$18 To Construct: Thread for Misc. All Time Teams

[Captain Bowie]

MOD: Use this thread for anything miscellaneous (i.e. NHL all time team, Norris Division all time team, etc.)



Going with the trend here...

On a budget of $18 build your best all-time line-up.


Centers:
Wayne Gretzky - $7
Mario Lemieux - $6
Jean Beliveau - $5
Howie Morenz - $4
Stan Mikita - $4
Mark Messier - $3
Bobby Clarke - $3
Frank Nighbor - $2
Phil Esposito - $2
Joe Sakic - $2
Bryan Trottier - $2
Steve Yzerman - $2
Henri Richard - $1
Marcel Dionne - $1

Wingers:
Gordie Howe - $6
Bobby Hull - $5
Maurice Richard - $5
Guy Lafleur - $4
Ted Lindsay - $4
Jaromir Jagr - $3
Mike Bossy - $3
Valeri Kharlamov - $3
Bernie Geoffrion - $3
Bill Cook - $2
Charlie Conacher - $2
Frank Mahovalich - $2
Dit Clapper - $2
Dickie Moore - $1
Andy Bathgate - $1
Jari Kurri - $1
Brett Hull - $1

Defence:
Bobby Orr - $6
Doug Harvey - $5
Ray Bourque - $5
Eddie Shore - $4
Nicklas Lidstrom - $4
Denis Potvin - $3
Red Kelly - $3
Viacheslav Fetisov - $3
Larry Robinson - $3
Chris Chelios - $2
Brad Park - $2
King Clancy - $2
Paul Coffey - $2
Pierre Pilote - $1
Sprague Cleghorn - $1
Tim Horton - $1
Scott Stevens - $1

Goalies:
Patrick Roy - $5
Dominik Hasek - $5
Jacques Plante - $5
Glenn Hall - $4
Terry Sawchuk - $4
Martin Broduer - $4
Ken Dryden - $4
Vladislav Tretiak - $3
Frank Brimisek - $3
Georges Vezina - $3
Charlie Gardiner - $2
Clint Benedict - $2
Turk Broda - $2
Bill Durnan - $1
Ed Belfour - $1
Tony Esposito - $1
Bernie Parent - $1

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[Captain Bowie]

Bobby Hull ($5) - Joe Sakic ($2) - Mike Bossy ($3)

Bobby Orr ($6) - Tim Horton ($1)

Bernie Parent ($1)​

 

[Plural]

Bobby Hull($5) - Trottier($2) - Jaromir Jagr($3)

Denis Potvin ($3) - Eddie Shore($4)

Bernie Parent($1)

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I felt that Trottier, Potvin and Parent were all relatively cheap. Hull was expensive, but can't find myself passing on the arguably greatest goalscorer in the history.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Mark Messier, $3
Bobby Clarke, $3
Jaromir Jagr, $3
Bobby Orr, $6
Chris Chelios, $2
Bernie Parent, $1

...or possibly:

Jari Kurri, $1
Wayne Gretzky, $7
Mario Lemieux, $6
Paul Coffey, $2
Sprague Cleghorn, $1
Bernie Parent, $1

...or if I can't use Messier as a Left Wing or Lemieux as a Right Wing, either:

Frank Mahovlich, $2
Wayne Gretzky, $7
Jari Kurri, $1
Bobby Orr, $6
Scott Stevens, $1
Bernie Parent, $1

...or this:

Bobby Hull, $5
Jean Beliveau, $5
Brett Hull, $1
Paul Coffey, $2
Eddie Shore, $4
Bernie Parent, $1


It reminds me of those LSAT puzzles: Bernie Parent, at his price, is probably the only goaltender I should consider. If I don't take Bobby Orr, I take Paul Coffey. If I take Paul Coffey, his defensive partner needs to be physical. The Kurri/Gretzky/Coffey combination at $10 is beautiful, because along with Parent, you still have $7 to spend on a Winger and a Defenseman. I used that $7 on Lemieux and Cleghorn, but I could just as easily do Messier and Potvin with a $1 to spare.

Okay, one last one with a new goalie:

Mark Messier, $3
Bryan Trottier, $2
Gordie Howe, $6
Denis Potvin, $3
Paul Coffey, $2
Charlie Gardiner, $2

 

[Boom Boom Bear]

Hull $5
Lemieux $6
Kurri $1
Potvin $3
Coffey $2
Parent $1

 

[bigbuffalo313]

Bossy($3)-Morenz($4)-Jagr($3)
Robinson($3)-Chelios($2)
Tretiak($3)

Or after finding out how cheap Kurri, Gretzky, and Coffey are together

Kurri($1)-Gretzky($7)-Lafleur($4)
Coffey($2)-Stevens($1)
Tretiak($3)

 

[MastuhNinks]

Hull-Esposito-Jagr ($10)
Orr-Pilote ($7)
Parent ($1)

4 of the top 10 or so best offensive players of all time, I probably could've made a more complete team if I ignored proper winger positions (initially had Bossy for Hull and Potvin for Pilote) but I wanted to use an actual LW and Bobby Hull seems to be #1 by such a huge margin it didn't make sense to not pick him. I felt the same way about picking Bobby Orr, which meant $11/$18 gone on two players.

 

[ted2019]

RW: Bossy
LW: Kurri
C: Mario
D: Orr
D: Stevens
G: Parent

 

[Plural]

Pretty hard not to go with Parent here The more I think about it, the more of a steal he feels like.

Also, Kurri is pretty decent prized, but he should only be picked with Gretzky, IMO.

