ATD 2021 Roster Thread

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Red Fisher Conference

Jim Robson division
ImporterExporter - Pittsburgh AC
Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
Professor What - Gallifrey TARDIS
nabby12 - Montreal Maroons
Overpass - Ottawa Senators
ResilientBeast - Arizona Coyotes

Foster Hewitt division
Dreakmur - Orillia Terriers
MadArcand - Hartford Whalers
ted2019 - Philadelphia Pantoms
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Selfish Man - Portland Penguins
Johnny Engine - Verafin Huskies

Jim Coleman Conference

Bob Cole division
rmartin65 - New York Americans
TheDevilMadeMe - NJ Swamp Devils
BenchBrawl - Montreal Canadiens
Habsfan18 - Minnesota North Stars
Claude The Fraud - Team Canada
tony d - Cleveland Spiders

Rene Lecavalier division
Voight - Corpus Christi Ice Rays.
tinyzombies - Vegas Knights
Dirt 101 - Elmira Jackals
BraveCanadian - Guelph Platers
tabness - Florida Sunbursts
GlitchMarner - Brampton Beavers

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Jim Robson division
ImporterExporter - Pittsburgh AC
Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
Professor What - Gallifrey TARDIS
nabby12 - Montreal Maroons
Overpass - Ottawa Senators
ResilientBeast - Arizona Coyotes

 

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Coach: Anatoli Tarasov

Busher Jackson --- Cyclone Taylor --- Daniel Alfredsson
Tommy Smith --- Newsy Lalonde (A) --- Mickey MacKay
Gordon Roberts --- Pit Lepine --- Eddie Oatman
Dean Prentice --- David Backes --- Jack Walker

Ebbie Goodfellow (A) --- Dit Clapper (C)
Ken Reardon --- Jack Crawford
Frank Patrick --- Lennart Svedberg

Patrick Roy
Hugh Lehman​

Spares: Bruce MacGregor (RW/C), Glen Harmon (D), Patrick Sharp (F)

PP1: Jackson - Lalonde - Smith - Taylor - Goodfellow
PP2: Clapper - MacKay - Roberts - Patrick - Alfredsson

PK1: Lepine - Walker - Reardon - Clapper
PK2: MacKay - Prentice - Goodfellow - Crawford

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Chicago Shamrocks

Coach: Pat Burns

Paul Kariya - Frank Boucher - Jarome Iginla (A)
Jamie Benn - Henri Richard (A) - Cecil Dillon
Zach Parise - Duke Keats* - Corey Perry
Brenden Morrow - Edgar Laprade* - Eric Nesterenko

*H. Richard will take several shifts on both the 3rd and 4th lines (see chart below)

Frantisek Pospisil (C) - Doug Harvey
Kevin Lowe - Bill Quackenbush
Mike Ramsey - Joe Simpson

Charlie Gardiner
Evgeni Nabokov

Spares: Taylor Hall (LW), Bill Thoms (C - limited time at W), Brent Seabrook (D)

PP1
Kariya - Boucher - Iginla
Harvey - Simpson

PP2
Benn - Keats - Perry
Pospisil - Quackenbush

PK1
Laprade - Nesterenko
Ramsey - Harvey

PK2
Boucher - Dillon
Lowe - Quackenbush

Extra PK F: H. Richard
Extra PK D: Pospisil
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Estimated Minutes Chart
Notes
- When trailing in the 3rd Keats will get more shifts on the 3rd line and H. Richard will take more of Laprade's shifts on the 4th line
- When leading in the 3rd Laprade will get some of Keats' shifts on the 3rd line
- Zach Parise will take most of Brenden Morrow's shifts on the 4th line when H. Richard is centering
- LW Flexibility: if the 1st line finds themselves in a situation where Burns would like more defensive ability in the ice, Parise can be sent out for that shift and Kariya can get his minutes back playing on the 3rd or 4th line on one of the shifts when H. Richard is centering.
- Harvey will get some shifts with Simpson, before or after which Quackenbush will play with Pospisil
- Harvey and Quackenbush will see some shifts together at end of periods and critical situations

Forwards
Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
P. Kariya	14	4		18
F. Boucher	14	4	3	21
J. Iginla	14	4		18
J. Benn	13	3		16
H. Richard	20			20
C. Dillon	14		3	17
Z. Parise	13			13
D. Keats	8	3		11
C. Perry	11	3		14
B. Morrow	6			6
E. Laprade	4		4	8
E. Nesterenko	7		4	11
TOTAL	138	21	14	173
Defense
Player	ES	PP	PK	Total
D. Harvey	19	5	4	28
F. Pospisil	19	2		21
B. Quackenbush	18	2	3	23
K. Lowe	12		3	15
J. Simpson	13	5		18
M. Ramsey	11		4	15
TOTAL	92	14	14	120

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Staying Out of The Box - Lady Byng Finishes (Top 20)
Boucher: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4
Kariya: 1, 1, 5, 6, 6, 6, 10, 12, 15
Quackenbush: 1, 3, 4, 4, 4
Laprade: 1, 3, 4, 4, 5
Dillon: 3, 3, 5
H. Richard: 4, 5
Parise: 3, 9, 14
Iginla: 7, 9, 13, 17, 18, 18
Pospisil: [Joe Pelletier: "Pospisil was blessed with good size and great strength. He was a feared physical player in international hockey, though he always played cleanly. He relied primarily on hockey smarts and positional defense."]
Thoms: 3

Years wearing the "C"
Pospisil: 6 years (national team)
H. Richard: 4 years
Iginla: 9 years
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Benn: 8 years
Kariya: 7 years
Morrow: 7 years
Ramsey: 3 years
Harvey: 1 year
Gardiner: 1 year
Keats: 1 year (possibly more in Edmonton)
Lowe: 1 year
Parise: 1 year


Chicago Shamrocks Real World Team History
In 1930, James Norris pursued the NHL for rights to a second NHL team in Chicago, but was spurned by the league who supported the NHL Chicago Black Hawks concerns regarding competition for fan base. He turned to the American Hockey Association who gave him rights to an expansion team in Chicago. The league had renamed itself the American Hockey League and declared itself a major league, to the anger of NHL president Frank Calder, who branded the league an outlaw league.

In 1931-32 season, their second, the Shamrocks won the league championship. Convinced they should be given a chance to play for the Stanley Cup, they petitioned the Cup trustees for that opportunity. However the trustees would have to convince the NHL to accept that challenge and the NHL would not. Perhaps frustrated by this, Norris once again looked to join the NHL.

