The Greatest NHL FREAKS OF NATURE Of The Last Decade

[@RobTalksHockey]

Has your team ever had a FREAK of NATURE?!

[@sportsfan3236]

Modano maybe

[@DeepDiveHockey]

I really don’t know I guess Lafleur he smoked between periods im pretty sure might be Mikita

[@chriskreider8021]

Messier and Avery

[@kingknightboss]

Lemieux. Had cancer and is considered the 2nd best player of all time

[@iAMtheSushie]

Tarasenko. Great goal scorer. To bad he's injured though.

[@nickabbott2492]

I always hated how Kessel was treated in Toronto. He put up 30 goals most seasons while on very average/bad teams and was always solid for 70-80 points per season. The guy gets seen eating hot dogs and suddenly he’s out of shape? He was of the most explosive/best skaters in the league for years!

[@smallies4life887]

Haters his face is just chubby Do it Dustin lol

[@kp-tv9ik]

I have always felt like he's been one of the most underrated stars of the past decade. This past season was his first of not having at least 50 points with 20 goals since 08-09.

[@nickabbott2492]

@@kp-tv9ik 100 percent! He looked rather pedestrian this season when I saw him play though but I mean he’s with Arizona and they were strapped for offence a lot of the time

[@bishop529]

Would you say Kessel is more of a complimentary player, rather than a play-driver? I feel he is both, although he, more-so, is a shooter, and requires a strong play-driving playmaker to excell. He doesn't have that player in Arizona. Tyler Hall may have been that player, but the way Tocchet coaches that team, endorses a defensive style of play.

[@nickabbott2492]

@@bishop529 he’s definitely a shooter for sure. Although I’ve always thought he’s a pretty underrated passer. On a more offensive team he can drive play, but yeah with Arizona he feels a little out of place

[@jakubsvec.]

Fun fact: When Chara played in the junior league in Slovakia, his coach tried to talk him out of hockey saying he should rather play basketball or do wrestling because he is never going to become a professional hockey player. So Chara's dad decided to train Zdeno on his own and let that doubting coach know, that his son will make it to the NHL one day.

[@chrisfleming3078]

Prime Hasek for the sabres was a freak. His agility, flexibility, hockey IQ, and ability to stop the puck was insane. His work ethic matched that of Jagr and Chara. He was a different breed.

[@justincredible5414]

I love watching Big Buff manhandle other hockey players. Godly

[@BobBob-et9io]

He doesn't even look like he's upset or even trying. Just casually tosses them around like a sack of rotten potatoes

[@justincredible5414]

@@BobBob-et9io yep. Like an adult separating 2 kids. "Hey!... No! No, enough...."

[@reaganharder1480]

@@justincredible5414 in that vegas example, that is very much what it looked like. Even the guys he hauled off the pile looked like the guilty kids, just sorta gave up the fight and accepted their fate.

[@grimacemcccheese]

He could probably overhead press a couple nhl guys

[@maxtheriver8969]

Kessel must get his exercise from playing golf

[@utffhf954]

No he eats special hot dogs. They actually help him hahahahaha

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Who thinks this is a ruthless roast?

[@kylestremick5108]

You mean two time Stanley cup champion Phil Kessel? He doesn't get as much golf in as some other players.

[@grool_king]

Rob, I love your "awesome hockey content" for it's no-frills approach, relaxed vibe, and ability to provide snapshots into our favorite game from over time. Keep it up! It'd be cool if you did a video on "Ridiculous Performances," such as JS Giguere's 2003 run, Karlsson's 2017 playoffs, etc.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Noted! Thanks for the input and suggestion 👍

[@mangrove]

Gordie Howe's hand and arm strength was said to be something else. I had friends who met him in his 60s, and they said that when they shook his hand, he had the strongest grip they'd ever encountered.

[@boundarysentinel4181]

When Chara showed up with the PG Cougars he was a bone rack who wouldn’t say boo to a goose let alone get tangled. Thanks the good Ol’ CHL for assisting him on his way to a hall of fame career in the NHL. Mucho respect 44 years old and still skating strong.

