Before he played his first game for the Montreal Canadiens, Bobby Rousseau was a member of the Canadian Team that won the Silver Medal at the 1960 Olympics.  Rousseau was one of the main stars of that team and he would parlay that success to a very good career in the NHL.

A three time NHL All Star and one time Canada Cup player for the United States, Reed Larson had eight seasons where he had at least 60 Points.  Larson was never an All Star though the Calder Trophy runner-up had more than an good career in the National Hockey League.  Historically, Larson was the first American born blueliner to score 200 Goals in the NHL.

Garry Galley may not leap off of the page as someone who had a really good career in the NHL, but this was a player who had an even 600 Points, an excellent number for a blueliner.  Galley was a two-time All-Star who played well over 1,100 Games professionally.  The blueliners’s overall two-way play and underrated stature earns him a place on this list.

Mats Naslund was a star with the Montreal Canadiens throughout the 1980’s and while Patrick Roy received the bulk of the credit for the Has shocking Stanley Cup win in 1986, it was Naslund who was the offensive star of the team.  The Swedish star was a Second Team All Star and a Lady Byng Trophy winner and internationally speaking he would represent his country multiple times including an Olympic Gold Medal win in 1994.  Had Naslund played longer in the NHL (which he could have, but he elected to play in Europe instead) he might be ranked a little higher.