Billy Burch - Wayne Gretzky (A) - Brett Hull
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#14 Dave Andreychuk-#93 Doug Gilmour-#20 Mike Bossy
burch vs andreychuk - both players are slow burch is a midget compared to the giant andreychuk. Andreychuk has better stats and points per game then burch .Burch had the advantage of playing in the nhl during the time when the nhl wasnt the #1 hockey league in north america. That claim for a while went to the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (1911-1924). His impact is hard to truely measure because of that fact. Andreychuk was a strong offensive garbage scoring machine. No defender on your team can handle dave in his prime
Gilmour vs gretz advatage gretz offensively but gretzky will hurt the team defensively brett hull can score but defensively he is kind of weak.Gretzky stats were also padded by playing during the offensive golden years. They will have a hard time vs niedermyer and the legendary tim horton. Bossy is the most purest goal scorer ever who came into the league during the rough and tumble 70's no one could pick a goalies weakness the way he could.Bossy was also great defensively killing pantlies and pouncing on the opponent when they messed up.
Lionel Conacher (C) - Harry Cameron
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Tim Horton and Scott Niedermayer
Cameron is another player from the weakend nhl. Conacher was a good defender but could these little guys move andreychuk from the net? Not likely could they out skate and out manouver a magician like dougie gilmour ? No could they stop bossy....no one could in the 70's and 80. Only one of these players have aNorris Trophy and thats scot Niedermyer.Horton was considered the strongest player ever to play during his era. His bear hugs are legednary.In hsi tiem he had teh stature of a modern era scott stevens. Huge advatage leafs
Reg Noble - Frank Nighbor (A) - Dany Heatley
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#8 Alexander Ovechkin -#13 Mats Sundin-#11 Daniel Alfredsson
Frank Nighbor and Reg Noble were a fine players but they both played in a weakened nhl at the same time as bill burch. Nighbor was a fine defensive player but he is no mats sundin a genticaly gifted modern player. Alfredson is a double threat he is defensive and offensive whereas heatlyis a huge weakenes. Ovechkin is agenrational talent who will have a craeer thatwill out match every player on these two lines.
Chris Pronger - Kevin Hatcher
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#21 Bobby Baun-#3 Zdeno Chara
pronger is a great defenceman bBaun was known as a hard-checking pure defender, and he was a mainstay of the "Big Four" of Leafs defenders in the 1960s. is a legend who had great stamina. wilk soon have his sweater # honoured by the leafs
Hatcher is the weak link if you compare tandems advantage leafs.
Dirk Graham (A) - Dave Poulin - Hooley Smith
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#8 Joe Klukay-#21 Guy Carbonneau - -#25 Darren McCarty
is this a scoring line Graham Poulin Smith? I thought I was the only one who made my 3rd line the checking line. Grahem was excelant defenisvely could he match 4 time stanley cup champ Joe Klukay ..answer. no Poulin Poulin won the Frank Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward and the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, an award given to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community. In the '93 Final, the Habs faced Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings, and in game one the "Great One" had a goal and two assists and the Kings won 4-1. Carbo approached coach Jacques Demers and requested he be allowed to shadow number 99 the rest of the way. Montreal won the next four games. He served as Montreal captain, won three Selke trophies with the team
Smith was a power forward but would he have the physical advantage to take on a physical force like mccarty, debatable but if he did then he has to get through the defence. so odds are thats chara or if he is on the ice iafrate. Both physical andmoble defenceman.
checking line advantage leafs
Wendel Clark - Frank Frederickson - Bill Guerin
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#94 Ryan Smyth -#11 Bill Hay -#9! Billy Gilmour
clark was a great leader forthe leafgs but he never won anything and was washed up by age 30. ryan smyth is a inspirational leader and has lead a tam to the cup finals so far once in his acareer. Hay was the the offenisve gdfather forthe million dollar line in chicago and he wiill feed a offensive star like gilmour th puck to score time important goals and when gilmour misses smyth will be there to give it his all to chip the puck into the back of the net. Frederickson was astarin the 1920.s was he as good as the giant bill hay ? toss up! Bill Guerin has utilized his speed and size to become of the NHL's best two-way forwards but he was never known asasupersta and billy gilmour was! advantage leafs
Jack Laviolette - Mike Grant
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#33 Al Iafrate- # 4 CG Drinkwater
little is know about Laviolette.Iafrate was a gigantic defenceman who could skate like the wind, Al was a rugged d-man who could throw thunderous body checks when needed but his offensive game was the most important element of his play as he possessed copious amounts of raw skill.
drinkwater and mike grant were playing partners. - a wash
Jiri Bubla played just 256 nhl games used his mobility and hockey sense effectively at both ends of the ice and was a solid point man on the power play.vs Kaberle has superior hockey sense and this allows him to play with a healthy self-confidence and collects points because he possesses tremendous hockey smarts and has the ability to find his teammates on the ice. A fluid elegant swift skater, he can wheel with the puck and loves to join the attack. Is an excellent accurate passer advantage kabs
George Hainsworth
Pelle Lindbergh
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# 1 Alec Connell
# 30 Mike Vernon
Ill write this later
Spares:
Jiri Bubla
Josef Malecek - any info?
Miikka Kiprusoff -Needs to prove he can continue to raise the bar, especially with continued heavy workloads. Can he move towards elite status?
#16 Darcy Tucker -Always comes to play and forechecks very well. inspirational leader who can provide grit and scoring.
#15 Tomas Kaberle - se above
#1 Frank McCool - won a cup for the leafs and was a stellar goalie in the abscence of broda.He outplayed the best on many of a night.