In May 1932, the Detroit Falcons of the NHL declared bankruptcy, and Norris used that opportunity to convince the NHL he could take over the team. The NHL agreed on the condition that he disband the Shamrocks who were a thorn in the side of the Chicago Blackhawks. So he disbanded the Shamrocks and took three of the best players with him to Detroit, renaming the team the Red Wings. The American Hockey League reverted to the American Hockey Association after this and once again demoted itself to minor league status.

 

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Pittsburgh AC:

Original Red and White colours of the AC

"Speed is the essence of war"
Sun Tzu​

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Coach: Pete Green

Captain: Scott Stevens
Alternate: Bobby Orr
Alternate: Yvan Cournoyer
Alternate: Joe Malone


ROSTER:


Forwards:

Johnny Bucyk - Joe Malone (A) - Vladimir Martinec
(21 minutes)

Bun Cook - Jacques Lemaire - Yvan Cournoyer (A)
(16 minutes)

Rusty Crawford - Dale Hawerchuk - Glenn Anderson
(14 minutes)

Nick Metz - Phil Goyette - Bill Guerin
(9 minutes)


Spares:

Dave Poulin
Sub for Goyette against teams with high end offensive C

Alex Tanguay
Sub for Crawford at 3LW when we need a big upgrade offensively

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Name	VsX7	ESVsX
Malone	95*	62*
Martinec	80-85*	55*
Bucyk	88.7	60
Hawerchuk	86.0	58
Lemaire	77.9	55
Cournoyer	77.1	48
Cook	76.3	50*
Goyette	75.2	51
Tanguay	73.4	58
Anderson	72.9	55
Guerin	64.1	48
Crawford	51.6	41*
Metz	51.6	41*
Poulin	46.9	42

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*estimated relative value​

7VsX Grand Total = 1,019.2
ESVsX Grand Total = 683
W/Orr 7VsX = 1134
W/Orr ESVsX = 747
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Defensemen:

Scott Stevens (C) - Bobby Orr (A)
Orr - 30 minutes
Stevens - 26 minutes

Jacques Laperriere - Earl Seibert
Seibert - 26 minutes
Laperriere - 24 minutes

Flash Hollett - Ken Morrow
Hollett - 10 minutes
Morrow - 4 minutes

Spares:

Gennadiy Tsygankov
Sub for Hollett if Pittsburgh decides to go defensive tilt.

Name	7VsX	ESVsX
Orr	114.8	64
Hollett	58.4
Stevens	52.4
Seibert	45.8
Laperriere	34.6
Morrow

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*This VsX score is including ALL players. Not just D
**Hollett played games at F throughout his career though was D the majority of time.

7VsX (among all skaters ) Grand total w/o Morrow = 301


Goalies:

Johnny Bower

Hap Holmes


Special Teams:

PP1

Malone

Seibert - Cournoyer - Bucyk

Orr

When Seibert retired in 45-46 he had the most PP goals by a defensemen ever with 18. That would stand until Red Kelly broke it in 53-54 season and he'd remain in 2nd until Gadsby passed him in 57-58. Had a blistering shot.

When Seibert retired he had the most PP points overall with 51. That would stand until Jimmy Thompson in 52.

Joe Malone was a dominant goal scorer. The Phantom scored a lot of goals from in close. He'll play the Espo role here.

Mega Dominance of Orr.

Played essentially every second of the PP and tilted the ice like no other player post 1960. The TmPP+ is nuts. +39%

Then look who Orr's running with:

Bucyk, the long time and heavily used partner of Orr. +26%

Cournoyer did a ton of damage on the PP. Lethal shot. With the likes of Orr, Seibert, and Bucyk around I like his chances of potting some markers here. +22%

Speaking of the Roadrunner (and Bucyk) look at their PP goal scoring prowess over the length of Cournoyer's career (63-64 through 78-79)

Top 5 PP goal scorers

PP2

Martinec - Lemaire - Anderson/Hawerchuk
Hawerchuk/Orr - Hollett

*Orr will rotate with Hawerchuk on the 2nd unit to keep him as fresh as possible for ES. If Orr comes on Hawerchuk will move up to replace Anderson.

PK1

Cook - Metz
Stevens - Orr

*When leading by 1 or more, Laperriere will move up to 1st unit and Orr down to 2nd. Another way to manufacture Orr an extra shift at ES

Orr clearly tiled the ice in a BIG way on the PK. Moreso by possession but either way, big usage. Best kill rates.

Stevens just another beast for Pittsburgh.

PK2

Goyette/Poulin - Crawford/Martinec
Laperriere - Morrow/Tsygankov

*Martinec will play on this unit if trailing


Overwiew:

Unparalleled top 4 presents major advantages for Pitt and hurdles for opponents.

Speed is major key of team.

Pitt ES scoring is top shelf.

4 lines all capable of producing offensively while still maintaining at least one plus defensive player on all 4.

Being able to go after more ES/2 way forwards is a result of having a Fort Knox top 4 on the back end. We don't need pure checking units.

Orr tilts the ice at ES/PP/PK like no one else in history.

Key point that is not brought up enough is his offense greatly impacts every line he skates with. This is an overlooked advantage that Orr brings over a typical impact scoring F.

He adds Jagr (overall) and Howe (ES) level offense every time he touches the ice (while still being good defensively), thus tilting the offensive cumulative in favor of Pittsburgh. Often.

Scott Stevens presence will allow Orr to do what he does best. As I said when I drafted Stevens. Mutually Assured Destruction if anyone goes after Bobby. He can skate too.

It's the greatest offensive threat ever known from the blue line ,by a wide margin, paired with one of the greatest defensive defensmen to play the game. Who just happens to be among the most intimidating ever, capable of ending someones series with one hit.

3 Conn Smythe's on the top pair. Clutch. Leadership.

SECOND pair of Pittsburgh, by my conservative estimate, is better than all but 9, maybe 10 of the ATD's TOP pairs.

Seibert is a 2 way beast. Huge body, elite skater, physicality and capable of impacting the game in both directions at a plus rate, while logging heavy minutes, thus effectively eliminating the need for a #6.

Seibert has a retro Smythe to his name as well.

A legit #1 anchoring a 2nd pair.

As I illustrated in the top 200 project, Laperriere logged insane minutes for the Habs, he is one of the greatest PK'ers in history, while playing the 6th most ES minutes per game of any Dman post 1960.

Laperriere could ride shotgun on a 1st pair. Here he's a #4.

