ATD 2018 Roster Thread - Only Post If You've been Pm'd

[ResilientBeast]

Red Fisher Conference

Jim Robson division
overpass - Ottawa Senators
BenchBrawl - Montreal Canadiens
Sprague Cleghorn - Algerie

Foster Hewitt division
29GoalHoglund - Brampton Beavers
ResilientBeast - Edmonton Oilers
rmartin65 - New York Americans

Louis Magnus division
Voight - Amarillo Bulls
Claude the Fraude - Winnipeg Jets
Stoneberg & markrander87 - Halifax Citadels

Sam Pollock division
Namba 17 - Portage Lakes Hockey Club
Johny Engine - Guards Athletic Association
VanIslander - Worcester Railers

Jim Coleman Conference

Bob Cole division
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Darth Yoda - Pominville Estacades
TheDevilMadeMe - New Jersey Swamp Devils

Rene Lecavalier division
Importer Exporter - Pittsburgh Bankers
Habsfan18 - Vancouver Millionaires
Toronto Trades - Port Stanley Sailors

Thomas D. Green division
Iceman - Stockholm Rockets
papershoes - Kenora Thistles
jarek - Kingsman Secret Agents

William Northey division
tinyzombies - N.D.G. Maroons
kruezer - Seattle Metropolitans
Velociraptor - HC Kunlun Red Star

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[ResilientBeast]

Jim Robson division
overpass - Ottawa Senators
BenchBrawl - Montreal Canadiens
Sprague Cleghorn - Algerie

 

[BenchBrawl]

MONTREAL CANADIENS



GM: BenchBrawl​

Captain: Eddie Gerard
Assistant: Yvan Cournoyer
Assistant: Georges Boucher
Assistant: Charlie Gardiner
Assistant: Bryan Trottier
Assistant: Lionel Hitchman
Assistant: Red Sullivan/Ivan Hlinka

HEAD COACH

Al Arbour

ROSTER​

Bert Olmstead - Bryan Trottier (A) - Brett Hull
Jamie Benn - Mike Modano - Yvan Cournoyer (A)
Baldy Northcott - Jeremy Roenick - Bobby Bauer
Igor Liba - Red Sullivan (A) - Eric Nesterenko
Ivan Hlinka (A) , Viktor Yakushev , Milan Lucic​

Lionel Hitchman (A) - Eddie Shore
Georges Boucher (A) - Eddie Gerard (C)
Gary Bergman - Red Dutton
Andrei Markov​

Charlie Gardiner (A)
Miikka Kiprusoff​

PP1: Hull-Trottier-Olmstead
Boucher-Shore

PP2: Bauer-Modano-Cournoyer
Bergman-Gerard

PK1: Modano-Nesterenko
Hitchman-Gerard

PK2: Trottier-Sullivan
Dutton-Shore

Boucher takes Shore's spot on the 2nd PK unit when Shore is penalized.

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Forwards Estimated Time On Ice

Name	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Trottier	14	4	3	21
Modano	13	3	4	20
Hull	14	4	0	18
Cournoyer	13	3	0	16
Olmstead	14	4	0	18
Northcott	13	0	0	13
Benn	13	0	0	13
Roenick	13	0	0	13
Bauer	13	3	0	16
Nesterenko	8	0	4	12
Sullivan	8	0	3	11
Liba	8	0	0	8
	145	21	14	180

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Defensemen Estimated Time On Ice

Name	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Shore	18	5	3	26
Gerard	18	2	4	24
Boucher	18	5	0	23
Hitchman	18	0	4	22
Dutton	10	0	3	13
Bergman	10	2	0	12
	92	14	14	120

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[overpass]

Ottawa Senators​

Coach: Glen Sather
Assistant Coach: Frank Boucher
Captain: Scott Stevens
Alternates: Gordie Howe, Henri Richard

Forwards
Joe Malone - Darryl Sittler - Gordie Howe (A)
Paul Thompson - Henri Richard (A) - Theo Fleury
Brad Marchand - Neil Colville - Alexander Mogilny
Rusty Crawford - Dave Poulin - Rene Robert
John Tavares, Jack Darragh

Defence
Scott Stevens (C) - Larry Murphy
Babe Pratt - Art Coulter
Glen Harmon - Alex Pietrangelo
Hamby Shore

Goaltender
Vladislav Tretiak
Curtis Joseph

Powerplay

Darryl Sittler - Joe Malone - Alexander Mogilny
Babe Pratt - Gordie Howe

Paul Thompson - Henri Richard - Theo Fleury
Larry Murphy - Rene Robert

Penalty Kill

Rusty Crawford - Dave Poulin - Gordie Howe
Scott Stevens

Brad Marchand - Neil Colville - Theo Fleury
Art Coulter

Estimated Ice Time

Name​	Pos	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Malone	LW	15	4	0	19
Sittler	C	12	4	0	16
Howe	RW	15	5	4	24
Thompson	LW	13	3	0	16
Richard	C	16	2	1	19
Fleury	RW	13	3	2	18
Marchand	LW	11	0	3	14
Colville	C	11	1	3	15
Mogilny	RW	11	3	0	14
Crawford	LW	7	0	4	11
Poulin	C	7	0	4	11
Robert	RW	7	3	0	10
Total		138	28	21	187

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Name​		ES	PP	PK	TOT
Stevens	LD	19	0	4	23
Murphy	RD	18	3	0	21
Pratt	LD	15	4	0	19
Coulter	RD	16	0	3	19
Harmon	LD	12	0	0	12
Pietrangelo	RD	12	0	0	12
Total		92	7	7	106

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How do the Ottawa Senators function:

Glen Sather, with the assistance of Frank Boucher, will do what they did in their NHL careers. Coach an aggressive, attacking style and empower the players to contribute to team strategy.

Sather's teams went all-out to score in the regular season and locked it down defensively in the playoffs. This team has the skill to play an attacking game and the defensive ability to lock it down when necessary.

Line 1: The Six Goal-A-Game Line. Joe Malone, Darryl Sittler, and Gordie Howe.

Frank Selke compared Joe Malone to Gordie Howe, as both were effortless skaters who could get themselves into great scoring positions and had hard and accurate shots. Howe was also an all-time great playmaker, great along the boards, a backchecker -- the total package. Darryl Sittler, the centre, is the third most skilled member of the unit but maybe the hardest worker. Joe Malone excelled at left wing alongside an old-time version of Sittler, Newsy Lalonde, so this combination should work well.

Line 2: The Kid Brother Line. Paul Thompson, Henri Richard, and Theo Fleury.

Henri Richard leads this line with his incredible skating, checking, and puck control. He was accustomed to playing against top centres and coming out ahead from beginning to end of his great career, and will shoulder this responsibility again in the ATD. Theo Fleury and Paul Thompson will give Richard wingers who can finish his passes, generate offence themselves, and check back against opposing top wingers. Fleury and Richard are a particularly interesting combination as a pair of undersized forwards who played bigger than they were with a real edge.

Line 3: Fire and Ice. Brad Marchand, Neil Colville, and Alexander Mogilny

Marchard and Patrice Bergeron have led maybe the best line in hockey for the last few years. Marchand will fit perfectly with Neil Colville, a skilled two-way righthanded centre like Bergeron, as they can play defensively or on the attack against anyone. Alexander Mogilny rounds out the line with his immense two-way talent. The question with Mogilny as always is will he bring the effort? Well, Mogilny's best season came under coach John Muckler, a protege of Glen Sather. The attacking style, talented and driven linemates, and more relaxed coaching style should be a great environment for him.

