All-Time A-H Team v. All-Time I-Z Team

[Derick*]

Who would win? Go go go.

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[Gobias Industries]

Goalies

A-H

Dominik Hasek
Glenn Hall
Martin Brodeur

I-Z

Patrick Roy
Jacques Plante
Terry Sawchuk


Pretty even split..

 

[kmad]

Bobby Hull - Wayne Gretzky - Gordie Howe
Phil Esposito - Jean Beliveau - Mike Bossy
Bill Cook - Bobby Clarke - Brett Hull
Charlie Conacher - Syl Apps - Bernie Geoffrion

 

[Gobias Industries]

Best line for A-H:

Hull-Gretzky-Howe
Harvey-Bourque

Best line for I-Z

Ovechkin/Kharlamov-Lemieux-Richard
Orr-Shore

 

[Derick*]

Best line for A-H:

Hull-Gretzky-Howe
Harvey-Bourque

Best line for I-Z

Ovechkin/Kharlamov-Lemieux-Richard
Shore-Lidstrom/Potvin

Bobby Orr?

 

[Gobias Industries]

Bobby Orr?

Haha, the best part is Orr is my favourite player ever...complete idiocy...

Well at least it puts an end to my internal Lidstrom/Potvin struggle..

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

A-H
Bobby Hull - Gretzky - Howe
Esposito - Beliveau - Bossy
Conacher - Clarke - Cook
Bathgate - Apps - Geoffrion
Boucher

Harvey - Bourque
Coffey - Fetisov
Chelios - Clancy
Horton

Hasek
Brodeur
Hall


I-Z
Messier - Lemieux - M. Richard
Lindsay - Morenz - Jagr
Kharlamov - Mikita - Lafleur
Sakic - Trottier - Makarov
Schmidt


Orr - Lidstrom
Shore - Potvin
Kelly - Robinson
Taylor

Roy
Plante
Sawchuk


The I-Z Team seems better to me, which makes sense since they have way more of the alphabet to select players from. What was the reason for making H/I the cutoff?

EDIT: Originally had Schmidt at 4th line RW and Yzerman as an extra, then substituted Makarov

 

[JackSlater]

A-H
Hull Gretzky Howe
Esposito Beliveau Bossy
Apps Clarke Cook
Conacher Dionne Bathgate

Harvey Bourque
Fetisov Coffey
Chelios Clancy

Hasek

I-Z
Lindsay Lemieux Richard
Kharlamov Mikita Jagr
Messier Morenz Lafleur
Mahovlich Yzerman Makarov

Orr Lidstrom
Shore Potvin
Kelly Robinson

Roy

Forwards might be pretty close with A-H having more high end talent but I-Z having more depth. I-Z have far better defenceman, as you could argue that the sixth best defenceman on that team is better than the third best on A-H. I would give A-H the goaltending edge, but overall I think I-Z is clearly better.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

A-H
Hull Gretzky Howe
Esposito Beliveau Bossy
Apps Clarke Cook
Conacher Dionne Bathgate

Harvey Bourque
Fetisov Coffey
Chelios Clancy

Hasek

I-Z
Lindsay Lemieux Richard
Kharlamov Mikita Jagr
Messier Morenz Lafleur
Mahovlich Yzerman Makarov

Orr Lidstrom
Shore Potvin
Kelly Robinson

Roy

Forwards might be pretty close with A-H having more high end talent but I-Z having more depth. I-Z have far better defenceman, as you could argue that the sixth best defenceman on that team is better than the third best on A-H. I would give A-H the goaltending edge, but overall I think I-Z is clearly better.

I like the Makarov pick. I think I'm going to have to edit my team

 

[Derick*]

I thought because H is such a valuable number and in general the earlier letter have more people that would be the fairest way to split it.

New question: which splitting point produces the most even teams H-I? K-L? L-M?

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I thought because H is such a valuable number and in general the earlier letter have more people that would be the fairest way to split it.

New question: which splitting point produces the most even teams H-I? K-L? L-M?

Adding K to the first team would make them closer. I think L is the letter that's the tipping point. That would send Lemieux, Lafleur, Lidstrom to the other team (Kharlamov would already be there). The question is, are the teams most even with the L's on the first team or the second?

 

[JackSlater]

Adding K to the first team would make them closer. I think L is the letter that's the tipping point. That would send Lemieux, Lafleur, Lidstrom to the other team (Kharlamov would already be there). The question is, are the teams most even with the L's on the first team or the second?

I agree with this. A-L would be too dominant. A-K would give the first team a much needed left wing in Kharlamov, a much needed defenceman in Kelly and another great scorer in Jagr.

 

[tony d]

Team A-H would probably win.

 

[Infinite Vision*]

Second team. Orr is the difference maker IMO.