The Greatest NHL Player of All Time From Every Country!

Bondra's parents are Slovak father and Polish mother - he lived 3 years in Ukraine after his birth - he is probably as Ukrainan as Taro Tsujimoto.

wth, Bondra is Slovak, not Ukrainian!!!!!

🇫🇷 As an honorable mention for a French born player (and having played for French national team all his international career), I would mention : - former goaltender Cristobal Huet, the only French player who has his name engraved on the Stanley Cup, won with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 🏆 😉 - forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, who played (and lost) 2 Stanley Cup finals, with Vegas (2018) and Tampa Bay (2022), and playing currently with Seattle Kraken 👍

My USA honorable mention is Mike Modano. Brett Hull is Canadian by birth.

Bro didn't say anything about Selanne doing 76 goals in the debut season No one will ever top that i mean No one.

Ukraine: 1. Ruslan Fedotenko 2. Dmytro Khrystych Both ukrainian born & Ukraine international team players. Moreover, despite all Bondra's individual records and all Krystych' talent and skills, Ruslan Fedotenko is #1 for Ukraine: 2 times Stanley Cup winner including his personal huge impact of 12 Play-Off goals for Tampa in 2004 and 7+7 for Penguins in 2009! So, no chance for great Peter Bondra even in case We would count him as ukrainian.

Peter Bondra (born February 7, 1968, Luck, Ukraine) is a former Slovak ice hockey forward. He excelled in fast skating and was one of the most successful finishers in the NHL. He significantly helped the Slovak national team to win the title of world champion (2002). After ending his active career in October 2007, he became its general manager. Peter's father comes from Jakubian in the district of Stará Ľubovňa. In 1947, his entire family emigrated to Ukraine - the emigration of his family took place involuntarily under the supervision of the Russian Gestapo (NKVD). Thus, tens of thousands of Slovaks were forcibly taken from Slovakia to Bolshevik Russia. He is a member of the Slovak Hockey Club Poprad, where he played the 1985/86 season in the 1st SNHL. In the following year, he made his debut in the Czech-Slovak League as a player for VSŽ Košice. In the next season, 1987/88, he helped this team win the title of Czech-Slovak champion.

Datsyuk he changed how hockey is played

If we are going by birthplace, Brett Hull belongs to Canada.

Bondra in not Ukrainian, he is natively Slovak and just was born in Ukraine, leaving it at the age of 2. Then he lived in Slovakia and played for it's national team. Best real Ukrainian is either Dmitri Khristich or Ruslan Fedotenko.

Hey...you forgot Slovakia NHL Player 1 Stan Mikita Blackhawks 1958–1980 1394 541 926 1467 2 Peter Šťastný Nordiques, Devils, Blues 1980–1995 977 450 789 1239 3 Peter Bondra Capitals Senators, Thrashers, Blackhawks 1990–2007 1081 503 389 892 4 Marián Hossa Senators, Thrashers, Penguins, Red Wings, Blackhawks 1997–2010 823 363 407 770 5 Pavol Demitra Senators, Blues, Kings, Wild, Canucks 1993–2009 819 301 451 752 6 Miroslav Šatan Oilers, Sabres, Islanders, Penguins, Bruins 1995–2010 1050 363 367 735 7 Žigmund Pálffy Islanders, Kings, Penguins 1993–2006 684 329 384 713 8 Jozef Stümpel Bruins, Kings, Panthers 1991–2007 957 196 481 677 9 Anton Šťastný Nordiques 1980–1989 650 252 384 636 10 Marián Gáborík Wild, Rangers 2000–2010 578 261 262 523 11 Michal Handzuš Blues, Coyotes, Flyers, Blackhawks, Kings 1998–2010 762 160 245 404 12 Richard Zedník Capitals, Islanders, Canadiens, Panthers 1995–2009 745 200 179 379 13 Zdeno Chára Islanders Senators, Bruins 1997–2010 847 111 252 363 14 Ľubomír Višňovský Kings, Oilers, Ducks 2000–2010 622 93 262 355 15 Róbert Švehla Panthers, Maple Leafs 1994–2003 655 68 267 335 16 Marián Šťastný Nordiques, Maple Leafs 1981–1986 322 121 173 294 17 Ladislav Nagy Blues, Coyotes, Stars, Kings 1999–2007 397 106 179 285 18 Peter Ihnačák Maple Leafs 1982–1990 417 102 165 267 19 Zdeno Cíger Devils, Oilers, Rangers, Lightning 1990–1996 2001–2002 352 94 134 228 20 Marek Svatoš Avalanche, Predators 2003–2010 316 96 68 164 1 Peter Budaj Avalanche 2005–2010 197 10.872 86 70 23 8 2,74 90,3 2 Jaroslav Halák Canadiens, Blues 2006–2010 101 5.758 56 34 7 9 2,62 91,9 3 Rastislav Staňa Capitals 2003–2004 6 211 1 2 0 0 3,13 89,0 4 Ján Lašák Predators 2001–2003 6 267 0 4 0 0 4,04 87,4

Where is Taro Tsujimoto for Japan? Unbelievable

I thought Mats Sundin, Börje Salming or Peter Forsberg would be Sweden best player in the NHL but Niklas Lidström is a very good player to :D

Here’s a not-so-fun fact: The Bill Masterton trophy is named after the only NHL player to die as a result of an in-game injury. His death is the reason why hockey players wear helmets, since his death was caused by a blow to his head. Masterton was a great player for the Minnesota North Stars (now Dallas Stars) and his death was a real tragedy. To this day, he’s the only NHL player to have perished due to an in-game injury

Man... using birthplace is so messed up for this list.

There’s actually a few more Japanese players who played in the NHL: Hiroyuki Miura (drafted 1992 by the Canadiens, no NHL games played), Yutaka Fukutsuji (drafted 2004 by the Kings, played 4 NHL games)

quite a few UK representatives for honourable mentions. Owen Nolan (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland) Byron Dafoe (born in Worthing, West Sussex) to name a couple

Brett Hull was born in Canada.

Best French player is Mario Lemieux,best Belarusian Wayne Gretzky,best Ukrainian Mike Bosy,best Irish Connor McDavid,best Scot Nathan Mackinnon,best Greek Chris Chelios and so on.))).

Thomas “Vanek” is a son of two Czech parents. Not a drop of Austrian blood in his veins. Unlike Heatley, who actually has some traceable German ancestry. Bondra lived in Ukraine, but neither of his parents were Ukrainian. The best Czech player should rather be Hašek, arguably the best goalie of all time. Jágr isn’t just the highest scoring European in NHL history. He’s the highest scoring player not named Wayne Gretzky. It’s like saying K2 is the second highest mountain in Asia. It’s technically true, but it’s a lie by omission at the same time.