Line 4: The Fighting Irish. Rusty Crawford, Dave Poulin, and Rene Robert (or Jack Darragh)

Rusty Crawford brings the high-end speed, tireless forechecking and backchecking, and grit. Dave Poulin is a strong defensive centre with first-line skill and also a great skater and hard worker, and Rene Robert adds some attacking skill and more hard work to the line.

Pairing 1: Scott Stevens and Larry Murphy

Stevens toughness and defence and Murphy's elite puck control skills will form a strong first pairing. Both Stevens and Murphy have had success with similar pairing -- in fact they played together in Washington for a couple of years (albeit before either had really hit their peak) and each was a postseason all-star. Murphy is used to playing alongside elite defensive left defencemen. Rod Langway won a Norris with Murphy as his partner, and Nicklas Lidstrom partnered with Murphy as the shutdown pairing on back-to-back Cup winners. Murphy also paired with defensive LD Ulf Samuelsson on the top pairing for two Cup winners. Scott Stevens had some of his best seasons paired with skilled right defenders like Brian Rafalski and Scott Niedermayer, so Murphy is a perfect fit.

Pairing 2: Babe Pratt and Art Coulter

While Pratt and Coulter were teammates on a very strong New York Rangers team, they were not partners. But there's no reason they can't be. Coulter is more defensive and Pratt more offensive -- but Coulter was also a strong puck-carrier and stickhandler, and the massive Pratt was a strong defender and shot-blocker when needed. Hap Day "took the reins off" Pratt, leading to Pratt winning the Hart Trophy. Sather will do the same.

Pairing 3: Glen Harmon and Alex Pietrangelo

Defensive play and mobility are the name of the game for this bottom pairing. Harmon was known as an "Al Murray type", meaning a defensive defenceman, who was very good at carrying the puck out of danger and moving it up the ice. Pietrangelo is a big, mobile two-way defender who is among the best defensively and also among the leaders in even-strength points.

Power Play

Darryl Sittler - Joe Malone - Alexander Mogilny
Babe Pratt - Gordie Howe

Paul Thompson - Henri Richard - Theo Fleury
Larry Murphy - Rene Robert
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Gordie Howe is the key to the first unit. He was the best scorer on a loaded Detroit power play in the 50s. In the 60s, he moved back to the point and led a Detroit power play made up of himself, Delvecchio, Ullman, and a revolving door of various ham-and-eggers. He was still the top power play scorer of the 60s who didn't play for Montreal, and the Detroit power play was the key to several playoff series victories in the 1960s, especially against Chicago.

Joe Malone was a first class goal scoring centre and should fill it up with a big power play role. Darryl Sittler adds skill and hard work in the corners, Mogilny the high-end skill, playmaking, and shot, and Babe Pratt was an elite offensive defender in his time.

Penalty Kill

“When we were a man short,” Boucher recalled, “we’d send out three forwards and one defenseman and we’d forecheck in their own end. This worked so well, we scored more goals over the season than we scored against us during the penalty-killing.”

Boucher's aggressive penalty killing system should be a great fit with coach Glen Sather, who coached the four top single season regular season SHG totals (one without Wayne Gretzky) and the top playoff SHG total.​

Rusty Crawford - Dave Poulin - Gordie Howe
Scott Stevens

Brad Marchand - Neil Colville - Theo Fleury
Art Coulter
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• Poulin and Fleury are both top-10 all time in shorthanded goals scored.
• Howe, Marchand, and Colville were the leading shorthanded scorers of their era.
• Crawford was among the fastest skaters of his era and a renowned backchecker, hard worker, and tireless skater.
• Stevens is on the shortlist of the greatest PK defencemen of all time, always playing big shorthanded minutes against top units for a very successful defensive team.
• Coulter was the main defenceman on Boucher's 3-1 penalty killing system and was among the top defender of his time.
• If circumstances require one of the forwards to drop into a defensive position, Colville was an all-star at defence and Howe and Crawford both played some defence.
• If Sather decides they need to go with two defencemen:

Poulin-Howe
Stevens-Coulter

Marchand-Colville
Harmon-Pietrangelo
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Goaltending:
Vladislav Tretiak was a legend in his time, with a long and successful career, an innovative goaltending style and many great performances in big games. Because Tretiak never played an NHL regular season style schedule, Curtis Joseph will play a substantial share of the regular season games, keeping Tretiak fresh to take the net full-time in the playoffs.

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

Coach: Lester Patrick

Aurèle Joliat - Howie Morenz (A) - Helmuts Balderis
Doug Bentley - Max Bentley - Dave Taylor (A)
Zach Parise - Duke Keats - Jimmy Ward
Marty Pavelich - Steve Kasper - Don Marcotte
Dave Trottier, Billy Burch

Jack Stewart - King Clancy (C)
Art Ross - Tom Johnson
Ted Harris - Jiří Bubla
Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Jiří Holeček
Percy LeSueur

Powerplay:

Keats
Morenz - Joliat
Clancy - M. Bentley

Taylor
Balderis - D. Bentley
Bubla - Ross

Penalty Kill

Marcotte - Pavelich
Stewart - Johnson

Kasper - Ward
Harris - Clancy​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Foster Hewitt division
29GoalHoglund - Brampton Beavers
ResilientBeast - Edmonton Oilers
rmartin65 - New York Americans

 

[ResilientBeast]

Coach: Toe Blake

Patrik Elias (A) --- Cyclone Taylor --- Charlie Conacher
Sweeney Schriner --- Norm Ullman --- Cecil Dillon
Ed Sandford --- Cooney Weiland --- Corey Perry
Tony Leswick--- Derek Sanderson --- Ron Stewart

Ivan Johnson --- Doug Harvey (A)
Ebbie Goodfellow (C) --- Cy Wentworth
Bobby Rowe --- Art Duncan (A)

Hugh Lehman
Hap Holmes

Extra: Jack Adams (LW), Art Chapman (C), Bruce MacGregor (RW/C), Viktor Kuzkin (D)

PP1: Schriner - Ullman - Conacher - Taylor - Harvey
PP2: Elias - Weiland - Perry - Goodfellow - Duncan
PK1: Sanderson- Dillon - Johnson - Harvey
PK2: Leswick - Stewart - Goodfellow - Wentworth
PK3: Weiland - Elias​

Estimated Minutes Per Game, Forwards

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Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
Cyclone Taylor	15	5	0	20
Charlie Conacher	15	5	0	20
Patrik Elias	15	2	0	17
Norm Ullman	14	5	0	19
Cecil Dillon	14	0	4	18
Sweeny Schriner	14	5	0	19
Cooney Weiland	10	2	0	12
Corey Perry	10	2	0	12
Ed Sandford	7	0	0	7
Derek Sanderson	7	0	4	11
Ron Stewart	7	0	3	10
Tony Leswick	10	0	3	13
Totals	138	26	14

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*Notes* Taylor is playing the point on my first power play unit. Leswick is playing on our dedicated checking line but will see heavy time as a shadow against top right wings.