Hollett provides excellent depth puck moving capabilities and playing behind Stevens-Laperriere he can be sheltered and placed on the ice when it most advantageous. Also a luxury PP option.

Opposing teams cannot get their scoring lines (really any) away from extremely tough matchups. Manage to get a break from Stevens-Orr? A hard lock top 20 D of all time (Seibert) and top 50 (Lappy) is anything but a picnic to follow.

Orr (30) and Seibert (26) are an easy 55+ minute duo down the right side. This means opposing LW's especially have no easy shifts offensively, defensively, and many will be over matched from a skating standpoint.

Stevens (26) and Laperriere (24) should push 50 minutes a night on the left side. Again, this is a higher share than normal. RW's are going to endure about as elite defending as possible, almost every shift over the course of a series. About zero chance these guys get pushed around. Both are also capable of moving the puck in a pinch as well


7 year VsX vs other rosters in Robson:

Vs Chicago:

Pittsburgh Forwards Only - 1019.2
Pittsburgh w/Orr - 1134
vs
Chicago Shamrocks Forwards Only = 1042.1
Shamrocks w/Harvey = 1101.4

Boucher - 95.1
Iginla - 86.7
Richard - 85.2
Kariya - 84.9
Benn - 81.4
**Keats - 80
Dillon - 78.1
Perry - 75
Hall - 73.1
Thoms - 72.7
Parise - 70.9
Harvey - 59.3
Laprade - 58.3
Morrow - 53.7
Nesterenko - 47

**Estimated value for pre consolidation player

*Adding Orr to the mix makes it slight advantage for Pittsburgh as his 7 year VsX doubles up Doug Harvey's.

*And as great as Harvey, Quack, and Pospisil are 1, 2, 3, it still trails Orr, Seibert, Stevens, with the gap widening even larger when looking at Laperriere vs Lowe, a considerable advantage for Pitt.



Vs Arizona:

Pittsburgh Forwards Only - 1019.2
Pittsburgh w/Orr and Stevens - 1186.4
vs
Arizona Coyotes Forwards Only= 1005.2
Arizona w/Goodfellow* and Clapper* = 1148.5

*2nd score not true # as Goodfellow and Clapper get considerable VsX out of their long time at F and even still they come in lower than Pittsburgh.

*Many of these are pre consolidation so I'm giving generous estimates to avoid bias

**Taylor = 100
**Lalonde = 100
Jackson = 89.5
Alfredsson = 82.3
**MacKay = 80 (4/5 good to great scoring years)
**Smith = 75 (had 3 elite seasons in NHA with a few other big seasons in lesser leagues prior to 1913)
Clapper = 73.7 (not true D number as he spent a lot fo time at F)
**Roberts = 70 (his scoring finishes are extremely close to Smokey Harris)
Goodfellow = 69.6 (not true D number as he spent a lot of time at F)
Prentice = 67
Sharp = 66.2
**Oatman = 65 (scoring finishes slightly less than Roberts)
Backes = 57.1
Lepine = 52.9
MacGregor = 50.2
**Walker = 50 (two 4th place finishes and 8, 9, 9 , 10 in non consolidated leagues)



Vs Ottawa:

Pittsburgh Forwards Only - 1019.2
Pittsburgh w/Orr - 1134
vs
Ottawa Senators Forwards Only = 992.3
Ottawa w/ Kelly = 1067.7​

*2nd score not true # as Kelly played multiple seasons at F and even still they come in well behind Pittsburgh.

Bossy = 94.8
Savard = 85.5
Moore = 85.4
Hossa = 82.4
Fedorov = 80.8
Kelly = 75.4 (not true D # as he spent multiple years at F)
**Hlinka = 75
Demitra = 74.5
Toews = 73.7
**Larionov = 70
Thomas = 62.3
Ellis = 57.1
**Kapustin = 50
Sanderson = 53.1
Clark = 47.7

**estimated 7 year VsX score for pre consolidation/non NHL Euro players



Vx Gallifrey

Pittsburgh Forwards Only - 1019.2
Pittsburgh w/Orr - 1134
vs
Gallifrey Tardis Forwards Only - 1033.4
Gallifrey w/Gadsby =1092.4


Lindsay = 104.4
M. Richard = 102.4
Francis = 87.4
Perreault = 85.7
**Balderis = 85
Bondra = 72
Pit Martin = 70.6
R. Nash = 69.2
McDavid = 67.5
Paiement = 65.3
Linseman = 61.2
Gadsby = 59
Duff = 57.2
Hunter = 55.5
**Noble = 50

**estimated 7 year VsX score for pre consolidation/non NHL Euro players



vs Montreal Maroons

Pittsburgh Forwards Only - 1019.2
Pittsburgh w/Orr - 1134
vs
Montreal Forwards Only = 1035.6
Montreal w/Stewart = 1059.2

Morenz = 102.2
Cowley = 97
Brett Hull = 88
**Krutov = 85
Joliat = 82.6
**Morris = 80
**Frederickson = 80
Mosienko = 75.2
**Hay = 70
**Irvin = 65
Tocchet = 61.5
McDonald = 53.7
**Bain = 50
Murdoch = 45.4
Jack Stewart = 23.6

**estimated 7 year VsX score for pre consolidation/non NHL Euro players

Very little in the way of puck movement from Montreal is why you see a dramatic shift once you bring each #1 Dman into the fold. And with Lionel Conacher, Lionel Hitchmen and Red Horner the other 3 Dmen, they are only going to lose even more ground to Stevens, Seibert, Laperriere


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Ottawa Senators

Home: The Arena on Laurier Ave

Coach: Scotty Bowman
Captain: Jonathan Toews
Alternates: Red Kelly, Dickie Moore

Dickie Moore - Denis Savard - Mike Bossy
Sergei Kapustin - Sergei Fedorov - Igor Larionov
Pavol Demitra - Jonathan Toews - Marian Hossa
Wendel Clark - Derek Sanderson - Ron Ellis
Spares: Ivan Hlinka, Steve Thomas

Red Kelly - Bob Goldham
Alexei Kasatonov - Sergei Gonchar
Leo Reise Jr - John Carlson
Spare: Mattias Ohlund

Bill Durnan
Percy LeSueur​

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Power Play 1: Moore - Savard - Bossy - Kelly - Gonchar
Power Play 2: Kapustin - Fedorov - Larionov - Kasatonov - Gonchar/Carlson

Penalty Kill 1: Sanderson-Fedorov-Reise-Kasatonov
Penalty Kill 2: Toews-Hossa-Kelly-Goldham
Other PKers: Larionov, Ellis, Carlson

Coach Scotty Bowman will have the option to run out an all-Russian five man unit, designed on the model of the Soviet Green Unit of the 1980s and the Russian Five of the Detroit Red Wings in the mid-90s. Kasatonov played in the Green Unit with Larionov, and Fedorov played in the Russian Five with Larionov.