[@JimmTheSwede]

You really deserve Your sucess, Rob! What makes You such a great content creator is that You actually ask for critique and input and strives to be better, wich honestly has made Your content better and better video by video. I was a subscriber of THG from before he had even 5000 subs but i just recently unsubscribed due to his absolute zero toleranse for anything but absolute praise. If You ever do anything but praise him, bows to him as a god and agrees with everything he says, he just cries as a baby, dletes the video or cries about it in the next. He really can't tolerate ANYTHING but praise and i just can't stand that anymore. He went from a casuel fan that shares his thoughts in an interesting way, to a fan who thinks that he is above all. Please stay this down to earth, You will witout ANY doubt be the number one hockey KZbin channel in a near future. Rock on!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thanks dude. Highly appreciated 👍

[@smallies4life887]

You talking about trump

[@randomhockeyyoutuber]

The pens have had a freak of nature Matt Murray. Freakishly Bad

[@randomhockeyyoutuber]

@Winnipeg Jets Fan I know finally he’s in Ottawa out of here he ruined us for 3 years and the second cup all fluery 0 Murray

[@FeaturedKeegan]

he also played at a Vezina level and won you 2 cups, just sayin

[@randomhockeyyoutuber]

@@FeaturedKeegan one season wonder you cannot tell me with a straight face that after the last 3 seasons he is worth a 6 million dollar contract

[@braydanperschka7313]

2 hit wonder in my opinion ruined us for the 18 and 19 season

[@truehockeyfan1179]

Gordie Howe was playing in the NHL in his 60s

[@salmanhatia9039]

50s

[@CJMattias]

Hockey was slower then and had less average skill 🌝

[@yamzam20]

The title says of the last decade

[@scooterelway9191]

no dislikes yet what a beast as usual rob !! i love the content and the new intro keep up the good work men !! i love your content best hockey voice/content out there !!

[@ryanu.4953]

Man, grebe deserved a better mention than just a picture of him beside chara

[@philippeantoine1021]

In the 1944-45 season, after moving furniture into his new home all day, Maurice Richard put up eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) in a game against the Red Wings

[@samanthabalagtas942]

Just wanna say I love your videos! I’m fairly new to hockey, and coming from a country where hockey is non-existent I only get all my info online and I learn so much from your videos and read every comment and discussions under them too hahaha. Great job!!!

[@morbidmax7064]

Peter Forsberg with his willpower. When he got in the stubborn mood he was unstoppable.

[@codeman99-dev]

Jagr is a freak in work ethic too. Many times he was reported to be at the rink long before any teammates and often left last too. This kind of news continued until (at least) 2016-17.

[@keir13]

I think Connor McDavid is far and away the most talented player the NHL has ever seen. He may never hit Gretzky levels in points or play as long as Jagr but he can do things with the puck that most guys could never dream of and he does it twice as fast and at full foot speed. It pains me to say it as a Canucks fan but this kid is incredible. Watching him absolutely undress Morgan Reilly last year with the non-pass is one of my all-time favourite one-on-one moves.

[@morrisoncohen2803]

Ov he is still consistently putting up 50 goals even though he is getting on the older side

[@rentfreehockeypodcast7444]

Buff is built DIFFERENT, bet you he's pulling out fishing bigger than Watson rn

[@Annexation_]

I didn’t get to watch Lemieux and Gretzky live like some others, but we can all say that we got to see Jagr in our lifetime. What a career 👏

[@taydengreen6307]

Vasilevskiy being like 6’5 and the most athletic goaltender in the league literally just throwing himself at the puck

[@pavolstastny92]

Please make a video about the Stastny Brothers! Love your videos btw!

[@danh5810]

Assuming you mean the 80s Stastny's and not the 2000's Stastny's.

