NHL 100: Gretzky, Brodeur, Bowman select all-time greats

On Friday in Los Angeles, the NHL will reveal its Top 100 players as part of its Centennial celebrations.

In the second of a three-part series examining the hockey elite of the past, present and future, Postmedia picked the brain of three legends to find out who they consider to be the cream of the NHL crop through 100 years.

Indeed, if you want to find out who is/was the best, you go to the best. That’s what we did in putting together our panel — and the stats support our picks.

There’s Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer (2,857 points).

There’s Martin Brodeur, who accrued the most victories of any goalie (691) in the NHL's first century of existence.

And last — but certainly not…