Line Combos: Best Leaf Team in last 25 Years?
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I would rather have Kessel playing with Roberts and Sundin. Since he's offensive type, putting him on that line will make more sense. Clark and Gilmour, in contrast, will be taking on top lines and Mogilny makes a lot more sense despite his chemistry with Mats.
The rest seems fine. Phaneuf on the third pairing would be outright godly.
Darcy Tucker
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nope, none of those players are really considered Leafs. They barely played here.
Also OP Tucker was never a center.
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Roberts - Sundin - Phil
Clark - Gilmour - O. Nolan
Andreychuk - Nieuwendyk - Mogilny
Kulie - Winnik - Tucker
Antropov
Leetch - Phaneuf
Kaberle - McCabe
Rielly - Yushkevich
Klee
Eddie
Bernier
And yet they still probably couldn't win a playoff series
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Clark - Gilmour - O. Nolan
Andreychuk - Nieuwendyk - Mogilny
Kulie - Winnik - Tucker
Antropov
Leetch - Phaneuf
Kaberle - McCabe
Rielly - Yushkevich
Klee
Eddie
Bernier
And yet they still probably couldn't win a playoff series
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Darcy Tucker
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lol Ken Klee was the biggest plug. Danny Markov all day over Klee.
Also why do people bring up Leetch? he had a cup of coffee with the Leafs.
Also why do people bring up Leetch? he had a cup of coffee with the Leafs.
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It kinda just highlights how weak the Leafs have been on D since..... forever.... Also you want Klee on the ice if the game goes to OT
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Am I allowed to assume that the players are considered to be in their primes?
Roberts-Sundin-Mogilny
Clark-Gilmour-Andreychuk
JVR-Niewendyk-Kessel
Tucker-Korolev(RIP)-Thomas
Domi
Size, scoring, and grit throughout the line up.
I thought Ignor Korolev gets under rated around here.
Leetch-Phaneuf
Kaberle-McCabe
Markov-Yuskevitch
Rielly (<3)
Belfour
Joseph
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How sad is it that the best team we could ice in the past 25 years would probably be worse than the 2002 cup winning Red Wings?
Really saw this poor management at the alumni games during the winter classic.
Really saw this poor management at the alumni games during the winter classic.
A lot of these guys are too slow for the post-Dead-Puck era.
Sundin would look lost out there.
Gilmour would be a good pick. Not sure about Francis or Andreychuk.
Mike Gartner would be a great option.
Tie Domi is a big no.
Since I assume we're talking about these players in their prime whether or not it was on the Leafs, I would suggest Giguère as a goalie option, certainly worth consideration with Curtis Joseph and Eddie Belfour.
Wendel Clark I think would make the team.
Leetch I feel would too.
Would agree on Nieuwendyk. Bryan Berard. I think Paul Ranger would be a good option too, again, assuming prime years prior to his early "retirement".
Mogilny would make it.
I'll tentatively agree on Iafrate, though again, not sold on the foot-speed. Curious what today's composite-stick technology could do for his laserbeam.
Kessel would make it since he wouldn't be a marquis player and could be a 2nd/3rd line guy.
JVR likely makes it. Like Rielly as well. Probably Phaneuf makes the bottom pairing.
A definitive no to Kaberle and McCabe. Both too slow.
Can't think of many others beyond that...
Sundin would look lost out there.
Gilmour would be a good pick. Not sure about Francis or Andreychuk.
Mike Gartner would be a great option.
Tie Domi is a big no.
Since I assume we're talking about these players in their prime whether or not it was on the Leafs, I would suggest Giguère as a goalie option, certainly worth consideration with Curtis Joseph and Eddie Belfour.
Wendel Clark I think would make the team.
Leetch I feel would too.
Would agree on Nieuwendyk. Bryan Berard. I think Paul Ranger would be a good option too, again, assuming prime years prior to his early "retirement".
Mogilny would make it.
I'll tentatively agree on Iafrate, though again, not sold on the foot-speed. Curious what today's composite-stick technology could do for his laserbeam.