[@pavolstastny92]

@@danh5810 Yes the 80s brothers

[@KwonJi-won]

I love waking up to rth videos in the morning

[@larinivesdal2043]

Ayy finally a ND hockey chemistry clip making a vid

[@yamzam20]

I think hedman is a freak of nature because of his skating ability No other player I’ve watched has been as smooth as him I’ve only been watching the game since 2010 but the star power that’s been in the laugh and the amount he excels is just outstanding

[@randomone97]

Datsyuk was a freak of nature. His hand eye, ability to read his opponent, and insane puck control are unparalleled

[@smallies4life887]

Eh he was ok overated

[@randomone97]

@@smallies4life887 4 lady Byngs and 3 Selkes? Plus the best dekeing in history?

[@smallies4life887]

Datsyuk vs billy smith or barrasso and he doesn't get to pull that cutesy shit. Two words sweep check

[@Emodi69]

I'm really glad you mentioned grabners speed how you did. He is the professional version of me and that's exactly how I view him. I was always remarked as the fastest player but was locked down only getting penalty kill time. I was seen as uncommitted. I played varsity and jv for 3 years and played everyday of the week with many days of multiple games and practices. I was seen as uncommitted because I was living basically on my own and had to work full time and couldn't do dryland because I had to go to work after my two practices and worked overtime during summers and missed out of summer camp due to needing to work to afford playing. I made things worse due to my own mental issues. It was a reaction to being treated as an uncommitted player how didn't care. When I was doing everything I could to be there. I've always related to grabner as a player and loved his speed and grind I'm undersized like him but made up for it. My hut team has been grabnerbooty for years

[@chaselindberg2223]

Just had surgery so I’m gonna watching your videos until I can go back to playing nhl

[@RHaines76Gaming]

Happy you put the Sedin twins as a chemistry unit, definitely fitting.

[@bishop529]

Hey Rob, Your vids are fantastic. Awesome content,well presented with season-by-season stats and player photos bot in-game and avatar photos from hockeyDB. If I may make one suggestion, it's that you slow down your speech. Sometimes its difficult to understand when you speak so quickly. Your slowing down may add a minute or 2 to the final length of the video, however your content and presentation are done so well that I don't imagine the added length effecting the quality of your vid. Cheers man keep it up!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it. Funny enough I get many comments saying I talk too slow, and some saying I talk too fast. I guess I will have to find a balance somewhere haha!

[@bishop529]

@@RobTalksHockey Dang that makes things complicated. If thats the case then i'd say you've already hit a healthy medium.

[@nathanlastiwka8822]

McDavid will be in the top 5 players in the chel. Hate the team he plays for, and I even grew up in Edmonton, but they have awful management and front end staff.. Sure hope he can win a cup there otherwise he better move on. He deserves a cup before he retires. Great video Rob! And the hot dog man.. what a beauty!

[@Rex73777]

In my high school hockey league we got this guy off the football team who was freakishly big. We taught him how to skate like something out of the mighty ducks. And the dude has such a rocket of a slap shot we had to get a clock. He was dropping 80 to 90 mile an hour slapshots in high school. I was the goaltender I had to get a new chest protector after our first practice with him because I had bruises on my chest.

[@puffinsmoke7]

Being a fan, the great 8 should make the list. Those one timers, goalies know it’s coming and still can’t stop it.

[@chrispswann6825]

You should do a video of the greatest duos in NHL history. Gretzky/Kurri, Hull/Oates, The Sedins, Toews/Kane...

[@smallies4life887]

Syd and geno

[@eriklakeland3857]

That North Dakota team goal in the chemistry section got me out of my seat

[@zogos_4120]

Big buf was literally a beast in every way.

[@ryanTDG]

I loved watching the Sedins in their prime it was like watching Mystery Alaska.

[@MynameisMikeee]

I always called Kessel the “one nut wonder” .... but that is just me....

[@thisismarkbro]

why

[@KnifingSpraug]

one tess kess

[@cedric3883]

@@thisismarkbro He had a testicule cancer

[@MynameisMikeee]

@@cedric3883 no I call him that because his testicle was removed.

