux Morris Rashard Sidney Crosby go
quick question for you only a handful of
players up on that list have a thousand
assists what will you guys ever do in
your lifetime the overage 2,000 mark you
ever do anything a thousand times what
will you do can I start this up South
and donut doesn’t hang over anything
over his life I I went on my radio when
I started my radio career I went 18
years without calling in sick that’s a
true story
so if I could do another thousand shows
in a row without being shocked that
would be a goal all done that is
impressive that is a way better answer
than a thousand zero
all right gentlemen team left many
drivers here we go okay we ask you to
place these players in order for most
career Art Ross Trophy to the fewest you
said Mario Lemieux Sidney Crosby Morris
Rashard and Patrick Kane incorrect oh
it’s a teen has more than Morris for
sure Patrick Kane has one more sorcerer
has more
on a sidenote wayne gretzky holds the
record with ten of them nobody asked you
going alright so you guys end I got that
correct key blue you’ve earned the right
for two things whose Imam who we gonna
go with two picks maybe Joe Thornton
because he’s amazing at this I love it
okay so you got two a thousand assists
recently well trim that’s right Joe
Thornton okay yeah a pick
and our second pick we’re going to go
with let’s go old school some Marcel
deal Marcel gone and Kings good pick all
right you know keep loading I gotta
counter that let me feel like I’m kind
of like of course I need a pick and read
let’s go for it okay we’re going to go
one pick yours is no to panco picks
cover yeah and gonna head towards bird
yeah
for Peter Forsberg yeah concern is one
of the best all-around players in
schools would you like a little more
time we’re going to go old school with
which we thought should be older players
on this list a few more but a Makita I’m
shocked that he wasn’t picked before
yeah a Makita two-time Hart Trophy
winner Makita ranks 17th all-time and
assists and twice got 60 assists in a
season during his career entirely spent
with the Blackhawks including a 67
assist campaign in 1968 69 all right
so you guys get the swap out you have
one of your players away you take one of
those player which will be will be well
well this is fairly easy this is fairly
easy we only get one you are given one
player away and you are taking one we
are going to take Crosby I’m going to
consult with my teammate but I feel like
that’s a no-brainer and I feel like we
should give away the one you just chill
with my sylveon okay I mean or does
Gilmore get rid of me for Doug Gilmour
is it’s raining water that wild car you
got it yeah one of the walk are you got
it it’s my winner dad it’s a terrible
horrible never done before please for
this question the winner once again gets
two picks and they get to go love the
power play meaning they get to send one
of their opponents to the penalty box
for the next round it’s questions for
you guys
the great one had some fantastic
partners throughout his career among
them some of the most prolific scorers
in the history of the game place these
Wayne Gretzky teammates in order of most
career points to few as you wish to play
what do you want to pass
and any think I’m gonna play reapply
yeah we could play right your options
are
Brent Hall Gary Curie Dave Semenko Mark
Messier go question for you guys
will Gretzky’s record ever be broken for
assists not a chance
it’s I mean it’s a totally different
game it’s harder faster I there’s not
that kind of elegance
I don’t think and so the potential for
such elegance it was the right time for
such a brilliant plan yeah ger could
play to the age of 74 he’s already 72 so
it’s very hot yeah but the thing is that
Gretzky had more time in space than
almost anybody else I mean because of
the respect that everybody had for him
he just he was able to do things with
the puck if he had so much time there’s
no chance that ever gets broke and real
quick any favorite memory of Wayne
Gretzky yes I was actually allowed when
back when they had the Montreal Forum
you could walk around that little thing
and it wasn’t a play but it was I saw
him skating right towards me and you
just because he looked at me and I
looked at him and man didn’t get you to
feel like I was like it’s 11 year old
that’s why all right blue let’s take a
look we asked you to place these Wayne
Gretzky teammates in order Moore’s
career points to viewers
you said Gary curry Mark Messier Dave
semanko and Brett Hull incorrect Wow
Larry Correia Dave Semenko
you get a point if you got all of them
wrong no one gorgeous a great trial the
whole other game show you guys got Iran
so if you have earned two picks and not
a number today there’s one of these guys
to talk about who will be your first to
fix first to pick okay what do you want
yeah use your pen or city all right talk
about him and talk about I want to go on
you know what this go off the boats
going back yeah yeah how many guys
compete at that level especially the
Capitals all-time assist leader and also
the first rookie in NHL history to put a
fourth fifth in two straight games a
highest assists tally to date is 68 in
the 2009-2010 season all right well done
to pick that was the hidden gem yeah
definitely that’s our campus uh article
with Peter says me he’s got such a good
story I love guys with a crazy story you
know he defected with his brother than
his older brother came over and then
they played on a line together for the
Nordiques I like that a little story
so many Oh second pick was well I got
heck from my partner for going
old-school with Marcel Dionne so I’m not
thinking too nice of art I’m going with
al McGinnis okay team red the best part
of the show as far as I’m concerned you
get to send one of these players to a
penalty box school to beat it’s pretty
unanimous
I generally not only question yeah yeah
who is it we’re going to see you later
Chantal just came a constable Raquel
you’re taking two for the team get of
that penalty ball I’m on my own you’re