Kapustin-Fedorov-Larionov
Kasatonov-Gonchar

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Seven players from the NHL Top 100 Players list: Bossy, Durnan, Fedorov, Kelly, Moore, Savard, Toews
Ten Hall of Famers: Bossy, Bowman, Durnan, Fedorov, Hossa, Kelly, Larionov, LeSueur, Moore, Savard

17. Leonard “Red” Kelly, D/F
Frank Boucher: "The redhead attacks like a great forward and defends like an even greater defenceman. There's nobody like him for taking the pressure off his own team and in a few seconds applying it to the other guys."

Lynn Patrick: "Kelly is the best all-around performer in our league. Sure, Howe and Richard are great, but Red is not only great on defense , he can score too. He's the big reason Detroit has won five straight (regular season) championships.

When Kelly rushes up ice, it's something to see. He sparks Howe and Lindsay and the others. When we play the Wings, we go out to stop him."

32. Mike Bossy, RW
Joe Pelletier: "He is perhaps the greatest goal scorer the game has ever seen. But he also took great pride in working on his all around game, and became a very dependable defensive player and underrated playmaker."

Larry Brooks: "He's among the fastest skaters in the league and quite difficult to knock off his feet because his agility prevents an opponent from getting more than a glimpse of him head on; he skates at you in 45° angles. But Bossy's greatest physical asset is his hand speed."

Al Arbour: "Mike's got the fastest hands I've ever seen."

Scotty Bowman: "Bossy seems to disappear through the ice and come up through the pipes. He comes out of nowhere, like a phantom."

65. Dickie Moore, LW
Montreal Canadiens: "Moore had all the tools at his disposal and he used every one of them effectively. He was a strong skater, smooth stickhandler, crisp passer and had a strong accurate shot.

An offensive threat as much as anyone on the roster, Moore’s greatest asset lay in what he didn’t do. The 5-foot-10, 168-pounder refused to back down from anyone and he refused to lose. Whether it was a race for a loose puck, a battle along the boards or a round of fisticuffs, Moore usually emerged victorious."

The Hockey News Top 100: "He was tough, rambunctious and drove the net like a demon. Had the Selke Trophy been in existence when he played, Moore likely would have won an armful of them."

Red Fisher: "Moore deserved it (the scoring title). He's the most valuable player on the Canadiens. As dedicated to winning as any athlete I've ever known. Rough, tough, talented, and a brilliant guy in his own way."

80. Sergei Fedorov, C
Scotty Bowman: "He's one of the best I ever had."

Steve Yzerman: "The most talented player I've ever seen"

Nicklas Lidstrom: "He could do things at a higher speed than anyone else."

Mark Howe: "Feds is the strongest skater I've seen in 21 years. He's got unbelievable balance, strength and speed. The guy just doesn't get knocked down."

Mike Modano: "He did everything really well -- skate, pass, shoot. He had great intelligence. Great faceoff guy. Played every position on the ice. You could never push him off the puck. His leg strength was so above everybody else and that made him impossible to get off-balance."

113. Alexei Kasatonov, D
Hockey Legends Club: "Kasatonov was a stronghold of defense, protecting Vyacheslav Fetisov, who often joined the attacks. However, he himself did not miss the opportunity to go forward. In terms of the number of goals scored in the national championships, he ranks fourth among defenders."

Jim Proudfoot: "Fetisov is like Denis Potvin, cruel and efficient in his own zone and utterly dynamic on the attack - possibly Russia's first genuine big leaguer. Kasatonov is almost a duplicate."

"He is a bear of a man, 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, and yet he is a quick and clever attacker."

Bob Pulford: "(Fetisov and Kasatonov) are exceptionally good with the puck and they're tough. And they're great skaters. They'd have an immediate impact in the NHL."

Eric Weinrich: "(Fetisov and Kasatonov) were just masters at killing penalties. To be a good penalty killer you need to anticipate really well and be able to think ahead, three, sometimes four."

128. Marian Hossa, RW
Joel Quenneville: "One of those players that really set the table of playing the right way. And as a coach, you couldn't ask for a guy that demonstrates exactly what your message is on how we want to play structurally, in all zones, all situations. Protects the puck, keeps the puck, tough to take it away from him. It was like, 'OK, this is the perfect player."

Bob Hartley (who named Joe Sakic and Marian Hossa as the top two players he coached.): “He’s a dream to coach. He’s not just coachable, he’s a dream to coach. He always shows up to play, works unbelievably hard in the gym and in practices. For him, to play good defense is as important as scoring goals. Probably the strongest player I’ve coached on the puck. You basically need a tow-truck to lift his stick off the puck.”

161. Bill Durnan, G
Ted Kennedy: "Durnan was a big man, a stand-up goalie, like most of the goalies of that time. When he went down and was in a kneeling position, he still covered an awful lot of the net. He had a great catching hand. He hardly ever gave up rebounds. The puck would hit those goal pads and he would cover it up with that glove hand really quick. I don't remember anyone ever saying he had a weak spot. He could switch hands at any time, depending on what the situation called for."

Maurice Richard: "As I'm concerned, Durnan was the best goaltender I've ever seen, with Boston's Frankie Brimsek right behind. What put Durnan head and shoulders above the others was his style. He could switch hands with ease and use either his left or his right glove to spear shots. Very few goaltenders have ever been ambidextrous like Durnan and none has ever mastered the art the way he did. He'd rarely commit himself on a play and had a great knack of waiting for the forward to make the first move, which was the reason he was so hard to beat on breakaways."

176. Jonathan Toews, C
Mike Babcock: "All Jonathan Toews does is make everybody he plays with better."

Scotty Bowman: "Jonathan brings it every night. It's one thing to have ability, but another to compete. You are not going to outcompete Toews. He plays in all situations. Power play, penalty kill, 5-on-5. He's a big guy. You see him out of uniform. He's strong and thick. But again, it's another thing to use the body the way he uses it. He takes it to all the tough areas and makes sacrifices. He plays the entire rink. He's got everybody's respect, his own guys, guys throughout the league, coaches and general managers."

Joel Quenneville: “Jonny is an emotional, EMOTIONAL guy, but he’s the best leader I’ve ever been around.”

