[Group A] 3-on-3: Pominville-Gaborik-Ehrhoff-Lundqvist vs. Stamkos-Karlsson-Josi-Markstrom

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Which team wins in a 3-on-3 tournament? All players are in their prime. Assess active players who haven't reached their prime yet by their current playing ability.

Team Gaborik (1982)
Jason Pominville - Marian Gaborik
Christian Ehrhoff
Henrik Lundqvist

Team Karlsson (1990)
Steven Stamkos - Erik Karlsson
Roman Josi
Jacob Markstrom

Group A
Group B

Spoiler: Rosters

Team Morenz (1902)
Howie Morenz - Nels Stewart
Eddie Shore
Albert Leduc

Team Schmidt (1918)
Milt Schmidt - Elmer Lach
Sid Abel
Frank McCool

Team Beliveau (1931)
Jean Beliveau - Bernie Geoffrion
Pierre Pilote
Glenn Hall

Team Mikita (1940)
Stan Mikita - Dave Keon
Pat Stapleton
Gerry Cheevers

Team Orr (1948)
Valeri Kharlamov - Bobby Orr
Brad Park
Glenn Resch

Team Perreault (1950)
Gilbert Perreault - Darryl Sittler
Dale Tallon
Billy Smith

Team Lafleur (1951)
Marcel Dionne - Guy Lafleur
Larry Robinson
John Garrett

Team Potvin (1953)
Bob Gainey - Rick Middleton
Denis Potvin
John Davidson

Team Stastny (1956)
Peter Stastny - Kent Nilsson
Reed Larson
Mike Liut

Team Bossy (1957)
Mike Bossy - Joe Mullen
Doug Wilson
Pete Peeters

Team Fetisov (1958)
Bobby Smith - Sergei Makarov
Vyacheslav Fetisov
Bob Froese

Team Bourque (1960)
Igor Larionov - Jari Kurri
Ray Bourque
Andy Moog

Team Gretzky (1961)
Wayne Gretzky - Denis Savard
Paul Coffey
Kelly Hrudey

Team Chelios (1962)
Adam Oates - Brent Sutter
Chris Chelios
Grant Fuhr

Team MacInnis (1963)
Ron Francis - Dale Hawerchuk
Al MacInnis
John Vanbiesbrouck

Team Hull (1964)
Phil Housley - Brett Hull
Gary Suter
Ron Hextall

Team Lemieux (1965)
Mario Lemieux - Steve Yzerman
Steve Duchesne
Dominik Hasek

Team Robitaille (1966)
Luc Robitaille - Valeri Kamensky
Kevin Hatcher
Mike Richter

Team Leetch (1968)
Mark Recchi - Peter Bondra
Brian Leetch
Jeff Hackett

Team Sakic (1969)
Joe Sakic - Alexander Mogilny
Sergei Fedorov
Dwayne Roloson

Team Lidstrom (1970)
Mike Modano - Teemu Selanne
Nicklas Lidstrom
Olaf Kolzig

Team Sundin (1971)
Mats Sundin - Pavel Bure
Adam Foote
Felix Potvin

Team Jagr (1972)
Zigmund Palffy - Jaromír Jágr
Sandis Ozolinsh
Martin Brodeur

Team Forsberg (1973)
Peter Forsberg - Markus Näslund
Scott Niedermayer
Nikolai Khabibulin

Team Pronger (1974)
Saku Koivu - Paul Kariya
Chris Pronger
Tim Thomas

Team St. Louis (1975)
Alexandre Daigle - Martin St. Louis
Bryan McCabe
Marty Turco

Team Elias (1976)
Patrik Elias - Milan Hejduk
Dan Boyle
Miikka Kiprusoff

Team Briere (1977)
Daniel Briere - Marc Savard
Mark Streit
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Team Datsyuk (1978)
Pavel Datsyuk - Sergei Samsonov
Andrei Markov
Niklas Backstrom

Team Luongo (1979)
Patrick Marleau - Maxim Afinogenov
Brian Campbell
Roberto Luongo

Team Sedin (1980)
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin
Henrik Zetterberg
Ryan Miller

Team Heatley (1981)
Dany Heatley - Martin Havlát
Niklas Kronwall
Craig Anderson

Team Gaborik (1982)
Jason Pominville - Marian Gaborik
Christian Ehrhoff
Henrik Lundqvist

Team Keith (1983)
Ales Hemsky - Ilya Kovalchuk
Duncan Keith
Kari Lehtonen

Team Nash (1984)
Rick Nash - Zach Parise
Tobias Enström
Marc-Andre Fleury

Team Ovechkin (1985)
Brent Burns - Alexander Ovechkin
Dustin Byfuglien
Jaroslav Halak