coming here welcome to the speed drill
teams have to answer five rapid-fire
questions
whoever gets more correct gets that
sweet sweet MVP pig through Wayne
Gretzky teammates to work together on
this one but one of our teams is
short-handed the good news for them
though in the case of a tie they win
here we go gentlemen
only thirteen players have cracked the
thousand career assists club and another
six retired within a hundred assists of
that mark for each pair of prolific
passers we show you tell us which one
achieved the thousand assists milestone
question one Ron Francis or Doug Gilmour
question to Al MacInnis or Ray Bourque
question three Bryan Trottier or Adam
Oates question for Paul Coffey
or Stan Mikita question five Mark Recchi
or Joe Sakic team blue good to go team
red a little hop in a puppet going on
there hey good good you’re not doing no
confidence at all you’re sweaty
we’re totally when is that because you
understand that this potentially could
change the game we need–we great way to
do it yeah yeah I agree with that all
right here we go we were looking for Ron
Francis or Doug Gilmour team blue you
said Ron Francis team red you said Ron
Francis that is correct you’re both
correct Ron Francis question to Al
MacInnis or Ray Bourque team blue you
said Al MacInnis team red
you said Ray Bourque the correct answer
is a black Ray Bourque he red at the
point question three Brian Croce or Adam
Oates you both set out emotes that is
correct
paul koffy or span Makita you both said
paul koffy
correct answer is paul koffy last but
not least here we go
Mark Recchi or Joe Sakic you both said
Joe Sakic correct answer is Joe Sakic
well done get ready for the MVP you know
where it goes on about Wayne Gretzky
let’s get greatest master of all time
whoa Don our team how do you feel well
anyone that has Wayne Gretzky I’m Emily
wins the draft in the pool so if the
great one had only gone to fist which
were 1963 of them and no goals in his
NHL career he would still be the
all-time points leader in the NHL enough
said and you guys get Denny Savard Wow
look how free position that yeah pedals
in Ramah feel sorry for Denny Savard up
there all alone the draft pool is now
empty and trivia is done that’s the end
of game night it’s now time for the
final countdown
[Music]
Team Blue has done their time in they’re
back on the ice welcome back Sean so how
you feeling I feel like my partner let
us down we want to feel away I
understand four out of five okay there’s
still time to make a trade like a
catfish I know that’s out of the barter
but it will now write their draft that’s
the one to create a list of the top ten
greatest play makers teams you have 60
seconds and then we’ll see whose list is
the ultimate your 60 seconds starts now
watching soccer with them as a kid Adam
Oates dad taught him early on that the
real heroes on the field are the set up
guys during his long NHL career Oates
did pop prowess and left is arguably
hockey’s greatest playmaker
oh it’s might have been second to Wayne
Gretzky for most assists in the 90s but
a skilled playmaker produces snipers in
that light Oates has helped crowd more
top scorers from The Bachelor
oh it’s is the only player to Center
three separate 50 goal scorers in cam
neely Bret Hall and Pierre of Andhra
once a fluke here’s a coincidence the
rays of fact with oats riding shotgun
hull posted an insane 370 goal seasons
and a heart trophy as league’s MVP now
before or after Rhodes that he hit such
heights before you think that Oates
needed a pop to your score to serve
consider that in 1992 Cam Neely played
only 13 games due to injuries but Oates
still notched 97 assists that season
maybe the lack of credit is just the
nature of the job forever in the shade
while scores enjoy the Sun so let’s give
Oates as proper shine as one of hockey’s
greatest kingmakers okay team time’s up
take a look at your list team blue who’s
a better salesman between you both Oh
Chantal sorry some Ulis I’m gonna go
with what we didn’t have Gretzky because
I forget what happened there but we do
have merry old news so I mean as far as
legends go he was a playmaker he was a
playmakers playmaker he saw the ice yet
IQ second to none except for maybe
crossroad Gretzky which we won’t talk
about anymore I do like the fact that
you have I mean you’ve got a strong time
around yes Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr greatest defense men to ever
play the game in Crosby one of the
greatest players of his era in a in a
league in an era where it’s so hard to
make plays it’s so hard to score
everybody is on him all the time he’s
still making
you had picked Steve Yzerman and you
seemed pretty happy to have Steve
Yzerman you already have number five why
is that I had to give cat at least one
well because our first four six were so
off holidays there they are very
vibrator said all right very good
all right team red you guys might have
just pulled the best switcheroo we have
ever seen on the lineup I think we do
matching Wayne Gretzky saw your list
it’s pretty beautiful Wayne Gretzky at
the top of any list so me he’s at
categorically the number one pick on
here but Adam Oates you know maybe the
most glorious playmaker not named Wayne
Gretzky and the only guy not named
Gretzky Lemire or to have that many
assists in one season so hands down
number 2079 it over but a little of you
your your bottom three there Henrik
Sedin Niklas Backstrom Doug Gilmour what
we’re going to say the worst player on
our list is the one you picked
okay and I think we’re still going to
win even though we have sanma Quito who
I mean cats the only one old enough to
have seen in play so that there’s a lot
about laughs I think doesn’t know what I
got to tell you if your wife and for you
snatch in Wayne Gretzky I would probably
give it to these guys but I’m going to
get to do that yeah alright you guys
still did a great job cat thanks for
taking the time for being on the show
congratulations on all your success
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