All-Time Team

[Penguinsfanatic 0]

If you could take players from any era that their peak and create an all time team, who would you put on. I'll start

G Martin Brodeur G Partick Roy

C Mario Lemieux LW Bobby Hull RW Teemu Selanne

C Phil Esposito LW Luc Robitaille RW Gordie Howe

C Mark Messier LW Brett HullRW Jari Kurri

C Peter Forsberg LW Pavel Bure (even though he is a rw) RW Cam Neely

D Ray Borque D Paul Coffey D Bobby Orr D Nicklas Lidstrom

D Chris Chelios D Brian Leetch

[Chadd 916]

Seriously, excluding Gretz from an all-time team?

[All Torhs Team 0]

At a glance I thought somebody made a topic about me.

Ill keep praying.

[chk hrd 164]

Seriously, excluding Gretz from an all-time team?

I guess he was over rated... :lol:

[barrett 0]

No larry Robinson either? I would put him there over chelios for sure.

[mrusse01 0]

I'd vote for deleting this thread on the basis of that first post.

FORSBERG over Gretzky?

hahahahaha

[Trudy14 0]

Don't feel like making a whole team so I'll pick a line, d-pair, and a tender:

Gretz

Stevie Y

Lemieux

Orr

Borque

Roy

Note: I also agree with mrusse01.

[Viking 1]

G - Patrick Roy, Dominik Hasek

C - Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Jean Beliveau, Sidney Crosby

W - Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Alexander Ovechkin, Bob Gainey, Jaromir Jagr, Pavel Bure, Bobby Hull

D - Ray Bourque, Bobby Orr, Doug Harvey, Larry Robinson, Eddie Shore, Denis Potvin

[budro727 0]

I think both of the Hulls should be in there.

[Viking 1]

I don't.

[Chadd 916]

I'd vote for deleting this thread on the basis of that first post.

FORSBERG over Gretzky?

hahahahaha

Not to mention the fact Forsberg played best on Sakic's wing with the Avs.

[budro727 0]

I don't.

How could you not put Brett ont the all time list? Third in goals, 5 straight 50 goal seasons (72,86,70,54,57), plus his 86 goal season in 90-91. There's no way he couldn't be.

[ashtonhutch05 0]

Yet he has Ovechkin and Crosby on there. Those kids are stars NOW. Brett and Bobby are LEGENDS.

C: Steve Yzerman, Lemieux, Gretzky

W: Brett Hull, Bobby Hull, Maurice Richard, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Bure, Kovalev(if he tried)

D: Bobby Orr, Nicklas Lidstrom, Paul Coffey, Denis Potvin

G:Roy, Hasek in his prime

[Viking 1]

Ehh. Not enough to displace anyone that I did put on the team. In that era, Bernie Nicholls had a 70 goal season, but that doesn't mean he belongs on there. You have to factor in the era and the competition. An 86 goal season in a 21 team NHL that played an 80 game season isn't worth as much as a 50 goal season in a six team league that played a 50 game season. Having Adam Oates feeding him the puck didn't hurt either - it's no coincidence that his 70+ goal seasons coincide with the three years Oates spent in St. Louis.

Edit: Don't tell me about "LEGENDS" and then put Alexei Kovalev on your team. You people just have a love affair with floaters, apparently.

[Penguinsfanatic 0]

I was just putting together my team and I left Gretzky off cause everyone puts him on their team. I just wanted to see who you guys would want to see playing on a team together and kinda create your own fantasy team.

[ashtonhutch05 0]

Look, I'm not a Kovalev ballkisser like a lot of people, but there is no doubt that he may be one of the most skilled players of all time, at least for his era. That's why I put "if he tried" after him. Ovechkin and Crosby have only been in the league a few years, you can't put them in front of people who have already set records and been immortalized in hockey until they have actually done something. As for Kovalchuk being in my list, I believe that is justified since he is the best sniper in the league by far, and no one has scored more goals than him since he's been in the league.

[DCott 0]

there is no doubt that he may be one of the most skilled players of all time, at least for his era.

that makes all of zero sense. one of the most skilled of all time during his own time?

[ashtonhutch05 0]

there is no doubt that he may be one of the most skilled players of all time, [and] at least for his era.

that makes all of zero sense. one of the most skilled of all time during his own time?

That better, princess?

[mrusse01 0]

As for Kovalchuk being in my list, I believe that is justified since he is the best sniper in the league by far,

I love Kovalchuk, but he is not 'by far' a better sniper than Ovy, Iggy, or any number of other players.

[ShootsNScores93 0]

If I were making a team this would be Team A

Messier,Gretzky,Kurri

M.Lemieux,Francis,Jagr

S.Yserman,Cam Neely,Claude Lemieux

Brett Hull,Bobby Hull,Gordie Howe

Defense 1 Ray Borque,Scott Stevens

Defense 2 Bobby Orr,Larry Robinson

Defense 3 V.Fetisov,Paul Coffey

Goalie 1 Martin Brodeur

Goalie 2 Eddie Giacomin

[bmclifford 0]

Anyone think Lindros in his prime is worthy of argument? Not for best center of all time, but say a top 4 all time center? In his prime, I think he was one of the most dominating players ever.

[dangle 0]

As for Kovalchuk being in my list, I believe that is justified since he is the best sniper in the league by far, and no one has scored more goals than him since he's been in the league.

No one has scored more goals than Ovechkin since he's came into the league...

Ovechkin-159

Kovalchuk-144

Im just saying

[N!! 0]

Who ends up on a team would have a great deal to do with what exactly the person putting it together expects. Someone who prizes defensive hockey would keep Gretzky as far away as possible from it.

It is interesting to see the huge proportion of players from the last 25 years on the all-time teams though. I guess it's no different than the idea that Tom Brady is an all-time great.