Hull may have ignored the other end of the ice, but he was probably the greatest left-winger in history until Alexander Ovechkin came along. Winnipeg’s free-flowing offence with Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg and Hull was a precursor to Edmonton of the 1980s Glen Sather built the Oilers with that kind of skating and puck control and skill in mind. The WHA deal was seismic, and Hull ushered in the new era of big money in the game. Michael Farber, formerly of Sports Illustrated, has called Hull the first modern hockey player and you can see that argument. And he left a huge hockey legacy and a hell of a mess behind.

He was erratic, too, or maybe the word was consistent, and it became apparent over time. His slapshot echoed through history, and Bobby’s shot was devastating if erratic. The first man to exceed 50 goals in a season, a Chicago Blackhawks great, the man who jumped to Winnipeg and the World Hockey Association for a million bucks, the Golden Jet. 'Bobby was a 3x Art Ross Trophy winner, Lester Patrick Trophy winner, 2x Hart Memorial Trophy winner, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner, Stanley Cup Champion, Hockey Hall of Famer, and one of the 100 Greatest Players.You can’t write hockey history without Bobby Hull, though for a time hockey tried.

'In his retirement, “The Golden Jet” was never in a rush to sign every autograph as an ambassador for the Blackhawks, one of his favourite accomplishments. 'Hull was a driven player who always gave fans a memorable experience at every game and brought them to their feet,' the NHL Alumni Twitter account wrote. Hull was a back-to-back Hart Trophy winner - given to the NHL's most valuable player - during the 1964-66 seasons, as well as a 12-time All-Star and Stanley Cup champion during his professional hockey career, which included 15 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks (1957-72) and one split between the Winnipeg Jets (1979-80) and Hartford Whalers (1979-80), as well as seven with the Jets in the World Hockey Association (1972-79), having served as a player/coach, prior to the 1979 NHL merger. Pioneering Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84, the NHL Alumni Association announced in a statement shared on its official Twitter account Monday (January 30) morning.

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