209. Sergei Gonchar, D
Bill Guerin: “He was tough. He was smart. He had one of the best shots you’ll ever see. He always had the puck. And when he played, there was nobody better running a power play as a defenseman.”

Ray Shero: “That guy — he’s just awesome. He is always the calmest guy in every situation. He just moves at his speed."

Evgeni Malkin: “Gonch is great at passing for every player. Is like Sid. How Sid gets you puck where you want? Gonch the same. Some players have shot like at 9 but pass at 4 or 5. Gonch is 9, shot and pass. He is, like, 8 or 9 skater, too.”

Mike Sullivan: “He 100 percent should be in the Hall of Fame. We got him in Boston to run the power play. And no one did it better. He just had incredible offensive instincts as a player, could help you so much in the transition game. He was good defensively too. He really was. He wasn’t physical, but he played the game with courage and bravery.”

224. Scotty Bowman, coach
Cliff Fletcher: "When the puck is dropped, there has never been anyone who could run a bench better than Scotty. He was always three or four moves ahead of the opposition. So his players knew they only had to be as good as the other team. Scotty would make the difference."

Ken Dryden: "Scotty was a guy who knew what the players wanted more than anything was to win. That they wanted easy practices, an smiling coach, an arm around the shoulder, but they could live without those things. What they couldn't live without, was winning."

257. Denis Savard, C
Lou Nanne: “There just isn't a better skater in the league than Denis Savard. When Denis has the puck, he's got the ability to do a million things with it.”

272. Igor Larionov, C
Kris Draper: "I'll never forget the 'Russian Five' when they first started playing together. We couldn't believe they were playing on the same ice as we were, playing against the same guys, and yet they were so different, especially Igor with the puck. He would always seem to slow things down. Unbelievable passer, and you just can't say enough about the vision that he had out there on the ice. He was a huge part of our success and us winning Stanley Cups."

301. Bob Goldham, D
Red Kelly: "Goldham was about as good as anyone at blocking shots. Bob may not have invented the puck-blocking technique, but he certainly took it to a new and more effective level."

Scotty Bowman: "Bob Goldham was like another goalie. I talked with Lynn Patrick about him. He knew all these players because he had coached against them with the Rangers, then with Boston, and he said Goldham...for five or six years, if they had a vote for the best defensive defenceman, he'd win."

320. Sergei Kapustin, LW
Sergei Kotov: "Kapustin had great physical strength and health. He was a hockey player from God, endowed with an incredible sense of goal and the ability to make the game in the most critical moments for the team."

353. John Carlson, D
Colby Cohen: "He doesn't bring one forechecker, he brings two, if you watch him move up and down the ice. It's easy for him. He brings so much attention and he's so good at distributing the puck from his own goal to center ice."

368. Pavol Demitra, RW/LW/C
Mats Sundin: "As a player he was a fantastic forward in his era and a player in the modern game, but he was an even better person off the ice. All around, he was a character guy, a team-first type of player. Sometimes sniper-type players, where goal-scoring is a top priority, sometimes that doesn't really match with that kind of team-first person. Pavol had that other level of character, personality, and caring about his teammates and people around the team."

416. Leo Reise Jr, D
Sid Abel: "He's the best in the league. Who's better? Don't tell me Reardon. Reardon makes more mistakes in a single game than Reise will make all season."

Scotty Bowman; "Big and strong...a tough, tough defenceman, a really good player."

449. Ron Ellis, RW
Paul Henderson: "He was one of the most conscientious defensive hockey players who ever played in the NHL. He could put the puck in the net, too.”

464. Derek Sanderson, C
Joe Pelletier: "Turk was as tough as nails, a tremendous forechecker and faceoff specialist and, with Ed Westfall, the top penalty killer of his era. He was the perfect team player and a huge part of the Bruins success in the early 1970s. Its too bad alcohol interfered in his life as I think Sanderson would have been a Hall of Famer had he remained sober. He was just that good."

492. Percy LeSueur, G
Cyclone Taylor: "Whenever I was asked to pick an all-star team, Percy LeSueur was always in goal--you can check that with the records."

497. Wendel Clark, LW
Gare Joyce: "He wasn't a player so much as a folk hero. He had the greatest wrist shot folks had ever seen, threw his body around like a slam dancer at The Last Pogo, and fought all comers. His epic tilts with Bob Probert are all the more impressive when you figure that he gave away 30 pounds to Probert and that Wendel looks up to a lot of people who are 5-11."

512. Ivan Hlinka, C
Karel Gut: “Outstanding center who became famous through an individual approach which was enabled to him by his physical disposition of well-built stature and excellent technique with the stick. Personality with a gift to overturn the game, able of creative cooperation. He controlled both technical and hard wrist shot."

545. Steve Thomas, RW/LW
Mike Babcock: "I love everything about him. He's a greasy, greasy guy, in your face, on the puck."

560. Mattias Ohlund, D
Sami Salo: “The best defenceman in Canucks history bar none. A true leader on the backend by example and voice.”

 

[Professor What]

Gallifrey TARDIS

Roster:
Coach: Dick Irvin
Captain: Ted Lindsay
Alternates: Valeri Vasiliev, Derian Hatcher

First Line: Ted Lindsay - Ron Francis - Maurice Richard
Second Line: Reg Noble - Gilbert Perreault - Helmuts Balderis
Third Line: Dick Duff - Connor McDavid - Peter Bondra
Fourth Line: Rick Nash - Dale Hunter - Pit Martin

First Pairing: Bill Gadsby - Valeri Vasiliev
Second Pairing: Derian Hatcher - Sergei Zubov
Third Pairing: Jimmy Watson - Adam Foote

Spare Skaters: Wilf Paiement, Rod Seiling, Ken Linseman

First Power Play Unit:
Ted Lindsay - Gilbert Perreault - Maurice Richard
Ron Francis - Sergei Zubov

Second Power Play Unit:
Rick Nash - Connor McDavid - Helmuts Balderis
Reg Noble - Bill Gadsby

First Penalty Kill Unit:
Dale Hunter - Reg Noble
Derian Hatcher - Valeri Vasiliev

Second Penalty Kill Unit:
Ron Francis - Peter Bondra
Jimmy Watson - Sergei Zubov

Third Penalty Kill Unit:
Pit Martin - Dick Duff
Bill Gadsby - Adam Foote

Goaltending: Tony Esposito, Tiny Thompson

Notes:

Late in games, when a goal is needed, the third line will take minutes from the fourth line, with Nash replacing Duff. In a case when protecting a lead is the priority late, the fourth line will take minutes from the third line with Duff replacing Nash.