Kessel would make it since he wouldn't be a marquis player and could be a 2nd/3rd line guy.
JVR likely makes it. Like Rielly as well. Probably Phaneuf makes the bottom pairing.
A definitive no to Kaberle and McCabe. Both too slow.
Can't think of many others beyond that...
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Are you serious? Sundin had great wheels in his 20s and was just fine in the later part of his career. Maybe post 05 lockout Sundin lost a step but I really don't think a prime Sundin would be lost today. In the mid 90s he was dangling and blowing by top pairing dmen on a regular basis.
Clark however would be a 4th liner in today's NHL.
JVR - Gilmour - Gartner
Mogilny - Clark - Kessel
Berard - Nieuwendyk - Francis
Tucker - Kadri - Zezel
Leetch - Rielly
Phaneuf - Ranger
Iafrate - Robidas
Belfour
Giguère
Mogilny - Clark - Kessel
Berard - Nieuwendyk - Francis
Tucker - Kadri - Zezel
Leetch - Rielly
Phaneuf - Ranger
Iafrate - Robidas
Belfour
Giguère
Darcy Tucker
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lol you must really have a hate on for Sundin to pick Berard at forward over him .
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Off the top of my head.
My line up would be:
Cujo
Belfour
1- Clark Gilmour Andreychuk
2- Thomas Sundin Mogilny
3- Tucker Nieuwendyk Roberts
4- Berg Zezel Domi
McCoun Lefebvre
Rouse Kaberle
McCabe Phaneuf
7th D man Karpovtsev
Extra Forward Corson
Gilles Meloche
I Moe I Moe
Not sure why Svehla isn't in anybody's lineup...he was an absolute stud the one (and only ugggh) season he was here
He once went to the hospital during a game after blocking a shot with his calf, and he returned for the 3rd period of the same game!
Reimer-Bozak-Antropov
Burke-Bernier-Nonis
O'Dog-Hayes-Noodles
Carlton the bear-JVR-Cross
Kessel-Belfour
Bautista-Potvin
Federer-Mogilny
Yuskevich
Jeter
Burke-Bernier-Nonis
O'Dog-Hayes-Noodles
Carlton the bear-JVR-Cross
Kessel-Belfour
Bautista-Potvin
Federer-Mogilny
Yuskevich
Jeter
lol i take it you never seen a lot of these guys.
Sundin was a great skater for a big guy
Cujo and Belfour were both top 5 goalies for a decade so safe to say either of them would of made this team
Kabs was a decent skater and Caber had some pretty good years 3rd in Norris voting 1 year's not bad
Leetch although for the short time he was with the leafs was still really good but i have a hard time putting him on the team for that little of time . That said though he was a top 3 d for at least 5 years in the nhl.
Francis with the leafs was pretty much the end but a top tier player for much of his career.
Iafrate was a great skater until the injuries destroyed him
If u pick JVR then you have to take the better version of him in Andreychuk
Mogilny with the leafs was at the end but super star before he got here
Not sure why u brought up Tie Domi , if it's whether he could play now a days , sure he could but i wouldn't put him on a leafs all star team
Rielly maybe in the future but at this stage he's nowhere close to an all star team
Phaneuf is probably behind McCabe
Ranger ? doubt his best year would make the top 20 best leafs d in the last 25 yrs. If you're taking a best Tampa d Kubina was much better.
loved Berard but more on the potential he had and never hit
hard to say how Clark would be in today's no hitter game. there's certainly no player like him in the game today
Andreychuk- Gilmour- Kessel
Roberts- Sundin - Mogilny
Clark - Lindros/Nieuwendyk- Nolan
Tucker- Peca - Thomas
Svehla Yushkevich
Kaberle McCabe
Phaneuf Schneider
Belfour
Cujo
Roberts- Sundin - Mogilny
Clark - Lindros/Nieuwendyk- Nolan
Tucker- Peca - Thomas
Svehla Yushkevich
Kaberle McCabe
Phaneuf Schneider
Belfour
Cujo
