Create your best team ...

[John Flyers Fan]

Create your best team using the following parameters:

Choose the best 20 man team, picking a players one particular season (i.e. Gretzky 81-82).

You can only choose a player once and you can only use one season per 5 years.

One player from each of the following time periods

06-10
00-04
95-99
90-94
85-89
80-84
etc. all the way back to 1910-1914

I'll be working on mine while stuck here at work

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[JackSlater]

10: Alexander Ovechkin 08
04: Nicklas Lidstrom 03
99: Dominik Hasek 98
94: Mario Lemieux 93
89: Ray Bourque 87
84: Wayne Gretzy 84
79: Denis Potvin 79
74: Bobby Orr 71
69: Stan Mikita 67
64: Bobby Hull 62
59: Jean Beliveau 56
54: Gordie Howe 53
49: Maurice Richard 47
44: Milt Schmidt 40
39: Eddie Shore 35
34: Bill Cook 33
29: Howie Morenz 28
24: Benedict 20
19: Newsy Lalonde 19
14: Cyclone Taylor 14

Hull 62 Gretzky 84 Howe 53
Beliveau 56 Lemieux 93 Richard 47
Ovechkin 08 Mikita 67 Morenz 28
Schmidt 40 Lalonde 19 Cook 34

Orr 71 Bourque 87
Lidstrom 03 Shore 35
Potvin 79 Taylor 14

Hasek 98
Benedict 20

A few too many centres, so I might come back to this later and fix that. I would prefer to have another defensively responsible forward or two as well. Schmidt was very close with Doug Bentley 43 for me, but I was skeptical about the quality of the NHL that season. I was torn between Lafleur 77 and Potvin 79 but found another elite defencemen to be more valuable... I might switch Beliveau for Harvey and switch Lafleur and Potvin.

 

[John Flyers Fan]

I tried to keep all players in their positions:

Ovechkin - 07-08
Lidstrom - 00-01
Hasek - 97-98
Lemieux - 92-93
Bouque - 87-88
Gretzky - 83-84
Clarke - 75-76
Orr - 70-71
Hull - 65-66
Plante - 61-62
Harvey - 54-55
Howe - 52-53
Richard - 44-45
D. Bentley - 43-44
Shore - 38-39
Conacher - 31-32
Morenz - 27-28
Dye - 21-22
Malone - 17-18
Taylor - 13-14

Hull - Gretzky - Howe
Ovechkin - Lemieux - Richard
Malone - Morenz - Dye
Bentley - Clarke - Conacher

Orr - Shore
Bourque - Lidstrom
Harvey - Taylor

Hasek
Plante

 

[Weztex]

Pretty good exercise. I too tried to keep everyone in position.

Bobby Hull (66) - Wayne Gretzky (89) - Gordie Howe (53)
Alex Ovechkin (08) - Mario Lemieux (89) - Guy Lafleur (77)
Ted Lindsay (50) - Howie Morenz (28) - Maurice Richard (58)
Cy Denneny (24) - Newsy Lalonde (19) - Frederick Taylor (14)

Bobby Orr (70) - Raymond Bourque (91)
Doug Harvey (60) - Eddie Shore (35)
Nicklas Lidstrom (32) - King Clancy (32)

Dominik Hasek (98)
Bill Durnan (44)

 

[nik jr]

hull (62) - gretzky (84) - howe (53)
ovechkin (2010) - lemieux (93) - richard (47)
malone (17) - morenz (28) - mikita (67)
nighbor (20) - clarke (76) - conacher (34)

orr (71) - bourque (87)
harvey (57) - shore (35)
lidstrom (03) - taylor (14)

hasek (98)
broda (41)

imo, ovechkin was better in 2010 and 2009 than 2008. he dominated individually in 2008 when washington was not particularly talented, but played more of a team game in 2009 and 2010, which also suits this format better.

mikita and nighbor usually played C, but both played also played W.


other good options are using jagr instead of lidstrom or lafleur instead of potvin.

hull (62) - gretzky (84) - howe (53)
ovechkin (2010) - lemieux (93) - richard (47)
malone (17) - morenz (28) - jagr (01)/lafleur (77)
nighbor (20) - mikita (67) - conacher (34)

orr (71) - bourque (87)
harvey (57) - shore (35)
potvin (79)/lidstrom (03) - taylor (14)

hasek (98)
broda (41)

 

[John Flyers Fan]

I thought about dropping Bourque and Dye and adding Jagr and Cleghorne.