Marcus Pettersson was drafted by Anaheim in 2014, debuted for the Ducks four years later but was traded to the Penguins during the 2018-19 season.
Pettersson has thus far been with Pittsburgh for six years, and proved to be dependable on lockdown defense. The Blueliner is coming off his best NHL season with career-highs in Points (30) and a Plus/Minus (+28), and if he adds a little more offensive rush to his game, he will become a very special hockey player.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Philadelphia Flyers.
As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Flyers could not make the playoffs, but we still saw one new entrant and two elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Bobby Clarke
2. Bernie Parent
3. Bill Barber
4. Eric Lindros
5. Mark Howe
You can find the entire list here.
Team Captain Sean Couturier returned from injury and climbed to spot to #29.
Another Center, Travis Konecny, rose to #32 from #38.
The lone addition is Travis Sanheim, who will debut at #47.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Memphis Grizzlies will be retiring the number 9 of Tony Allen.
The event will take place when the Grizzlies host Miami on March 15.
Allen joined Memphis in 2010 as a free agent after six years with Boston, where he was an NBA Champion (2006). A Grizzly for seven years, Allen was Memphis’ starting Shooting Guard, was a six-time All-Defensive selection (three First Team and three Second Team), and finished in the top ten in Defensive Player of the Year voting five times. He was also vital in Memphis’ 2013 Western Conference Finals appearance. With Memphis, He played 462 games overall, averaging 8.9 points and 1.7 steals per game.
Allen will be the third player to have his number retired by Memphis, joining Marc Gasol (#33) and Zach Randolph (#50).
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Tony Allen for his impending honor.
A First Round Pick in 2014 (17th Overall), Travis Sanheim is entering his eighth season in the NHL, where he is set to enter his prime.
A good two-way blueliner who can anchor the power play, Sanheim is known for his physical style of play and expert passing. Improving annually, Sanheim is coming off his best offensive output (44 Points) and career-highs in Blocked Shots (149).
He has the skills to replicate his 2023-24 season over the next few campaigns.