When the United States was winning gold in Lake Placid in 1980, there were only 55 American-born players on NHL rosters — not even three per team. Few of them had careers of any consequence.

Thanks in large part to that monumental Olympic victory, hockey interest throughout the U.S. began to surge and continues to do so. Want proof? There were a record eight Americans taken in the first round of the 2005 NHL draft. [.continue.]

Tom Layberger of Sports Illustrated gives his top 10 USA players of all time.
Two former Flyers made the list. Jeremy Roenick at #7 and John LeClair at #9.

Marke Howe gets an Honorable mention.

Update
It seems that Tom Layberger might be ‘lifting’ some of his work.
It is very coincidental that he wrote this article about a month after a very similiar article over at Japer’s Rink. The articles do look a bit similar. Doesn’t seem to be the first time it has happened either.
I always like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Dave for that heads up.