The NHL 100 Greatest Players have been announced

The Greatest 100 Players of All Time

(NHL players that is.)

The NHL decided to create a list of the 100 greatest players of all time, and it was presented at an event at the All-Star game on Friday night. The league decided not to rank this list, perhaps taking a lesson from the epic amount of social media and straight-up media carrying on over the Leafs 100 list that was ranked.

It’s not going to work. I mean, sure, it’s hard to compare players across eras, but this is hockey; shaky logical foundations never stopped anyone from voicing an opinion at the top of their Twitter lungs. But without a ranking, the only thing to complain about is who was snubbed, how North America-centric,…