No question about it, Mario Lemieux owns the game. Of the thousands of goals that have been scored on my SNES, Mario has at least a third of them. Because of Mario, Pittsburgh is always my team when I'm playing a competitive game.
My older brother favors Philly almost exclusively because of Eric Lindros. The guy is so freakin' slow that he has extra time to pull moves in front of the goal. His sloth is so deceptive that Lindros is almost guaranteed a hat trick every game.
My younger brother insists that Adam Oates is the best player on the game, but he seems pretty frail out there, and considering that he can't be me consistently, his praise of Oates is unfounded.
Talking strictly about scoring, here are the top 5 players on the game:
1. Mario Lemieux
2. Eric Lindros
3. Theo Fleurry
4. Brendan Shanahan (on a very underrated St. Louis team)
5. Joe Sakic