Recently, a 58-person panel of league executives, former players, and media members selected their top-100 NHL players. While this list is obviously subjective and reflective of the 58 people that voted on this panel, there were a few interesting snubs. First, for UND fans, former Fighting Sioux forward Jonathan Toews made the list.

Missing from the list, No Evgeni Malkin or Joe Thornton. A buddy of mine sent me a text and was puzzled by the omission of Evgeni Malkin. As David Lozo of Vice Sports pointed out:

Malkin has been more productive in his playoff career than active list members Patrick Kane (0.984), Alex Ovechkin (0.976), Jaromir Jagr (0.966) and Jonathan Toews (0.871).

Let’s take a closer look at Joe Thornton. He’s played in 1417 NHL games scoring (380g-992a—1372pts). Thornton is also a plus-201.

Here’s the list:

Sid Abel

Syl Apps

Andy Bathgate

Jean Beliveau

Max Bentley

Toe Blake

Johnny Bower

Turk Broda

Johnny Bucyk

King Clancy

Charlie Conacher

Alex Delvecchio

Bill Durnan

Bernie Geoffrion

Glenn Hall

Doug Harvey

Tim Horton

Gordie Howe

Red Kelly

Ted Kennedy

Dave Keon

Elmer Lach

Ted Lindsay

Frank Mahovlich

Dickie Moore

Howie Morenz

Jacques Plante

Henri Richard

Maurice Richard

Terry Sawchuk

Milt Schmidt

Eddie Shore

Georges Vezina

Bobby Orr

Brad Park

Larry Robinson

Serge Savard

Ken Dryden

Tony Esposito

Bernie Parent

Yvan Cournoyer

Bob Gainey

Bobby Hull

Guy Lafleur

Bobby Clarke

Marcel Dionne

Phil Esposito

Jacques Lemaire

Stan Mikita

Gilbert Perreault

Jean Ratelle

Darryl Sittler

Mike Bossy

Mike Gartner

Jari Kurri

Wayne Gretzky

Pat LaFontaine

Mark Messier

Denis Savard

Peter Stastny

Bryan Trottier

Ray Bourque

Paul Coffey

Al MacInnis

Denis Potvin

Borje Salming

Grant Fuhr

Billy Smith

Chris Chelios

Brian Leetch

Scott Niedermayer

Scott Stevens

Dominik Hasek

Patrick Roy

Pavel Bure

Brett Hull

Luc Robitaille

Brendan Shanahan

Sergei Fedorov

Peter Forsberg

Ron Francis

Mario Lemieux

Eric Lindros

Mike Modano

Joe Nieuwendyk

Adam Oates

Joe Sakic

Mats Sundin

Steve Yzerman

Martin Brodeur

Pavel Datsyuk

Nicklas Lidstrom

Chris Pronger

Teemu Selanne

Sidney Crosby

Patrick Kane

Duncan Keith

Alex Ovechkin

Jonathan Toews

Jaromir Jagr