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Estimated Minutes Per Game, Defensemen

Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
Doug Harvey	18	5	4	27
Ivan Johnson	18	0	4	22
Ebbie Goodfellow	16	2	3	21
Cy Wentworth	16	0	3	19
Art Duncan	12	2	0	14
Bobby Rowe	12	0	0	12
Totals	92	9	14

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[rmartin65]

New York Americans

Coaches: Anatoli Tarasov, Billy Reay
Captain: Boris Mikhailov
Alternate Captains: Sid Abel, Anze Kopitar, Brad Park

Paul Kariya-Stan Mikita-Boris Mikhailov
Sid Abel-Steven Stamkos-Rod Gilbert
Gordon Roberts-Anze Kopitar-Ace Bailey
Dave Balon-Don Luce-Blair Russel

Spare Forwards: Lynn Patrick, LW, Terry O'Reilly, RW

Borje Salming-Brad Park
Babe Siebert-Bob Goldham
Vasili Davydov-Joe Hall

Spare Defense: Lars-Erik Sjoberg

Bernie Parent
Sergei Bobrovsky

PP1
Stamkos-Mikita-Mikhailov
Kariya-Park

PP2
Roberts-Abel-Gilbert
Salming-Hall

PK1
Luce-Bailey
Salming-Goldham

PK2
Kopitar-Dave Balon
Siebert-Park​

 

[GlitchMarner]

Lemieux - Bure
Thornton

Leetch

Plante

 

[ResilientBeast]

Louis Magnus division
Voight - Amarillo Bulls
Claude the Fraude - Winnipeg Jets
Stoneberg & markrander87 - (tba)

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Winnipeg Jets



GM
Claude The Fraud

Captain
Bob Gainey
Assistant
Larry Robinson
Serge Savard

Head Coach
Joel Quenneville

Roster
#14 Brendan Shanahan - #21 Peter Forsberg - #22 Mike Bossy
#10 John LeClair - #26 Peter Stastny - #9 Glenn Anderson
#23 Bob Gainey - #17 Walt Tkaczuk - #92 Rick Tocchet
#11 Brian Sutter - #12 Brent Sutter - #15 Pat Verbeek
Extra
#91 Dennis Hull - #16 Trevor Linden

#19 Larry Robinson - #18 Serge Savard
#2 Derian Hatcher - #65 Erik Karlsson
#32 Paul Reinhart - #4 Kevin Hatcher
Extra
#27 Mathieu Schneider - #24 Robert Svehla

#1 Tiny Thompson
#31 George Hainsworth

PP1
#14 Brendan Shanahan - #21 Peter Forsberg - #22 Mike Bossy
#65 Erik Karlsson - #32 Paul Reinhart

PP2
#10 John LeClair - #26 Peter Stastny - #9 Glenn Anderson
#4 Kevin Hatcher - #19 Larry Robinson

PK1
#23 Bob Gainey - #17 Walt Tkaczuk
#19 Larry Robinson - #18 Serge Savard

PK2
#11 Brian Sutter - #12 Brent Sutter
#2 Derian Hatcher - #4 Kevin Hatcher​

 

[Stoneberg]

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GM's: Stoneberg, markrander
Coach: Dick Irvin Sr.

Frank Mahovlich - Bobby Clarke (C) - Alf Smith (A)
Busher Jackson - Frank Boucher - Vic Stasiuk
Harry P. Watson - Nicklas Backstrom - Babe Dye
Joe Klukay

Moose Johnson - Sprague Cleghorn (A)
Alexander Ragulin - Harry Cameron
Jim Neilson - Lennart Svedberg

Roy Worters

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[Voight]

Amarillo Bulls
Double Cross Ranch, Amarillo, Texas

Head Coach: Peter Laviolette

Captain: Raymond Bourque
Assistant Captain: Mike Peca
Assistant Captain: Adam Oates

Roster:

#17 Valery Kharlamov - #18 Marcel Dionne - #11 Bryan Hextall Sr.
#71 Ilya Kovalchuk - #12 Adam Oates (A) - #32 Mike Gartner
#22 Steve Shutt - #16 Pat Lafontaine - #25 Ed Litzenberger
#14 Brian Rolston - #27 Mike Peca (A) - #8 Joe Pavelski

Extra: #21 Dino Ciccarelli, #10 Eric Staal

#2 Mark Howe - #77 Raymond Bourque (C)
#20 Ryan Suter - #4 Brad McCrimmon
#28 Brian Rafalski - #19 Jay Bouwmeester

Extra: #82 Steve Duchense, #44 Kimmo Timonen

#31 Billy Smith
#1 Mike Liut​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Sam Pollock division
Namba 17 - Portage Lakes Hockey Club
Johny Engine - Guards Athletic Association
VanIslander - Worcester Railers

 

[Namba 17]

Portage Lakes Hockey Club

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Coach: Pat Burns ​

Smokey Harris - Mark Messier (C) - Bill Mosienko
Syd Howe - Marty Barry - Larry Aurie
Michel Goulet - Denis Savard - Odie Cleghorn
Dany Heatley - Joe Primeau - Tim Kerr
Red Berenson - Frank McGee - Viktor Shalimov

Nicklas Lidstrom (A) - Guy Lapointe
Lester Patrick (A) - Ott Heller
Willie Mitchell - Dave Burrows
Jerry King Kong Korab

Clint Benedict
Harry Lumley

PP 1
Tim Kerr
Dany Heatley - Denis Savard
Nicklas Lidstrom - Guy Lapointe​

PP 2
Michel Goulet - Marty Barry - Bill Mosienko/Joe Primeau
Lester Patrick - Ott Heller​

PK 1
Mark Messier - Larry Aurie
Willie Mitchell - Dave Burrows​

PK 2:
Syd Howe - Joe Primeau
Nicklas Lidstrom - Guy Lapointe
​

Estimated min per game, forwards

Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
Mark Messier	13	0	4	17
Smokey Harris	13	0	0	13
Bill Mosienko*	11	3/0**	0	14/11**
Syd Howe	13	0	3	16
Marty Barry	13	3	0	16
Larry Aurie	13	0	4	17
Michel Goulet	13	3	0	16
Denis Savard	13	4	0	17
Odie Cleghorn	13	0	0	13
Dany Heatley*	9	4	0	13
Joe Primeau	7	0/3**	3	10/13**
Tim Kerr	7	4	0	11
Totals	138	21	14

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* Heatley can take some Mosienko's minutes, especially in D-zone starts.
** If second PP needs a passer, Primeau can play there instead of Mosienko.

Estimated min per game, defencemen

Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
Nicklas Lidstrom	17	4	3	24
Guy Lapointe	17	4	3	24
Lester Patrick	16	3	0	19
Ott Heller	16	3	0	19
Dave Burrows	13	0	4	17
Willie Mitchell	13	0	4	17
Totals	92	14	14

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[VanIslander]

Worcester Railers

coach Viktor Tikhonov
incessant skating, puckhandling, playmaking & shots
associate coach Roger Neilson​

Reg Noble - Elmer Lach (A) - Guy Lafleur
Herbie Lewis - Doug Gilmour (C) - Marian Hossa
John Tonelli - Marty Walsh - Ziggy Palffy
Camille Henry - Ryan Kesler - Ernie Russell
Milan Novy, Vsevolod Bobrov​

Zdeno Chara (A) - Earl Seibert
Herb Gardiner - Doug Wilson
Bert Corbeau - Brent Burns
Pat "Boxcar" Egan

Terry Sawchuk
Rogie Vachon
​

PP1: Henry - Lach - Lafleur - Chara - Wilson
PP2: Lewis - Gilmour - Hossa - Seibert - Burns
PK1: Gilmour - Kesler - Gardiner - Seibert - Sawchuk
PK2: Lach - Lewis - Chara - Wilson - Sawchuk

COACHING STRATEGY: The Railers have a hard-working bunch, with a defensive-minded center, creative right winger and puck-wielding defenseman on every shift, utilizing the strategy of rolling four lines (though of course the top lines jump the bench more often), as per the Tikhonov way, with each left winger renowned for their ability to get into opportunistic scoring positions by the crease. The squad is to maintain a relentless pace and focus on puck possession and puck recovery, with a lot of shots on net by blueliners and freedom to experiment by wingers. Tikhonov didn't stifle the on-ice creativity of his stars, like Balderis, Makarov, Krutov and Fetisov - quite the opposite - he has the reputation for getting the most out of his players and letting creativity reign as long as pivots backchecked and passing lanes were maintained (I'm confident he'll use associate coach Captain Video and his savvy scouting and NHL rules usage to the team's advantage more often than not, giving insight to Lafleur, Hossa, Palffy and Russell on the tactics of opposing goalies and tendencies of defensemen that they can capitalize on in their creative surges) . This is not dump-and-chase hockey, though a lot of shots on net will result in a lot of rebounds and deflections to corners for forechecking; as well, corner work will help dmen counter dumps by the opposition in the Worcester end of the ice (Lach, Gilmour and Tonelli are highly praised cornermen).

