The Next One

The Next One is a nickname that has belonged to the following ice hockey players:

• Eric Lindros^[1]
• Sidney Crosby^[2]
• John Tavares^[3]

The name is a play on Wayne Gretzky's nickname, "The Great One". Each of the players listed has been or is currently billed as the next Wayne Gretzky. Phil Kessel was considered to be on the list during his junior career, but his performance dropped in 2006 and he was taken off the list. To date, no player given the moniker has broken a National Hockey League record set by Gretzky. Mario Lemieux, "The Magnificent One", was the closest to breaking several of Gretzky's records, but he was never called "The Next One" by the media, because he was Gretzky's contemporary for most of his NHL career.

References

1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Fames. "Time for the Next Hockey Nickname". http://proicehockey.about.com/b/a/227434.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-07. 
2. ^ ""The Next One"". 2004-01-18. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20070312045306/http://www.cbc.ca/maritimemagazine/archives/040118_thenextOne.html. Retrieved 2007-02-07. 
3. ^ "The Next 'Next One?'". TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/chl/feature/?fid=11357. Retrieved 2008-06-18.