Ontario vs Quebec vs The Rest

[raleh]

Here are my teams, just my opinion, feel free to make any changes. Which do you think is the best team? These are based on where each player was born, not where they played.

Ontario-
Bobby Hull Wayne Gretzky Brett Hull
Frank Mahovlich Phil Esposito George Armstrong
Ted Lindsay Milt Shmit Charlie Conacher
Bob Gainey Ted Kennedy Newsy Lalonde
Bobby Orr Paul Coffey
Tim Horton Red Kelly
Larry Robinson Denis Potvin
Ken Dryden
Tony Esposito
Gerry Cheevers

Quebec-
Michel Goulet Jean Belliveau Maurice Richard
Luc Robitaille Mario Lemieux Guy Lafleur
Rick Martin Marcel Dionne Bernie Geoffrion
Simon Gagne Henri Richard Mike Bossy
Doug Harvey Ray Bourque
Pierre Pilote Jacques Laperriere
Serge Savard Guy Lapointe
Jacques Plante
Patrick Roy
Bernie Parent

The rest-
John Bucyk Bobby Clarke Gordie Howe
Bert Olmstead Steve Yserman Cam Neely
Dave Shultz Bryan Trottier Andy Bathgate
Paul Kariya Mark Messier Lanny Macdonald
Eddie Shore Tom Johnson
Al Macinnis Scott Niedermayer
Babe Pratt Bill Gadsby
Terry Sawchuk
Johnny Bower
Glenn Hall

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[arrbez]

Gretzky + Orr >>>>> the Universe

Here's my list:

Bobby Hull - Gretzky - Mikita
Mahovlich - Esposito - Hawerchuk
Yzerman - Francis - Gainey
Lindsay - Morenz - Lindros (try to remember his prime )

Orr - Potvin
Robinson - Kelly
Park - Coffey

Dryden
Esposito
Durnan

*Although born elsewhere, Yzerman and Mikita grew up in Ontario and I consider them as such

 

[arrbez]

Team Quebec:

Bossy - Lemieux - Richard
Dionne - Believeau - Lafleur
Moore - Keon - Geoffrion
Robitaille - Perrault - Malone

Harvey - Bourque
Lapointe - Savard
Pilote - Provonost

Roy
Plante
Parent

 

[Transported Upstater]

Team Quebec:

Bossy - Lemieux - Richard
Dionne - Believeau - Lafleur
Moore - Keon - Geoffrion
Robitaille - Perrault - Malone

Harvey - Bourque
Lapointe - Savard
Pilote - Provonost

Roy
Plante
Parent

Bossy-Lemieux-Richard, Harvey-Bourque, Roy...

That's just unfair.

 

[arrbez]

And let me give team everyone else a try:

Abel - Howe - Brett Hull*
Bucyk - Messier - Neely
Sakic - Trottier - M. Bentley
Lach - Clarke - Bathgate

Shore - MacInnis
Gadsby - Niedermayer
Pratt - Reardon

Sawchuk
Hall
Belfour

*Born in Ontario, grew up for the most part in BC

 

[arrbez]

Bossy-Lemieux-Richard, Harvey-Bourque, Roy...

That's just unfair.

How about doing a little line juggling for Ontario and coming up with:

Hull - Gretzky - Esposito
Orr - Potvin
Dryden

Imagine Esposito with Gretzky and Orr feeding him the puck. It would just get ridiculous

 

[Ogopogo*]

Can't wait to see chooch's response to this post.

 

[arrbez]

Can't wait to see chooch's response to this post.

Team Ontario whooped it up in the run and gun west, scoring most of their goals on two-man advantages against an empty net

 

[arrbez]

Out of curiosity, do English people still play hockey in Quebec? There used to be quite a few by the looks of it...

Moore, Keon, Bossy, Malone, Harvey (I think)

 

[Transported Upstater]

How about doing a little line juggling for Ontario and coming up with:

Hull - Gretzky - Esposito
Orr - Potvin
Dryden

Imagine Esposito with Gretzky and Orr feeding him the puck. It would just get ridiculous

That's the point, I just glanced at the line combos; I didn't consider reshuffling the lines.

Ontario obviously has the most depth.

 

[Transported Upstater]

Can't wait to see chooch's response to this post.

I'll give you a hint: Wayne Gretzky <<<< Guy LaFleur's left pinkie toe.

 

[raleh]

I feel obligated to make one thing known. I made it a point to keep everyone at their natural positions, which is why some guys that should be on the teams aren't. Like Steve Shutt not making Ontario or Sakic not making "the rest".

 

[Mr BLUEandWHITE]

got a question here.

Why do some quebecers hate canada so much? Why do they want to leave (the Country) because when i think of canada its not canada without quebec and quebec isnt quebec without canada. What do you guys hate about us? I know this isn't all of the population of Quebec but I know its the government of Quebec.

 

[Benchguy]

The topic will be locked if someone answers to that....

see the nhl board, topic : Team Québec

 

[EagleBelfour]

got a question here.

Why do some quebecers hate canada so much? Why do they want to leave (the Country) because when i think of canada its not canada without quebec and quebec isnt quebec without canada. What do you guys hate about us? I know this isn't all of the population of Quebec but I know its the government of Quebec.

Maybe not the best thread to talk about this. I will only say that if we want to be a country, it's not because we hate the rest of the Canada! ... Canada is the probably the country I would be the most proud to live in (Well, I'm living in right now but as a separatist ...) People are great, just feeling we are too much different + we have multiple reason other than these cultural difference (preserve french, run our economy as we want etc...)


I think team Ontario have the best depth and the most skillful players from these three teams. Team Ontario would win a best of 7 but I wouldn't bet against team Quebec for a one best of 1! The 3rd team don't seem to be in the same league.

IMO, I prefer the 6 first forward of team Quebec than team Ontario but the skill of the 12 forward for team Ontario are better than the forwards from team quebec I prefer the goaltending in net for Quebec, but the team Ontario Defense are OWNING team Quebec D.

You can't dream of a better matchup!