NOTE. Multipositional info: Lewis was once an NHL all-star RW, Kesler once a Selke finalist RW and Burns drafted as a RWer and for a couple of years a decent NHL RWer, so the options to cover for injuries to Palffy are numerous.

NOTE. Fighting is a part of the game in some eras of hockey history and the team can accommodate where need be with Egan, Corbeau, Russell, Tonelli and Noble able and willing to drop the gloves. The PK units could ice a 3rd unit of Selke finalist Tonelli with either Hossa or Walsh. That said, this team doesn't go looking for roughhousing. This blueline has giants that will contain physical dirty play by Messier types, as Seibert, Chara and Burns ain't gonna be pushed around!

 

[Johnny Engine]

GUARDS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Assistant GM: Tater the Pug
Head Coach: Punch Imlach
Captain: Sidney Crosby
Alternate: Valeri Vasiliev
Alternate: George Armstrong

Daniel Sedin - Sidney Crosby - Bill Cook
Tommy Phillips - Ron Francis - Didier Pitre
Jiri Holik - Vladimir Shadrin - George Armstrong
Ray Getliffe - Fleming MacKell - Phil Watson

Bill Gadsby - Valeri Vasiliev
Ken Reardon - Eric Desjardins
Flash Hollett - Terry Harper

Ed Belfour
Chuck Rayner

Todd Bertuzzi, Ken Randall, Vasili Pervukhin, SP

PP1:
Cook
Francis - Crosby - Hollett
Gadsby

PP2:
Phillips
Pitre - Sedin - Watson
Reardon

PK1:
Holik - MacKell
Vasiliev - Desjardins

PK2:
Shadrin - Armstrong
Gadsby - Harper​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Bob Cole division
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Darth Yoda - Pominville Estacades
TheDevilMadeMe - New Jersey Swamp Devils

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

New Jersey Swamp Devils

Coach: Pete Green
Assistant Coach: Ken Hitchcock

Dickie Moore - Joe Sakic (A) - Gordie Drillon
Johnny Gottselig - Alexander Maltsev - Jarome Iginla
Bob Pulford - Phil Goyette - Claude Provost
Boris Mayorov - Joe Nieuwendyk - Eddie Oatman

Slava Fetisov (C) - Drew Doughty
Hap Day - Sylvio Mantha (A)
Rod Seiling - Kris Letang

Georges Vezina
Dave Kerr

Spares: Gilles Tremblay (LW), Jeff Carter (C/RW), Doug Barkley (D)

PP 1: Dickie Moore - Alexander Maltsev - Gordie Drillon - Joe Sakic - Slava Fetisov
PP2: Johnny Gottselig - Joe Nieuwendyk - Jarome Iginla - Phil Goyette - Kris Letang

PK1: Bob Pulford - Claude Provost - Hap Day - Sylvio Mantha
PK2: Alexander Maltsev - Johnny Gottselig - Slava Fetisov - Drew Doughty
PK3: Joe Sakic - Boris Mayorov
Extra D: Rod Seiling
​

Estimated Ice Time Forwards
Note: *Sakic and Goyette play the point on the 1st and 2nd PP respectively.
Drillon sees limited ES ice time in defensive situations, in favor of Iginla and Provost.

Name	ES	PP	PK	Total
Dickie Moore	14	4	0	18
Joe Sakic	14	5*	1	20*
Gordie Drillon	11	4	0	15
Johnny Gottselig	13	3	2	18
Alexander Maltsev	13	4	2	19
Jarome Iginla	15	3	0	18
Bob Pulford	13	0	4	17
Phil Goyette	13	2*	0	15*
Claude Provost	14	0	4	18
Boris Mayorov	6	0	1	7
Joe Nieuwendyk	6	3	0	9
Eddie Oatman	6	0	0	6
Total	138	28*	14	180*

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Estimated Ice Time Defensemen

Name	ES	PP	PK	Total
Slava Fetisov	18	5	3	26
Drew Doughty	18	0	3	21
Hap Day	16	0	4	20
Sylvio Mantha	16	0	4	20
Rod Seiling	12	0	0	12
Kris Letang	12	2	0	14
Total	92	7*	14	113*

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[Pominville Knows]

Coach: Bob Johnson

Forwards:

Bobby Hull - Henrik Zetterberg (A) - Ken Hodge
Wayne Cashman (C) - Vladimir Petrov - Sergei Makarov
Craig Ramsay - Henrik Sedin - Cam Neely (A)
Réjean Houle - David Backes - Ron Ellis
(J.P Parise - Joel Otto)

Defensemen:

Duncan Keith - Alexei Kasatonov
Gary Suter - Red Horner
Mike Ramsey - Dustin Byfuglien
(Eduard Ivanov - Rob Ramage)

Goalies:

Glenn Hall
Gerry Cheevers

PowerPlay:

Neely
Zetterberg - Makarov
Suter - Hull

Hodge
Petrov - Sedin
Kasatonov - Keith

Byfuglien
Cashman
Horner

Killers:

Ramsay - Makarov
Ramsey - Kasatonov

Petrov - Zetterberg
Keith - Horner

Hull
Backes
Suter
​

Approximate Ice Time Forwards:
*=Hull plays the point on the PP

#	Name	ES	PP	PK	Total
24	Sergei Makarov	12	5	4	21
40​	Henrik Zetterberg	13	5	3	21
9	Bobby Hull	13	5*	0	18
16	Vladimir Petrov	12	2	3	17
8	Cam Neely	12	5	0	17
10	Craig Ramsay	12	0	4	16
8	Ken Hodge	13	2	0	15
33	Henrik Sedin	12	2	0	14
12	Wayne Cashman	12	0	0	12
15	Réjean Houle	9	0	0	9
42	David Backes	9	0	0	9
6	Ron Ellis	9	0	0	9
	Total	138	26*	14	178*

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Approximate Ice Time Defensemen:

#	Name	ES	PP	PK	Total
2	Duncan Keith	20	2	3	25
7	Alexei Kasatonov	20	2	4	26
20	Gary Suter	16	5	0	21
2	Red Horner	16	0	3	19
5	Mike Ramsey	10	0	4	14
33	Dustin Byfuglien	10	0	0	10
	Total	92	9*	14	115*

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Goalies:

#	Name	Role:
1	Glenn Hall	Workhorse
30	Gerry Cheevers	Some back-to-backs

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[Leaf Lander]