 

[Killion]

Mark Messier, $3
Bryan Trottier, $2
Gordie Howe, $6
Denis Potvin, $3
Paul Coffey, $2
Charlie Gardiner, $2

.... Put Trottier on the Wing quoipourquoi? Bonnie Prince Charlie in goal a good pick. Hasek of his day.

 

[JackSlater]

Kurri Gretzky Cook
Stevens Orr
Parent

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Seems a lot of people are putting Kurri on the left side. Is that allowed?

 

[solidmotion]

Howe ($6) - Clarke ($3) - Richard ($5)
Stevens ($1) - Chelios ($2)
Parent ($1)

if not the best, at least the meanest and most competitive

 

[Killion]

Seems a lot of people are putting Kurri on the left side. Is that allowed?

No more so than slotting in Turk Broda a Winger..... just because you like him, thought amuses you or whatever...... Absolutely Verboten.

 

[quoipourquoi]

.... Put Trottier on the Wing quoipourquoi? Bonnie Prince Charlie in goal a good pick. Hasek of his day.

I was doing:

LW: Mark Messier
C: Bryan Trottier
RW: Gordie Howe

so that's the crazed, early-1980s version of Messier.

Seems a lot of people are putting Kurri on the left side. Is that allowed?

Didn't he used to play LW before Blair MacDonald got hurt? Before Callighen-Gretzky-Kurri, I believe it was Kurri-Hagman-Anderson, right? I tried to keep him on RW unless I was using the Gretzky/Lemieux duo though.

 

[Boom Boom Bear]

I was doing:

LW: Mark Messier
C: Bryan Trottier
RW: Gordie Howe

so that's the crazed, early-1980s version of Messier.




Didn't he used to play LW before Blair MacDonald got hurt? Before Callighen-Gretzky-Kurri, I believe it was Kurri-Hagman-Anderson, right? I tried to keep him on RW unless I was using the Gretzky/Lemieux duo though.

it was Anderson on the left side of the Hagman-Kurri line. Anderson mostly played left wing until Messier was switched permanently to center, then Anderson rode Messier's right side for the rest of his time in Edmonton, 83 onward. actually, for a while in 81-82, Hagman & Kurri were separated, & Hagman played between Messier on the left & Anderson on the right for a couple of months.

 

[Boxscore]

Jagr (3) - Lemieux (6) - Bossy (3)
Potvin (3) - Coffey (2)
Parent (1)

 

[Boxscore]

Seems a lot of people are putting Kurri on the left side. Is that allowed?

The OP has them classified as "Wingers" so I feel they are interchangeable (like in an all-star game).

 

[Killion]

B.Hull - M.Lemieux - M.Bossy
Coffey - Parent - Scott Stevens............... $18

 

[Pominville Knows]

Kurri - Lemieux - Jagr
Coffey - Stevens
Hasek​

66 and 68 fits nice together, and having Kurri there both to snipe and to do some groundwork sounds sound to me as well. The D is good value and complements eachother real well. Hasek in net is a luxury du to that D value, to have the GOAT there is good insurance.

 

[Iceman]

Was very hard for me to get this together but I pretty quickly picked Lemieux, Jagr and Lidström without realizing the cost which brought me down to $5 left which made me actually ended up with the following team and actually being below $18 but that was mostly because of the lack of possible good picks in the $2 bracket except for in the defence maybe.

I ended up with $3 left for a goalkeeper and a winger so Parent definitely made it a bit easier cause he is definitely a steal which some people pointed out. I can't see any other options unless I wanna drop Lemieux or Lidström. Jagr was pretty cheap too.

Jari Kurri -(1$) - Mario Lemieux ($6) - Jaromir Jagr ($3)

Nicklas Lidström ($4) - Paul Coffey ($2)

Bernie Parent - ($1)


TOTAL: $17

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Here is my "low"-budget team. Originally going for the $10 cap with Stevens instead of Chelios but I couldn't make myself to do that so I ended up with $11.


Jari Kurri -(1$) - Joe Sakic ($2) - Jaromir Jagr ($3)

Paul Coffey ($2) - Chris Chelios ($2)

Bernie Parent - ($1)



Total: $11

 

[Killion]

Was very hard for me to get this together...

Well, you did extremely well High Budget & Low. Seriously, not a vast difference talent~wise whatsoever. Stevens instead of Chelios? I picked Stevens, could live with either or, somewhat ambivalent as they each bring a bit of different this n' that to the party yes?.... and Welcome to hf Iceman. Have fun.

 

[El Nino 22]

For an offensive heavy team-

Brett Hull ($1)-Mario Lemieux ($6)-Jaromir Jagr($3)

Paul Coffey ($2)-Chris Chelios ($2)

Martin Broduer ($4)

For Defence heavier team

Jarri Kurri ($1)- Steve Yzerman ($2)- Gordie Howe ($6)

Niklas Lidstrom ($4)- Tim Horton ($1)

Terry Sawchuck ($4)

 

[GummoMarx]

.... Put Trottier on the Wing quoipourquoi? Bonnie Prince Charlie in goal a good pick. Hasek of his day.

I believe Bonnie Prince Charlie was Chuck Rayner good sir. Gardiner on the other hand, a true tragic legend. Coworker of mine is the great grand niece of him and gave me a nice scan collection of Gardiner related articles from the old Winnipeg Tribune. I will try to upload them some day.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Bobby Hull($5) - Trottier($2) - Jaromir Jagr($3)

Denis Potvin ($3) - Eddie Shore($4)

Bernie Parent($1)

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I felt that Trottier, Potvin and Parent were all relatively cheap. Hull was expensive, but can't find myself passing on the arguably greatest goalscorer in the history.

Jagr at 3 bucks is a bargain seeing as he's the 3rd best winger of all time behind Howe and Hull.