Esposito and Thompson are more of a 1A-1B goaltending tandem who will roughly evenly split time in the regular season to keep both fresh for a potential playoff run, and both will be playoff options. If one gets hot in the postseason, the net becomes his, but the intent is to play both. After a long postseason overtime game, the starter of that game will get a rest.

When Hunter is in the penalty box, Martin will take extra PK minutes by taking draws alongside Noble to prevent Francis's minutes from going to high.

 

[nabby12]

Montreal Maroons

Home: Montreal Forum; Montreal, QC
Two-Time Stanley Cup Champs (1926, 1935)

Coach: Fred Shero
Captain: Jack Stewart
Alternates: Aurele Joliat & Frank Fredrickson

Aurele Joliat - Howie Morenz - Brett Hull
Vladimir Krutov - Bill Cowley - Bill Mosienko
George Hay - Frank Fredrickson - Bernie Morris
Murray Murdoch - Dick Irvin - Rick Tocchet
Ab McDonald - Dan Bain

Lionel Hitchman - Jack Stewart
Lionel Conacher - Red Horner
Jim Neilson - Red Dutton
Sandis Ozolinsh

Terry Sawchuk
Gump Worsley

PP1: Krutov, Cowley, Morenz - Conacher, Hull
PP2: Joliat, Irvin, Hay - Neilson, Mosienko
PK1: Morenz-Joliat, Conacher, Stewart
PK2: Murdoch-Fredrickson, Hitchman, Dutton

The Maroons have a couple of terrific extra players in Sandis Ozolinsh, Dan Bain and Ab McDonald that will be very useful throughout the regular season and playoffs as injuries and other things are extremely common over the course of the season. For example, Ozolinsh when used will help bolster the powerplay. ​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Foster Hewitt division
Dreakmur - Orillia Terriers
MadArcand - Hartford Whalers
ted2019 - Philadelphia Pantoms
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
Selfish Man - Portland Penguins
Johnny Engine - Verafin Huskies

 

[RustyRazor]

Portland Penguins

Home: Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Portland, OR

Coach: Cecil Hart
Captain: Sidney Crosby
Alternates: Joe Sakic & Boris Mikhailov

Nels Stewart - Sidney Crosby - Boris Mikhailov
Herbie Lewis - Joe Sakic - Punch Broadbent
Don Marcotte - Neil Colville - René Robert
Kirk Muller - Butch Goring - Tim Kerr*

*Broadbent/Marcotte will take shifts in defensive zone faceoffs and for specific match-ups

Börje Salming - Guy Lapointe
Herb Gardiner - Rob Blake
Jim Schoenfeld - Ott Heller

Roy Worters
Tim Thomas

Extra Skaters: Rejean Houle (F), Danny Gare (RW), Albert "Battleship" Leduc (D)

PP1: Blake - Lapointe
Stewart - Crosby - Sakic

PP2: Robert - Salming
Kerr - Goring - Mikhailov

PK1: Gardiner - Schoenfeld
Colville - Marcotte

PK2: Salming - Lapointe
Goring - Broadbent
​

 

[Johnny Engine]

The Verafin Huskies Brought To You By Browning Harvey

Coach: Ken Hitchcock
Captain: Eddie Gerard
Alternate: Chris Chelios
Alternate: Lester Patrick

Brendan Shanahan - Evgeni Malkin - Rick Middleton
Frank Foyston - Ryan Getzlaf - Babe Dye
Johnny Gottselig - Rod Brind'amour - Joe Pavelski
Clark Gillies - Gregg Sheppard - Blair Russell

Lester Patrick - Chris Chelios
Georges Boucher - Eddie Gerard
Ted Harris - Kris Letang

Dominik Hasek
Mike Liut

Konstantin Loktev, Hamby Shore, Jason Spezza

Brendan Shanahan
Babe Dye - Rick Middleton - Evgeni Malkin
Georges Boucher

Joe Pavelski
Ryan Getzlaf - Frank Foyston - Lester Patrick
Chris Chelios

Rod Brind'amour - Johnny Gottselig
Eddie Gerard - Chris Chelios

Gregg Sheppard - Blair Russell
Ted Harris - Georges Boucher

​

Ice Time Estimates:

	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Malkin	15	5	0	20
Shanahan	14	5	0	19
Middleton	14	4	0	18
Foyston	13	3	0	16
Getzlaf	12	3	0	15
Dye	12	4	0	16
Brind'amour	12	0	4	16
Gottselig	11	0	4	15
Pavelski	10	2	0	12
Russell	10	0	3	13
Gillies	8	0	0	8
Sheppard	7	0	3	10
Chelios	17	3	4	24
Patrick	17	2	0	19
Gerard	16	0	5	21
Boucher	15	4	2	21
Letang	14	0	0	14
Harris	13	0	3	16

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[Dreakmur]

Lester Patrick

Tommy Phillips - Wayne Gretzky "C" - Charlie Conacher "A"
Brad Marchand - Marty Barry - Bobby Bauer
Artemi Panarin - Cooney Weiland - Claude Provost
Brian Sutter - Camille Henry - Floyd Curry

Scott Niedermayer "A" - Drew Doughty
Pat Stapleton - Bill White
Ryan McDonagh - P.K. Subban

Jacques Plante
Henrik Lundqvist

Spares: Lynn Patrick, Jack Marshall, Carol Vadnais

PP1: Conacher-Gretzky-Henry-Subban-Stapleton
PP2: Marchand-Barry-Bauer-Doughty-Niedermayer

PK1: Weiland-Provost-McDonagh-White
PK2: Phillips-Curry-Niedermayer-Doughty
PK3: Marchand-Gretzky

​

Forwards	ES	PP	PK	Total
Wayne Gretzky	16	5	1	22
Tommy Phillips	14		3	17
Charlie Conacher	15	5		20
Marty Barry	14	2		16
Brad Marchand	13	2	1	16
Bobby Bauer	13	2		15
Cooney Weiland	12		3	15
Artemi Panarin	11			11
Claude Provost	12		3	15
Camille Henry	4	5		9
Brian Sutter	8			8
Floyd Curry	6		3	9
Totals	138	21	14	173

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Defensemen	ES	PP	PK	Total
Scott Niedermayer	19	2	3	24
Drew Doughty	19	2	3	24
Pat Stapleton	17	5		22
Bill White	17		4	21
Ryan McDonagh	10		4	14
P.K. Subban	10	5		15
Totals	92	14	14	120

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[ted2019]