Team Malkin (1986)
Evgeni Malkin - Blake Wheeler
Alexander Edler
Jonathan Quick

Team Crosby (1987)
Sidney Crosby - Nicklas Bäckström
Kris Letang
Carey Price

Team Kane (1988)
Claude Giroux - Patrick Kane
Brad Marchand
Sergei Bobrovsky

Team Doughty (1989)
Logan Couture - P.K. Subban
Drew Doughty
Braden Holtby

Team Karlsson (1990)
Steven Stamkos - Erik Karlsson
Roman Josi
Jacob Markstrom

Team Panarin (1991)
Artemi Panarin - Matt Duchene
Ryan Ellis
Robin Lehner

Team Seguin (1992)
Tyler Seguin - Evgeny Kuznetsov
John Klingberg
Petr Mrazek

Team Kucherov (1993)
Nikita Kucherov - Johnny Gaudreau
Dougie Hamilton
John Gibson

Team Vasilevskiy (1994)
Filip Forsberg - Teuvo Teräväinen
Morgan Rielly
Andrei Vasilevskiy

Team MacKinnon (1995)
Nathan MacKinnon - Leon Draisaitl
Shea Theodore
Igor Shesterkin

Team Pastrnak (1996)
Nikolaj Ehlers - David Pastrnak
Brayden Point
Mackenzie Blackwood

Team McDavid (1997)
Connor McDavid - Mathew Barzal
Zach Werenski
Ilya Samsonov

Team Makar (1998)
Elias Pettersson - Patrik Laine
Cale Makar
Carter Hart

Team Suzuki (1999)
Nick Suzuki - Martin Necas
Quinn Hughes
Michael DiPietro

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[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Not even close

 

[Ace of Hades]

Karlsson team destroys this.

 

[Lays]

Hank can’t overcome all 3 of his skaters being significantly worse than the skaters in option 2

 

[jetsforever]

Karlsson as a forward? Sign me up!

 

[biturbo19]

My heart wants to pick the Ehrhoff-Gaborik duo. Two of my favourite players from that era. But my head just shuts it down. There's no way to justify the rest of that package overall. Not with the raw skating ability and skill of that other trio.

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

I voted Team Gaborik, unapologetically.

 

[CanadienShark]

Second group by a lot. Not very close. Only goalies favour the first group, but Markstrom can put up borderline Vezina numbers.

 

[Elvs]

I actually went with the first group. I think people have forgotten how fast and how good of a goal scorer Gaborik was in his prime. Out of all of these players, he's the one I'd want the most on my 3 on 3 team.

Pominville and Ehrhoff are of course not on the same level as the other skaters in this matchup overall, but at least team A has the advantage of having two forwards on the ice. As good as Josi and Karlsson are/were, they are defenseman and not used to 1 on 1-situations with the goaltender.

Pominville is a three time 30+ goal scorer and was very much adept at picking corners behind goalies. Seriously, look at his career highlights and you'll find that 99% of his career goals came from snipes or one timers. I'm not sure if he's ever deked a goaltender other than when he went around Ray Emery in the 06 playoffs.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

I actually went with the first group. I think people have forgotten how fast and how good of a goal scorer Gaborik was in his prime. Out of all of these players, he's the one I'd want the most on my 3 on 3 team.

Pominville and Ehrhoff are of course not on the same level as the other skaters in this matchup overall, but at least team A has the advantage of having two forwards on the ice. As good as Josi and Karlsson are/were, they are defenseman and not used to 1 on 1-situations with the goaltender.

Pominville is a three time 30+ goal scorer and was very much adept at picking corners behind goalies. Seriously, look at his career highlights and you'll find that 99% of his career goals came from snipes or one timers. I'm not sure if he's ever deked a goaltender other than when he went around Ray Emery in the 06 playoffs.

Karlsson > Gaborik
Stamkos > Pominville
Josi > Erh
Lund > Mark

This is not close. Don't rationalize it.

 

[Elvs]

Karlsson > Gaborik
Stamkos > Pominville
Josi > Erh
Lund > Mark

This is not close. Don't rationalize it.

The questions isn't who the better players are. Karlsson, in his prime, was better than Gaborik. But he was certainly not a better goal scorer.

There's no doubt that team B is stronger when simply comparing players. But team A has two forwards against Markstrom, while team B has two defenseman against Lundqvist.

 

[Boreal01]

Team Karlsson

The gap between Ehrhoff/Josi and Gaborik/Karlsson is smaller than others have suggested but Josi/Karlsson is still the better duo and I'd rather have them in a 3 on 3 situation

On the other hand, the gap between Pominville and Stamkos is enormous and Lundqvist had some tremendous campaigns but he can't carry this team on his own

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

'82 bc they can play d

 

[topshelf15]

Pomminville was a stud...Alfie said so...End thread