Coach Mike Babcock

Alex Delvechio-Segie Fedorov -Temu Selanne
Brian Propp- Dave Keon -Steve Larmer
Charlie Simmer-Bernie Federko-Peter Bondra
Kirk Muller - Dale Hunter-Bob Nystrom
Taylor Hall-Tod Sloan

Bobby Orr - Tim Horton
Carl Brewer - Allan Stanley
Gus Mortson -Bobby Baun
Wally Stanowski-Niklas Kronwall

Johnny Bower
Mike Richter

Captain:
Keon
Assistans:
Orr, Brewer , Federko , Hunter

#10-Alex Delvechio
#91 -Segie Fedorov
#8 -Temu Selanne
#26- Brian Propp
#14- Dave Keon
#28 -Steve Larmer
#11-Charlie Simmer
#24-Bernie Federko
#12-Peter Bondra
#9 -Kirk Muller
#32- Dale Hunter
#23-Bob Nystrom
#9-Taylor Hall
#11-Tod Sloan

#4-Bobby Orr
#7 - Tim Horton
#2-Carl Brewer
#26- Allan Stanley
#2-Gus Mortson
#21 -Bobby Baun
#3-Wally Stanowski
#55-Niklas Kronwall

#1-Johnny Bower
#35-Mike Richter

Power Play

PP Unit 1
Delvechio -Fedorov-Selanne
Orr - Horton

PP Unit 2
Simmer -Federko- Bondra
Brewer - Mortson

Penalty Kill

PK Unit 1
Keon-Larmer
Orr - Horton

PK Unit 2
Propp - Fedorov
Brewer-Baun​

 

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Rene Lecavalier division
Importer Exporter - Pittsburgh Bankers
Habsfan18 - Vancouver Millionaires
Toronto Trades - Port Stanley Sailors

 

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Home Arena:
Duquesne Gardens

Pittsburgh Bankers Team:


Head Coach: Tommy Gorman

Captain: Wayne Gretzky
Alternate Captain: Dit Clapper
Alternate Captain: Ted Kennedy


Forwards:

Frank Foyston - Wayne Gretzky (C) - Vladimir Martinec

Nels Stewart - Ryan Getzlaf - Punch Broadbent

Sid Smith - Ted Kennedy (A) - Ed Westfall

Bob Bourne - Claude Giroux - Wilf Paiement



Extras:

Phil Kessel
Nikita Kucherov
Rick Macleish



Summary:
-The Bankers went C heavy in this draft because anyone can look back through hockey history and see the influence strong C play/skill has on title teams. You'd be hard pressed to find a better group top to bottom here:

Obviously the focal point of the top line and the team overall is Gretzky. His resume and dominance is well documented so no need to elaborate much there. I actually really like Foyston and Martinec on his wings. Both are reponsible defensively which plays well next to a more offensively slanted forward like Gretzky. But more than that they offer unique skill sets that should play well off 99. Foyston is a physical, aggressive F (can really play anywhere on a line which is an added bonus) that will act as the line's grit. Thanks to some great bio's by Sturm/Rob and others we know Foyston was a good/clean checker and able to hold his own in any fracas. He was a great goal scorer (led PCHA twice and was runner up another time) and elite stickhandler. And most importantly he was an amazing postseason performer. He came in 40th all time on the HoH postseason performers list and is really only bested by Frank Nighbor from that era. Playing on the right side is Martinec. An absolute wizard with the puck he dominated the Czech scene winning 4 golden hockey stick awards and showing extremely well vs the Soviets and other nations at the World Championships/Olympics.

More showing Martinec was both a playmaker and a goalscorer
Here's how Vladimir Martinec's 1.12 assists per goal ratio (58A:52G) at the WC's compares to some of the other stars of his generation…
Alexander Maltsev: 1.16 (89A:77G)
Valeri Kharlamov: 1.15 (85A:74G)
Vladimir Martinec: 1.12 (58A:52G)
Vladimir Petrov: 1.08 (80A:74G)
Boris Mikhailov: 0.72 (71A:98G)






Defensemen:

Jacques Laperriere (19+0+5=24 min/night) - Dit Clapper (A) (19+4+2=25 min/night)
Pat Stapleton (17+2+2=21 min/night) - Bill White (17+0+5=22 min/night) -
Frank Patrick (13+2+0=15 min/night) - Si Griffis (13+0+0 =13 min/night)

Extras:

Craig Hartsburg


Summary:
-The Bankers focus on D given the direction we took early in the draft (Gretzky and then trading up for Pat Roy) was finding players who logged big, productive, even strength minutes in real life, cohesiveness, strong positional ability, while ensuring the pairings have the ability to transition the puck to the forwards at a high level. Between being a bit fortunate (getting Clapper, Laperriere and Stapleton where we did) and making a post draft trade (Bill White) and aggressive during the draft process we believe we were able to accomplish that.

Laperriere and Clapper form a solid top pairing. Clapper certainly is on the lower end of #1's here but he offers a unique skill set in that he was an elite player at both F and D during his career (one of the few players in history to have that distinction). He's a definitive 2 way player who was a very strong skater despite being a big man in his day. He'll be the primary puck carrier on the top unit and Laperriere provides rock solid defensive play beside him. I think the pair is extremely well suited together from a stylistic point of view. Laperriere is certainly not inept at moving the puck but alongside Clapper he can focus mainly on the defensive aspects of the game (as he did in real life). He was a noted shot blocker and very strong positional player and as you can see in the chart below was the most heavily used Canadian defender all time at ES, from 1960 onward, which is saying something considering the talented Dmen that played for Montreal over the years.

The Bankers are extremely thrilled with our 2nd pairing. Bill White and Pat Stapleton were partners in real life and formed one of the best defensive pairings in the NHL during their time together. As you can see below both were used heavily at even strength (tied with Bobby Orr and Pierre Pilote for most all time of qualified defensemen post 1960) and had a MAJOR impact when they were on the ice, not only in terms of team scoring but preventing the other team from scoring as well. Based on the ATD standard of 46 minutes of even strength hockey, White and Stapleton would have played around 22 minutes at even strength every night. That's not including special teams which would drive that number much higher considering their usage. It was important to me to put together a strong historical 2nd pairing because I do have a weaker #1 Dman in a 24 team draft. I think Stapleton and White's performance as a duo in real life speaks for itself. Especially the 72 Summit series.

The Bankers 3rd pairing is strong as well, particularly because Frank Patrick is on it, but also because he's paired with a real life teammate Si Griffis. Like the 2nd pairing these 2 players would be extremely familiar with one another and that can only add to the cohesion of the entire defense.

