Who's The Best American-Born Hockey Player Ever?

[Nolan]

Now that Mike Modano has retires its time to have this debate. So who do you think the best American-born player of all time?

The canidates:

Mike Modano - Won a cup in Dallas in 99', 1,374 career points which puts him #23 on the all time list.


Brian Leetch - One of the best defenseman in the history of the game and the face of the New York Rangers franchise.

Jeremy Roenick - In his time he was one of the most entertaining players on and off the ice.

Phil Housley - Smooth skating offensive defenseman who has 1,232 points in 1,495 career games.

Or is their someone else you think deserves the title?

So who is it?

[Crowned]

I went with Leetch, though him and Modano are a complete tossup.

[Nolan]

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Ya I went with Leetch too. Just an amazing all around defenseman.

[UN-Owen]

Pat LaFontaine is 17th all-time in points-per-game with 1.17

Modano (.917 PPG) is 97th all-time and Roenick (.892 PPG) is 113th

[UN-Owen]

The correct answer is actually Chris Chelios

3x Norris winner
2x Norris runner up
4x 1st team all-star
2x 2nd team all-star