Philadelphia Phantoms (ChiTownPhilly)

Home Rink: Philadelphia Spectrum
Coach: Tommy Gorman
Captain: Denis Potvin
Alternates: Henrik Zetterberg, Patrice Bergeron

Cy Denneny - Frank Nighbor -Hooley Smith
Henrik Zetterberg -Milan Novy - Vaclav Nedomansky
John Madden -Patrice Bergeron - Claude Lemieux
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin -Odie Cleghorn

Denis Potvin -Shea Weber
Alex Ragulin - Jan Suchy
Mark Giordano-Terry Harper

Bernie Parent
Vladimir Dzurilla

Extras:
Vsevolod Bobrov
Jack Darragh
Yury Lyapkin

​

 

[Leaf Lander]

Coach: MikeV Babcock
(C) Trottier (A)Armstrong
(A) Sittler (A) MacInnis

Delvecchio -Trottier-Kurri
Shutt - Sittler- Armstrong
Propp-Draisaitl -Vaive
Klukay-Kasper- Nevin
Sloan- Risebrough

Suter- MacInnis
Tremblay-Howell
Thomson -Mortson
Stanowski


Smith
Quick

Specialty Teams

PP Unit 1
Delvecchio -Trottier-Kurri
Suter MacInnis


PP Unit 2
Draisaitl -Sittler-Vaive
Tremblay-Howell

PK Unit 1
Propp -Kasper
Thomson -Mortson

PK Unit 2
Klukay -Armstrong
Suter MacInnis

Round 1-Bryan Trottier C
Round 2-Al MacInnis D
Round 3-Jari Kurri RW
Round 4-Alex Delvecchio LW
Round 5-JC Tremblay D
Round 6-Gary Suter D
Round 7-Billy Smith G
Round 8-Harry Howell D
Round 9- Jimmy Thomson D
Round 10- Darryl Sittler C
Round 11-George Armstrong RW
Round 12- Gus Mortson D
Round 13- Brian Propp LW
Round 14- Steve Shutt LW
Round 15- Joe Klukay LW
Round 16- Bob Nevin RW
Round 17- Steve Kasper C
Round 18 - Mike Babcock, Coach
Round 19- Leon Draisaitl C
Round 20- Rick Vaive RW
Round 21-Jonathan Quick G
Round 22-Wally Stanowski D
Round 23-Tod Sloan C
Round 24-Doug Risebrough C

 

[MadArcand]

Hartford Whalers

Coach: Peter Laviolette

Valeri Kharlamov - Doug Gilmour (A) - Andy Bathgate
Sweeney Schriner - Pavel Datsyuk - Dino Ciccarelli
Igor Liba (A) - Vyacheslav Starshinov - Nikita Kucherov
Craig Ramsay - Ryan Kesler - Jere Lehtinen

Dave Andreychuk, Pat Verbeek

Duncan Keith - Ray Bourque (C)
Brad McCrimmon - Eric Desjardins
Doug Mohns - Bob Baun
Al Iafrate

Jiří Holeček
Harry Lumley

PP1: Kharlamov - Gilmour - Ciccarelli - Bathgate - Bourque
PP2: Schriner - Starshinov - Kucherov - Datsyuk - Desjardins

PK1: Ramsay - Kesler - Keith - Bourque
PK2: Lehtinen - Gilmour - McCrimmon - Baun
PK3: Liba - Datsyuk - Mohns - Desjardins​

 

[BenchBrawl]

Jim Coleman Conference

Bob Cole division
rmartin65 - New York Americans
TheDevilMadeMe - NJ Swamp Devils
BenchBrawl - Montreal Canadiens
Habsfan18 - Minnesota North Stars
Claude The Fraud - Team Canada
tony d - Cleveland Spiders

 

[BenchBrawl]

MONTREAL CANADIENS​

​

GM: BenchBrawl​

Coach: Barry Trotz
Captain: Milt Schmidt
Assistant: Art Coulter
Assistant: Sprague Cleghorn
Assistant: Babe Siebert


HEAD COACH​

Barry Trotz​

ROSTER

Bobby Hull - Milt Schmidt (C) - Blake Wheeler
Woody Dumart - Norm Ullman - Patrick Kane
Claude Giroux - Jeremy Roenick - Dave Taylor
Bob Davidson - Ken Mosdell - Jerry Toppazzini

Sprague Cleghorn (A) - Art Coulter (A)
Babe Siebert (A) - Harry Cameron
Bobby Rowe - Viktor Kuzkin

Georges Hainsworth
Miikka Kiprusoff

Spares: Vincent Lecavalier, Mark Stone, Bob Armstrong

PP

Giroux-Schmidt-Kane
Cameron-Hull

Ullman-Roenick-Wheeler
Siebert-Cleghorn

PK

Mosdell-Toppazzini
Siebert-Coulter

Dumart-Schmidt
Rowe-Cleghorn

PK extras: Hull, Davidson, Roenick

​

Forward
	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Hull	15	5	1	21
Schmidt	14	4	2	20
Ullman	15	3	0	18
Kane	14	4	0	18
Dumart	14	0	2	16
Wheeler	12	3	0	15
Roenick	12	3	0	15
Giroux	10	4	0	14
Taylor	12	0	0	12
Mosdell	9	0	4	13
Toppazzini	9	0	4	13
Davidson	9	0	1	10
	145	26	14	185
Defense
	ES	PP	PK	TOT
Cleghorn	20	2	3	25
Coulter	18	0	4	22
Siebert	17	2	4	23
Cameron	17	5	0	22
Rowe	10	0	2	12
Kuzkin	10	0	1	11
	92	9	14	115

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[Habsfan18]

Coach: Hap Day

Captain: Mark Messier
Alternate: King Clancy
Alternate: Boris Mayorov

Anatoli Firsov - Mark Messier - Mark Recchi
Baldy Northcott - Dave Keon - Didier Pitre
Boris Mayorov - Joe Nieuwendyk - Ace Bailey
Wayne Cashman - Red Sullivan - Shane Doan

Spares: Murray Oliver, Ryan Smyth

King Clancy - Hod Stuart
Allan Stanley - Alex Pietrangelo
Gary Bergman - Kevin Hatcher

Spare: Dave Burrows

Frank Brimsek
Rogie Vachon

PP1: Firsov - Messier - Pitre - Clancy - Stuart
PP2: Mayorov - Nieuwendyk - Recchi - Stanley - Hatcher

PK1: Keon - Sullivan - Stanley - Pietrangelo
PK2: Messier - Bailey - Stuart - Hatcher
Extra PK forwards: Firsov, Northcott
Extra PK defenseman: Bergman​