Even Strength Usage- Defencemen REGULAR SEASON

Player	GP	$ESP/82	$ESGF/82	$ESGA/82	R-ON	R-OFF	EV%
Bobby Orr	657	64	130	66	1.99	1.03	49%
Pat Stapleton	635	31	104	87	1.18	1.14	49%
Bill White	604	24	93	75	1.24	1.06	49%
Pierre Pilote	660	36	108	81	1.34	1.11	49%
Tim Horton	1010	24	97	83	1.16	1.17	48%
Jacques Laperriere	691	21	104	77	1.35	1.29	47%
Marcel Pronovost	636	21	93	91	1.02	0.98	46%
Gilles Marotte	808	23	85	99	0.86	0.87	46%
Leo Boivin	728	23	87	115	0.76	0.73	46%
Erik Karlsson	556	44	85	84	1.01	0.95	46%
Harry Howell	932	21	88	101	0.87	0.77	46%
Ian Turnbull	628	33	86	82	1.05	1.02	45%
J.C. Tremblay	796	25	101	78	1.30	1.30	45%
Moose Vasko	600	19	89	83	1.07	1.09	45%
Brian Leetch	1205	33	84	80	1.06	0.97	45%
Bob Baun	826	19	88	77	1.15	1.16	44%
Carl Brewer	533	27	100	70	1.42	1.07	44%
Allan Stanley	627	26	92	79	1.17	1.21	44%
Ted Harris	788	19	84	71	1.18	1.17	43%
Jim Schoenfeld	719	20	88	68	1.29	1.19	43%
Paul Coffey	1409	41	95	77	1.23	1.20	43%
Borje Salming	1148	28	86	75	1.14	0.82	43%
Larry Robinson	1384	32	97	61	1.60	1.34	43%
Reed Larson	904	29	73	81	0.90	0.82	43%
Denis Potvin	1060	36	87	58	1.49	1.23	43%
Duncan Keith	913	33	88	73	1.20	1.08	43%
Serge Savard	1040	23	94	65	1.44	1.52	43%
Terry Harper	1066	17	85	68	1.24	1.04	43%
P.K. Subban	500	31	77	69	1.11	0.99	42%
Drew Doughty	688	25	72	63	1.15	1.02	42%
Scott Stevens	1635	28	83	63	1.31	1.19	42%
Guy Lapointe	884	28	91	64	1.41	1.66	42%
Brad Park	1115	33	89	64	1.40	1.20	42%
Alex Pietrangelo	539	33	77	68	1.13	1.14	42%
Ray Bourque	1612	35	86	63	1.37	0.95	42%
Victor Hedman	549	35	81	74	1.08	0.99	42%
Derian Hatcher	1045	21	73	70	1.04	1.10	41%
Barry Beck	615	23	75	73	1.02	0.84	41%
Nicklas Lidstrom	1564	30	88	62	1.41	1.17	41%

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Goalies:

Patrick Roy
Jonathan Quick


Summary:
-Roy is regarded by many (I'm one of them) as the greatest goalie of all time. He's a 3 time Vezina winner (with another 4 finalist nods) and 6 time postseason AS (with two 3rd place finishes). But most notably his playoff resume is unparalleled. He's a 4 time Cup winner and the only 3 time Conn Smythe winner in hockey history. I truly believe he gives the Bankers a huge advantage in net over most other teams we could potentially face based on his resume, especially in best of 7 series/big games. It's important to note that Roy had major success across 2 extremely different era's. One, the high scoring 80's and early 90's and then during the dead puck era of the mid 90's through the early 2000's. Below you can see in multiple studies how dominant his performances in the postseason were:

Goalie is the only position in hockey that is on the ice for 60 minutes. The impact a goalie has on the flow of the game is huge. It's not just about stopping shots. The goalie is a general for his skaters. He calls out incoming forecheckers to his defensemen. He has to often make a split second decision whether to play a puck away from the net, and if need be, handle and pass the puck in a timely/smart manner. A goalie is on an island and more than any other position can steal/lose a game for his squad. Having Patrick Roy gives the Bankers a big leg up on many other opponents IMO based on his skills and performances on the biggest stages. You know far more often than not Roy is going to be a brick wall against anyone who challenges him.



http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/goalies-adjusted-playoff-save-percentage.1185967/

Career Save Percentage - minimum 1,000 adjusted shots POSTSEASONS

* This table is now updated for 2017

Goalie	Shots	Saves	Sv%
Tim Thomas	1,526	1,409	92.4%
Olaf Kolzig	1,446	1,330	92.0%
Patrick Roy*	7,218	6,638	92.0%
John Vanbiesbrouck	2,030	1,865	91.9%
Tuukka Rask	1,639	1,505	91.8%
Ken Wregget	1,767	1,622	91.8%
Dominik Hasek	3,422	3,140	91.7%
Braden Holtby	1,774	1,627	91.7%
Ed Belfour*	4,641	4,256	91.7%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	1,546	1,416	91.6%
Craig Anderson	1,482	1,356	91.5%
Kirk McLean	2,099	1,918	91.4%
Patrick Lalime	1,105	1,010	91.4%
Cam Ward	1,137	1,038	91.3%
Dwayne Roloson	1,478	1,348	91.2%
Felix Potvin	2,186	1,992	91.1%
Curtis Joseph	4,044	3,685	91.1%
Martin Brodeur	5,439	4,953	91.1%
Grant Fuhr*	3,966	3,610	91.0%
Jonathan Quick	2,322	2,113	91.0%
Henrik Lundqvist	3,739	3,402	91.0%

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Patrick Roy is tied for the second highest career save percentage out of any goalie who faced at least 1,000 shots (Roy faced more shots than the other top five goalies combined). He's also faced 33% more shots than the next closest goalie (Brodeur). No goalie during the past thirty years has surpassed (or even approached) Roy's combination of an extremely high level of performance, and longevity.

Top Thirty Playoffs – minimum 1,000 minutes

* updated for 2017

Goalie	Cup?	Smythe?	Year	Team	Minutes	Shots	Saves	Sv%
Martin Brodeur	Yes		1995	NJD	1,222	475	448	94.4%
Patrick Roy*	Yes	Yes	1993	MTL	1,293	611	577	94.3%
Pelle Lindbergh			1985	PHI	1,008	468	441	94.3%
Ed Belfour*			1995	CHI	1,014	491	462	93.9%
Patrick Roy*	Yes	Yes	1986	MTL	1,218	489	458	93.7%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere		Yes	2003	MDA	1,407	760	711	93.6%
Patrick Roy*			1989	MTL	1,206	521	488	93.6%
Reggie Lemelin			1988	BOS	1,027	442	414	93.5%
Olaf Kolzig			1998	WSH	1,351	770	720	93.5%
John Vanbiesbrouck			1996	FLA	1,332	720	672	93.4%
Tim Thomas	Yes	Yes	2011	BOS	1,542	789	736	93.3%
Jonathan Quick	Yes	Yes	2012	LAK	1,238	546	509	93.2%
Dominik Hasek			1999	BUF	1,217	616	574	93.2%
Tom Barrasso	Yes		1991	PIT	1,175	600	559	93.2%
Bill Ranford	Yes	Yes	1990	EDM	1,401	676	629	93.2%
Patrick Roy*	Yes	Yes	2001	COL	1,451	693	645	93.0%
Mike Smith			2012	PHX	1,027	611	568	93.0%
Dwayne Roloson			2006	EDM	1,160	625	581	92.9%
Sean Burke			1988	NJD	1,001	530	492	92.9%
Kirk McLean			1994	VAN	1,544	813	755	92.8%
Martin Brodeur			1994	NJD	1,171	526	488	92.7%
Andy Moog			1990	BOS	1,195	489	453	92.7%
Arturs Irbe			2002	CAR	1,078	511	474	92.7%
Marc-Andre Fleury			2008	PIT	1,251	603	559	92.6%
Tuukka Rask			2013	BOS	1,466	724	669	92.4%
Alain Chevrier			1989	CHI	1,013	478	441	92.3%
Ed Belfour*	Yes		1999	DAL	1,544	648	597	92.3%
Martin Brodeur	Yes		2003	NJD	1,491	678	626	92.2%
Chris Osgood	Yes		2008	DET	1,160	425	392	92.2%
Henrik Lundqvist			2014	NYR	1,516	731	674	92.2%

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I realize that 93.0% is an arbitrary threshold, but it's a pretty good summary of the best playoff performances of the past thirty years.