[@TheWatz05]

Grabner is also adjusting after the horrific eye injury which kept him out half of 18-19 season and still lead league in shorties

[@95VideoMan]

Awesome video! Would love to think it was inspired by my comment back in the day asking about Grabner :)

[@xXThree_6Xx]

I love all ur video rob keep up the good work

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Phil Kessel eating only hot dogs and cheeseburgers is the #1 ruthless roast

[@agentboudi5821]

Kane and panarin’s chemistry was second to none

[@danielhoughton7917]

How could you skip alex ovechkin. his skating, hitting, shooting, and durability are ridiculous.

[@sportsfan3236]

Lindros for the flyers

[@smallies4life887]

Lindros was weak just ask kasparitus

[@Josh-tx8sj]

Amazing player

[@ian189189]

Marty St Louis had insane work ethic and was definitely a freak of nature with his stature & low centre of gravity!

[@oscarlevin5952]

5 other players who are also freak of nature: 1. Weber (clappers) 2. Ovechkin (clappers, hits, speed) 3. Lindros (Big in size and hits and fights as a captain. A player in mind who plays currently that reminds of Lindros would be Stars captain Jamie Benn) 4. Crosby (hockey IQ, accuracy and playmaking abilities) 5. Price (goaltending sensation and becoming the best franchise goaltender currently despite past his prime recently) Two player to be in honorable mention. One is an outlier in this and that’s Jonathan Quick (fast goaltender with quick reflex and flexibility along with his athleticism in his 2 Stanley cups playing through spinal injury when winning his first cup against the best goaltender in history Martin Brodeur), the other is Patrick Kane (filthy hands and skating ability along with his hockey IQ).

[@Clapz_th]

Kessel with his golf 😂😂😂

[@willianpires5554]

How about Teemu Selane? He was a freak too, played till like 43 years old with elite skating.

[@Jesse-be7ro]

Yourself and OhNyquist need to do a collab. You represent the west and he's an east coaster. It's a Canadian match made in heaven lol

[@RobTalksHockey]

Haha! Very true

[@SKC_Digital]

Wow I miss Buf! I know he left for personal reasons, so I hope he's doing better now. Regardless, he was one of my favourite players to watch in ever game!

[@hagelsbagels34]

I’d say Kane is a freak of nature in terms of his stickhandling abilities. Yes there are people with great hands but I don’t think anyone is in the same realm as Kane

[@SirCanuckelhead]

combine that with his edgework and his pacing (how he changes his speed) makes him one of if not the shiftiest players of all time. His ability to create open ice is amazing.

[@smallies4life887]

Really I can name ten who are as good or better

[@smallies4life887]

Mcdavids,syd,geno,kovalev,bryan rust(if you doubt me go back and watch his first two years),jon wilkins,mario,gretzky, I argue that kane lacks the physicality to fight through defensemen so he always has to stick handle to create offense

[@hagelsbagels34]

@@smallies4life887 you clearly don’t watch Chicago to say that he “can’t create offense without stickhandling”

[@smallies4life887]

@@hagelsbagels34 that is so true. You don't know a guys full skill set until he is playing 82 games for your team. Dupuis I had never even heard of but wow he was yalented.He is good but one art ross does not make a superstar. Where are they now.

[@nathaningram2988]

Gordie Howe was incredible. He played in the NHL for almost about 30 years.

[@goligoski7787]

i love ur videos, continue bro

[@elvisisalive2716]

Also fun fact, Both Chara and Buff played for the Prince George Cougars in the WHL.

[@dukestorm8813]

I’ve been watching since 998 subscribers

[@gabrielbenchimol6749]

Rob using the graph like Jxmyhighroller

[@jacobmcdonough5098]

2017 playoff rinne was a freak of nature

[@astronautman12]

You wanna talk about jagr playing til he’s almost 50, while Gordie Howe was 52 during his last season

[@Hajr01]

The NHL tho was not at todays lvl, for example, if Ovi would play in the 80s, he would be no.1 in goals all time at his age already

[@francisbibeau2543]

Ovechkin is a freak of nature 1151 game 706g 572a 1278 pts 3084 hits 6.3 235

[@miropele1024]

Great vid, but I think you missed: Datsyuk's magic, Crosby's hockey IQ

[@pittsburghbob69]

You should have put a goalie in there. Like Ben Bishop or Pekka Rinne. Being 6’7, and 6’5 respectively is a freak of nature for a goalie.

