Best starting lineup?

[BigTruzz]

Team 1:
Ilya Kovalchuk - Wayne Gretzky - Patrick Kane
Dennis Potvin - Shea Weber
Patrick Roy

Team 2:
Alex Ovechkin - Mario Lemeiux - Guy Lafleur
Scott Niedermayer - Cale Makar
Ken Dryden

Team 3:
Maurice Richard - Mark Messier - Gordie Howe
Ray Bourque - Doug Harvey
Jacques Plante

Team 4:
Bobby Hull - Connor McDavid - Jean Beliveau
Bobby Orr - Larry Robinson
Terry Sawchuk

Team 5:
Luc Robitaille - Sidney Crosby - Teemu Selanne
Nick Lidstrom - Chris Pronger
Vladislav Tretiak

Team 6:
Brendan Shanahan - Joe Sakic - Jaromir Jágr
Sergei Gonchar - Paul Coffey
Dominik Hasek

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[Bouboumaster]

IMO team 5 and 6 are completly outgunned

team 2 has the best forward line-up and solid goaltender, but they are thin on defense, when compared to the others

I think I'll go with team 3: worst center of them all (lol) but arguably some of the best wingers, they have two of the three best dmen ever IMO and Plante is a top 5 goaltender ever

 

[heretik27]

Team 3 for me

 

[jetsforever]

2 then 4 then 1

 

[centipede2233]

Team 2. No defence or goalie can stop a prime Lemieux. Add in the greatest goal scorer who hits like a freight train and lafleur’s dynamic offence with makar would just be unstoppable.

 

[canuckslover10]

whatever team has Wayne Gretzky

 

[NyQuil]

I like Team 4.

 

[bobholly39]

Yeah I don't really get teams 5 and 6...they don't stack up whatsoever.

Team 4 is stronger than team 5 at every single position. Maybe you prefer Crosby to McDavid, but it's kind of a wash. Same for goalies - rest is easy edge team 4.

Team 4 is also stronger than team 6 at every single position - minus Hasek. But it's not exactly much of a downgrade going to Sawchuk...Maybe Jagr/Beliveau are close too, but mostly a wash. Rest is easy edge team 4.

I singled out team 4 because they're strong at every position - but I'm actually leaning team 2. It's close between the 2.

I'd probably rank in order:

2
4
1
3
6
5

 

[amnesiac]

team 4 pretty easily

Niedermayer on team 2 is the odd man out

 

[centipede2233]

team 4 pretty easily

Niedermayer on team 2 is the odd man out

You could have Gumby in for niedamyer on team 2 and wreck all these teams still

 

[amnesiac]

You could have Gumby in for niedamyer on team 2 and wreck all these teams still

I mean Nidermayer-Makar vs Orr-Robinson is not even remotely close..... at all

the forwards are pretty similar, Lafleur being the worst of the 6 imo

and then Sawchuk a little better than Dryden

 

[biturbo19]

I do not think that Terry Sawchuk would be able to stop an Ilya Kovalchuk shot.

 

[ck26]

Kovalchuk, Weber, Makar, Gonchar and Coffey seem out of place with these names, especially Gonchar-Coffey as a pairing, which is (comparatively) horrific defensively.

Voted for Team 3 just ahead of Team 4.

Richard-Messier-Howe-Bourque-Harvey is like Burger King: they'll out-skill you or punch you in the mouth, however you want it, have it your way. Jean Beliveau isn't a winger, but Team 4 is absolutely stacked too. In any normal team, Orr and Robinson could run your offense from the blue line.

Team 2. No defence or goalie can stop a prime Lemieux. Add in the greatest goal scorer who hits like a freight train and lafleur’s dynamic offence with makar would just be unstoppable.

Most of these teams are just about as skilled, but can actually defend too. Ovechkin-Lafleur-Makar would pair better with a dominant two-way center like Trottier or Clarke, not Lemieux. There're only one puck on the ice at a time.

 

[Montreal Shadow]

Is Lemeiux Lemieux’s gaulic cousin?

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Team 2 then team 4.

 

[CanadienShark]

Orr and McDavid does it for me.

 

[Machinehead]

whatever team has Wayne Gretzky

That's typically the way I go but OP shackled him Patrick Kane and Shea Weber. Those two fall short in this company.

 

[Realgud]

3 with 4 as a close second

 

[HFpapi]

Team 4 has four players I consider to be top 10 all-time and then Robinson/Sawchuk ain't too shabby either. Robinson is actually probably a perfect D partner for Orr.

 

[Nosferatu]

The team with Hasek

 

[Caps8112]

think when you involve goalies from 1000 years ago it messes up the whole poll. goalie has changed the most in the last 60 years. Hasek and Roy are in their own class amongst this group.

another question is what era and rules are all these players playing in? If the older Dmen are allowed to suplex all these newer forwards and dmen it changes things. Makar would literally be folded in half back in the day

 

[BigTruzz]

think when you involve goalies from 1000 years ago it messes up the whole poll. goalie has changed the most in the last 60 years. Hasek and Roy are in their own class amongst this group.

another question is what era and rules are all these players playing in? If the older Dmen are allowed to suplex all these newer forwards and dmen it changes things. Makar would literally be folded in half back in the day

Let's say 2024 and the goalies have access to today's equipment

 

[HolyHagelin]

Team 4 has the best D pair by a fair margin but team 2 has too much of a matchup advantage at forward and no slouch in goal

 

[Xspyrit]

4INEC

 

[Cup or Bust]

Keep your head up playing team 3. The double elbow smash finisher by Howe and Messier will do some damage.