As I said in the previous post, there is little doubt that Roy is the greatest playoff goalie of the past three decades. He has three of the top seven performances, and five of the top thirty-three. He performed at an exceptionally high level on five different occasions where his team made the Stanley Cup finals, and he was a major reason why they were victorious four times.

Support Neutral Wins & Losses POSTSEASON

* update for 2017

Goalie	Decision	Wins	Losses	Win%
Patrick Roy*	245	143	102	58.2%
Martin Brodeur	204	109	95	53.5%
Ed Belfour*	156	89	67	57.0%
Grant Fuhr*	137	72	65	52.3%
Curtis Joseph	129	69	60	53.6%
Henrik Lundqvist	126	68	58	53.7%
Mike Vernon	133	65	68	49.1%
Dominik Hasek	114	65	49	57.2%
Chris Osgood	123	63	60	51.4%
Tom Barrasso	115	59	56	51.7%
Marc-Andre Fleury	113	53	60	47.1%
Andy Moog	100	47	53	47.3%
Ron Hextall	90	46	44	50.8%
Jonathan Quick	81	44	37	54.7%
Corey Crawford	85	43	42	50.8%
Kelly Hrudey	82	41	41	49.8%
Mike Richter	74	40	34	53.4%
Evgeni Nabokov	84	39	45	46.5%
Felix Potvin	72	38	34	53.0%
Kirk McLean	68	37	31	54.8%
Nikolai Khabibulin	70	36	34	51.2%
Roberto Luongo	69	36	33	51.7%
Pekka Rinne	70	35	35	50.2%
Braden Holtby	59	34	25	58.3%
Tim Thomas	50	31	19	62.4%
Tuukka Rask	53	31	22	58.6%
Ken Wregget	53	31	22	58.6%
Jon Casey	63	30	33	47.6%
Antti Niemi	65	29	36	45.2%
Ryan Miller	55	28	27	51.4%
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	50	28	22	56.5%
Miikka Kiprusoff	53	28	25	52.6%
Carey Price	56	28	28	49.7%

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This is a concept developed by Taco McArthur – link. Essentially, it shows how many games a goalie would be expected to win, had they played on an average team. I’m not sure if I like this or Wins Added more (the latter is a statistic I created), but TM’s statistic is far easier to calculate and gives fairly similar results, so let’s go with his! The chart above shows the results for all goalies with 30+ decisions.

Roy’s dominance continues. He has the most Support Neutral Wins by a massive margin. He also has the best win percentage out of any goalie with 60+ decisions. Once again, there is little doubt that Roy is greatest playoff goalie of the past three decades.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threa...-by-goaltending-gve-and-tve-analysis.2452059/



Penalty Kill:

Ted Kennedy - Ed Westfall
Jacques Lapierriere - Bill White

Bob Bourne/Wayne Gretzky - Vladimir Martinec
Pat Stapleton - Dit Clapper


Summary:
Kennedy was an elite defensive player and faceoff man. He was a very skilled PK'er for Hap Day and Ed Westfall is widely regarded a top 5 PK forward of all time. They will not only give opposing teams fits, they also posses the ability to be dangerous going the other way while producing short handed scoring chances.

Laperriere and White may be the best pure PK pairing in the ATD this year. You can see below their high usage (especially Lappy who is #1 all time) and impact on the kill over the course of their careers both in the regular and postseasons.

The 2nd unit features Vlad Martinec, who thanks to a few HoH members (namely Batis) has shown that he was an elite PK for his Czech team throughout his career, showing extremely well against the best Russian teams of the era. It's certainly plausible for him to be on a 1st unit kill but his biggest value is at ES and on the PP. Bob Bourne was a very solid PK'er for the Islander dyanasty and will play on the 2nd unit when the Bankers are protecting a lead. Gretzky's PK scoring totals speak for themselves and his intangibles/smarts will be used if the Bankers are behind and looking to generate scoring chances on the kill.

Stapleton and Clapper make for a nice 2nd PK pairing. Nothing flashy but they'll get the job done in a limited role.

Penalty Kill - Defencemen REGULAR SEASON

Player	GP	SH%	TmSH+	$SHP/82
Jacques Laperriere	691	76%	0.90	2
J.C. Tremblay	796	66%	0.94	1
Marcel Pronovost	636	66%	0.96	1
Bill White	604	65%	0.88	1
Bobby Orr	657	62%	0.78	6

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3. Defensemen - penalty kill usage - top 50 PLAYOFFS

Player	GP	PK%
Alex Pietrangelo	57	67.7%
Scott Stevens	233	65.4%
Reg Fleming	50	63.6%
Roman Josi	52	63.0%
Serge Savard	130	62.0%
Jim Schoenfeld	75	61.8%
Jacques Laperriere	88	61.8%
Adam Foote	170	61.1%
Francois Beauchemin	97	61.0%
Bob Plager	74	60.7%
Bill White	91	60.0%
Barry Beck	51	59.2%
Ian Turnbull	55	58.5%
Bobby Orr	74	58.3%

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A good mix of elite all-around blueliners, and defensive specialists.

Power Play:

Wayne Gretzky (floater)
Nels Stewart (net front)
Vlad Martinec (half wall)
Dit Clapper (trigger)
Ryan Getzlaf (QB)

Ted Kennedy (half wall)
Bun Cook (net front)
Frank Foyston (slot)
Pat Stapleton (QB)
Frank Patrick (trigger)


Gretzky will log huge minutes: Because he can and did in real life.

46 minutes of ES a game x .47 = 21.62. So say 21 minutes of ES a night + 5 more on the PP = 26 minutes a night is perfectly acceptable, considering that's what he did throughout much of his career as provided by overpass and HO. We'll probably keep him in the 24-25 minute range though most nights.

Even Strength - Forwards - REGULAR SEASON

Player	GP	$ESP/82	$ESGF/82	$ESGA/82	R-ON	R-OFF	EV%
Wayne Gretzky	1487	86	104	82	1.27	1.04	47%
Mario Lemieux	915	80	98	79	1.24	0.84	46%
Eric Lindros	760	70	91	61	1.49	0.95	42%
Sidney Crosby	782	75	89	63	1.41	0.96	41%
Bobby Hull	923	70	89	65	1.38	1.18	40%
Jaromir Jagr	1711	67	86	64	1.35	0.93	40%
Pavel Bure	702	62	75	71	1.05	0.96	39%
Alex Ovechkin	921	62	79	63	1.27	1.03	39%
Ilya Kovalchuk	816	56	70	75	0.93	0.84	39%
Joe Sakic	1378	61	76	66	1.15	1.00	38%

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12. Forwards - even strength usage - top 50 POSTSEASON

Player	GP	ES%
Wayne Gretzky	208	47.4%
Pavel Bure	64	42.5%
Joe Sakic	172	41.3%
Mario Lemieux	107	40.8%
Zach Parise	94	40.6%
Doug Gilmour	182	40.3%
Adam Oates	163	40.1%
Nicklas Backstrom	96	39.5%
Bernie Federko	91	39.1%
Bobby Hull	113	39.1%

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Another even-strength statistic that Gretzky dominates - yawn.