[@CPAngling]

Pat Kane’s hands! Crosby’s edge work! Gordon Bombay’s shootout accuracy!

[@DownsyMB]

Crosbys edgeworks a good one. Just on another tier.

[@ricpic808]

Remember when grabber was on the leafs we played Boston and one game he had like 5 breakaways and scored on none

[@ProdParkerJazz]

Andrei Vasilevskiy may be on a future list for this

[@dashhoy2579]

He’s too overrated

[@jimbodangle178]

Im surprised out of all the skaters you didnt put karlsson. Hes never been the same since the foot injury, but hes the definition of a natural skater

[@Arkmanb]

Love your vids!!

[@snipeshow___8925]

Matthews

[@hagelsbagels34]

Matthews

[@Flame31500]

Eichel

[@YoshifanboyRU]

Matthews

[@ilai7893]

Byfuglien had a clip where he singlehandedly hit 3 guys at once (2 Sharks and Jet Tobias Enstrom). That should be in the video to show how monstrous he is

[@dsc4178]

Some people just have that high VO2, and they never get tired. Kessel is like that. Hard to be a workout freak when you don't get tired as easily and working out doesn't increase your stamina.

[@acke0970]

You is my favorite youtube chanel

[@LBlazer169]

Datsyuk being able to teleport with the puck

[@galenvajra7755]

no mention of Bobby Orr! he changed the way we think about defensemen!

[@tripledoor9528]

buff is the most unique player in nhl history and we will never see anything like him again

[@jimmywilliams8045]

You should do some 1V1 videos, like Connor McDavid vs Pavel Bure or Gretzky vs Orr. "Who is/was better?" Those would be interesting..

[@haigshahverdyan6230]

You should do a video on best goalies of this generation.

[@prestonking4328]

You should talk about the Calder trophy

[@totallypucked28]

Gotta have Ovechkin on a list like this.

[@elle3839]

I'm an oiler fan! I feel so lucky that we got McDavid, I've been saying for years that he's a freak 😅😅

[@natesuperfighterdevesiondi4992]

A goal of 40k subs? Nah man, you had a goal of 5k subs for this year.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Haha yep. I viewed 5k as a hard goal. Look where we are now 👍

[@gordobeck1845]

It isn't genetics, it's skill, working and training for years

[@963hz]

Why did Buyfline look smaller than the guys next to him at the end of that clip lol lol

[@jjmuti3979]

Ovi could have been included too. He probably missed more games suspended than injured at this point and that kind of combination of explosiveness and size isn't normal.

[@mooselumps1]

Darren Helm on Detroit is pretty damn fast as well

[@SuperCamper99]

Kessel looks like a professional darts player

[@DuoTheGodOfDeath]

Prolly coulda added Mario Lemieux to the list. Cancer, herniated back and still rocked the league.

[@gregorykrol2397]

Great vid

[@Led_Zeppole]

Charas been the greatest freak of nature for the last 3 decades

[@jayden2669]

Omg i died of laughter at 4:50

[@landonmetcalfe3459]

Derek freaking Boogaard. 6’7, 270 lbs as a high school kid

[@RHaines76Gaming]

Does anybody even remember that Kessel even beat cancer? Kind of crazy to think about it.

[@pabloa3344]

Patrick Kane is a freak of nature too

[@shawnh7930]

Gordie Howe is arguably the best player ever but he last played in 1980. If my math is correct that is just shy of a decade ago,

[@Sanchezy804]

You forgot zach Ronaldo just because he’s the biggest beauty in nhl history

[@chrispalendat930]

Ovechkin is a freak as well I'd say!

[@dmgspeed3209]

Yes the Sediens and henrik gave me a puck

[@konstajokinen8294]

Damn I miss watching Big Buff play! Is it known will he return to NHL or is his career done?

[@gopackgo933]

I feel like Byfuglien has the right size and and athleticism to be a LB in the NFL

[@CCD_Prods]

Hi how’s the day rob