Highlights of the the Pittsburgh Bankers:

1. Clutch/Dominant big game players (namely postseason) abound.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/top-players-of-all-time-lists.1487867/
-Gretzky and Roy were voted 1-2 in the History of Hockey sub forum's project on greatest postseason performers of all time. Not only do the Bankers posses the greatest overall player of all time, we happen to be icing the greatest postseason skater (regardless of position) ever AND goalie. Pretty sure that's never been done before. On top of that, we have the #9 greatest postseason performer ever, from the link above, in Ted Kennedy. So 3 of the 9 greatest postseason players are on one roster. Frank Foyston came in 40th and other players such as Dit Clapper, Jacques Lapierriere, Frank Patrick, Vladimir Martinec, Ryan Getzlaf, and Phil Kessel have proven to be consistently above average to great players in the postseason. The Bankers will not be easily intimidated by anyone over a 7 game series.

The following is the final list of the top Stanley Cup playoff performers as determined by the History of Hockey community.

Top Stanley Cup Playoff Performers of All-Time

		Pos.	Born	Nationality	First Playoff	Last Playoff	St. Cups	OT P/W
1	Wayne Gretzky	C1	1961	Canada	1980	1997	4
2	Patrick Roy	G1	1965	Canada	1986	2003	4
3	Maurice Richard	W1	1921	Canada	1944	1960	8
4	Jean Beliveau	C2	1931	Canada	1954	1971	10
5	Gordie Howe	W2	1928	Canada	1947	1980	4
6	Doug Harvey	D1	1924	Canada	1949	1968	6
7	Mark Messier	C3	1961	Canada	1980	1997	6
8	Jacques Plante	G2	1929	Canada	1953	1973	6
9	Ted Kennedy	C4	1925	Canada	1944	1955	5
10	Denis Potvin	D2	1953	Canada	1975	1988	4
11	Mario Lemieux	C5	1965	Canada	1989	2001	2
12	Joe Sakic	C6	1969	Canada	1993	2008	2
13	Bobby Orr	D3	1948	Canada	1968	1975	2
14	Red Kelly	D4	1927	Canada	1948	1967	8
15	Guy Lafleur	W3	1951	Canada	1972	1989	5
16	Frank Nighbor	C7	1893	Canada	1915	1928	4
17	Turk Broda	G3	1914	Canada	1937	1952	5
18	Peter Forsberg	C8	1973	Sweden	1995	2008	2
19	Henri Richard	C9	1936	Canada	1956	1975	11
20	Mike Bossy	W4		Canada
21	Larry Robinson	D5		Canada
22	Ken Dryden	G4		Canada
23	Nicklas Lidstrom	D6		Sweden
24	Bryan Trottier	C10		Canada
25	Bernie Geoffrion	W5		Canada
26	Doug Gilmour	C11		Canada
27	Serge Savard	D7		Canada
28	Sidney Crosby	C12		Canada
29	Phil Esposito	C13		Canada
30	Frank Boucher	C14		Canada
31	Bobby Hull	W6		Canada
32	Chris Pronger	D8		Canada
33	Jari Kurri	W7		Finland
34	Sergei Fedorov	C15		Russia
35	Martin Brodeur	G5		Canada
36	Scott Stevens	D9		Canada
37	Jacques Lemaire	W8		Canada
38	Duncan Keith	D10		Canada
39	Billy Smith	G6		Canada
40	Frank Foyston	C16		Canada

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2. High end leadership and intangibles.
-It's not often you find Stanley Cup champions in real life void of strong leadership. Another paramount principle for the Bankers was to bring strong leadership on board, because, one, we believe it necessary to winning consistently, and two, it can have a positive influence on possible question marks on the roster. Enter players like Wayne Gretzky, Dit Clapper and Ted Kennedy. All 3 would be locks for most on a top 15 Captains list of all time. Gretzky's work ethic was legendary, and there are many sources that back up his positive influence on teammates. Clapper was the longest serving captain in NHL history from his retirement in 1947 until Ray Bourque surpassed him in the 90's and again, there are plenty of quotes and sources that speak to his tremendous leadership abilities. And Ted Kennedy is often cited as the greatest Leafs captain ever, along with George Armstrong. Other players on the Bankers roster that are revered for their leadership: Ed Westfall, Ryan Getzlaf, Frank Foyston, and Si Griffis.



3. Chemistry
-When we put together our teams, one of the goals for everyone is to assemble lines and pairs, as well as overall rosters to coaching background, in a manner that makes sense. It's often difficult to collect actual real life combinations simply because the draft is relatively unpredictable. The earlier rounds are a bit easier to get a read on but as you progress it becomes a much bigger game of chance. Not only do I think most of the Bankers lines are assembled well, we were able to get more than the average real life chemistry/combinations on one team.

Our 2nd line features a pair of former teammates, Nels Stewart and Punch Broadbent who played the 25-26 and 26-27 campaigns together on the Maroons, staking together often. Stewart was the Hart winner in 25-26 and the team won the SC.

Our 3rd line has another real life combination in Sid Smith and Ted Kennedy who played together for A DECADE and won 3 SC's together in Toronto.

Our 2nd defensive pairing is one of the better real life pairings in hockey history. Pat Stapleton and Bill White formed a potent duo for the Blackhaws and also were the backbone defensively for the 72 Canada team that beat the Russians in 8 game Summit Series.

And our 3rd pairing again was a real life combo in Frank Patrick and Si Griffis who were teammates and on the champion Vancouver Millionaires.






Picks:

1 (3) - Wayne Gretzky C
1 (24) - Patrick Roy G
3 (72) - Dit Clapper D/RW
4 (91) - Ted Kennedy C
6 (123) - Jacques Lapierriere D
6 (142) - Vladimir Martinec RW
7 (156) - Frank Foyston F
8 (170) - Nels Stewart C/LW
10 (221) - Pat Stapleton, D
10 (232) - Jack Walker, F
12 (269) - Ryan Getzlaf, C
12 (280) - Tommy Gorman, coach
13 (304) - Bun Cook, LW
14 (334) - Jim Schoenfeld, D
15 (339) - Frank Patrick, D

 

[TorontoTrades]

Port Stanley Sailors

Coach: Darryl Sutter

Naslund - Datsyuk - Jagr
Robitaille - Hawerchuk - McDonald
Roberts - Toews - Lemieux
Marleau - Goring - Guerin
Turgeon

Coffey - Foote
Howell - Blake
Housley - Seabrook
Campbell

Brodeur
Price


PP1

Robitaille - Hawerchuk - Jagr
Blake - Coffey

PP2

Roberts - Datsyuk - Naslund
Marleau - Housley

PK1

Toews - Marleau
Howell - Foote

Datsyuk - Goring
Blake - Seabrook​

 

[Habsfan18]

General Manager: Habsfan18

Vancouver Millionaires

Head Coach: Hap Day

Captain: Milt Schmidt
Assistant Captain: Maurice Richard
Assistant Captain: Fern Flaman

Roster:

Anatoli Firsov - Milt Schmidt - Maurice Richard
Alexander Yakushev - Eric Lindros - Rick Middleton
Esa Tikkanen - Guy Carbonneau - Danny Gare
Mats Naslund - Pit Lepine - Reggie Leach
Extras: Bernie Nicholls, Brian Bellows

Marcel Pronovost - Al MacInnis
Barry Beck - Fern Flaman
Sandis Ozolinsh - Jean-Guy Talbot
Extras: Wade Redden, Craig Ludwig

Bill Durnan
Eddie Giacomin

PP1: Firsov-Lindros-Richard
MacInnis-Pronovost
PP2: Yakushev-Schmidt-Middleton
Ozolinsh-Beck

PK1: Carbonneau-Tikkanen
Beck-Flaman
PK2: Lepine-Firsov
Pronovost-Talbot

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