 

[rmartin65]

New York Americans

Coach: Tommy Ivan
Toe Blake - Steven Stamkos - Gordie Howe (A)
Dany Heatley - Elmer Lach - Larry Aurie
Bob Pulford - Walt Tkaczuk - Tony Leswick
Vic Stasiuk - Eric Staal - Alexei Kovalev
Ryan O'Reilly - Ron Stewart

Zdeno Chara (C)- Tim Horton
Harvey Pulford (A)- Brent Burns
Vitali Davydov - Joe Hall
Reed Larson

Clint Benedict
Mar-Andre Fleury

PP
Gordie Howe - Elmer Lach
Steven Stamkos - Dany Heatley
Brent Burns

Toe Blake - Eric Staal - Alexei Kovalev
Joe Hall - Zdeno Chara

PK
Bob Pulford - Tony Leswick
Zdeno Chara - Tim Horton

Walt Tkaczuk - Larry Aurie
Harvey Pulford - Vitali Davydov

PK3
Toe Blake - Elmer Lach​

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

New Jersey Swamp Devils

Coach: Toe Blake

Sid Abel (A) - Jean Beliveau (C) - Bernie Geoffrion
Smokey Harris - Russell Bowie - Alexander Maltsev
Marty Pavelich - Anze Kopitar - Tony Amonte
Patrick Marleau - Phil Watson - Ed Westfall
Spares: Todd Bertuzzi, Jack Adams

*3rd and 4th lines swap wingers when playing against Bobby Hull

Serge Savard (A) - Pierre Pilote
Art Ross - Fern Flaman
Barry Beck - Si Griffis
spare: Nikolai Sologubov

Georges Vezina
Alec Connell

PP1: Sid Abel - Jean Beliveau - Alexander Maltsev - Bernie Geoffrion - Pierre Pilote
PP2: Patrick Marleau - Russell Bowie - Phil Watson - Art Ross - Si Griffis

PK1: Marty Pavelich* - Ed Westfall - Serge Savard - Fern Flaman
PK2: Anze Kopitar - Phil Watson - Barry Beck - Art Ross
PK spare: Alexander Maltsev - Patrick Marleau, Pierre Pilote

*See Pavelich's profile - he was shifted to C to shadow Jean Beliveau at one point. So he should be able to take faceoffs on penalties - in fact using an even strength winger at C on the PK is exactly something Toe Blake would do​

​

 

[tony d]

Cleveland Spiders

coach; Joel Quenneville

Captain: Bobby Clarke
Alternates: Larry Robinson, Carl Brewer

Bill Barber-Bobby Clarke-Teemu Selanne
Syd Howe-Mike Modano-Gordie Drillon
Mats Naslund-Joe Primeau-Jimmy Ward
Dave Balon-Fleming Mackell-Owen Nolan

Extra: Charlie Simmer, Brad Richards

Ivan Johnson- Larry Robinson
Carl Brewer-Babe Pratt
Art Duncan-Lloyd Cook

Extra: Lars Erik Sjoberg

Martin Brodeur
Gerry Cheevers

Special Teams:

PP 1: Syd Howe, Mike Modano,Teemu Selanne, Babe Pratt, Bill Barber
PP 2: Mats Naslund, Bobby Clarke, Gordie Drillon, Larry Robinson, Carl Brewer

PK 1: Bobby Clarke, Jimmy Ward, Larry Robinson, Ivan Johnson
PK 2: Dave Balon, Fleming Mackell, Carl Brewer, Art Duncan

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Coach: Jacques Demers
Captain: Steve Yzerman
Assistant: Viacheslav Fetisov
Assistant: Rod Langway
Assistant: Émile «Butch» Bouchard​

Bert Olmstead - Steve Yzerman - Cam Neely
Alexander Yakushev - Vladimir Petrov - Pavel Bure
Vincent Damphousse - Mike Peca - Ed Litzenberger
John Tonelli - Brent Sutter - Bob Bourne
Spare: Bernie Federko - Trevor Linden

Viacheslav Fetisov - Émile 'Butch' Bouchard
Rod Langway - Dan Boyle
Phil Housley - Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Spare: Vasili Pervukhin

Vladislav Tretiak
Carey Price

Power Play
Alexander Yakushev - Vladimir Petrov - Pavel Bure
Viacheslav Fetisov - Zinetula Bilyaletdinov

Bert Olmstead - Steve Yzerman - Cam Neely
Phil Housley - Dan Boyle

Penalty Kill
Mike Peca - Brent Sutter
Rod Langway - Émile ‘Butch’ Bouchard

Steve Yzerman - Bob Bourne
Viatcheslav Fetisov - Zinetula Bilyaletdinov​

 

[ResilientBeast]

Rene Lecavalier division
Voight - Corpus Christi Ice Rays.
tinyzombies - Vegas Knights
Dirt 101 - Elmira Jackals
BraveCanadian - Guelph Platers
tabness - Florida Sunbursts
GlitchMarner - Brampton Beavers

 

[tabness]

Florida Sunbursts​

coaching
Glen Sather

forwards
John LeClair • Eric Lindros (A) • Jaromir Jagr [legion of cool]
Luc Robitaille • Phil Esposito (C) • Ziggy Palffy [sub for Stumpel]
Esa Tikkanen • Bernie Nicholls • Steve Larmer [physical counter]
Don Marshall • Ralph Backstrom • Bengt Ake Gustafsson [speed counter]

defense
Doug Wilson • Paul Coffey (A)
Ulf Samuelsson • Larry Murphy
Mark Tinordi • Ted Green
Ed Jovanovski • Robert Svehla

goalies
Roberto Luongo
John Vanbiesbrouck

spares
Brett Lindros​

powerplay​

• Robitaille/Nicholls/Palffy with Coffey/Wilson
• Esposito/Lindros/Jagr with Wilson/Murphy
• LeClair/Esposito/Jagr with Coffey/Murphy

penalty kill​

• Samuelsson/Murphy and Tinordi/Green will be the main penalty killers
• Gustafsson/Marshall and Tikkanen/Larmer will be the main penalty killing forwards
• when a shorty is needed Nicholls and Palffy along with Wilson and Coffey can do their thing

 

[VanIslander]

Elmira Jackals
coach Art Ross

Patrik Elias - Max Bentley - Bill Cook
Roy Conacher - Ted Kennedy (C) - Rod Gilbert
Jiri Holik - Pat LaFontaine - Alex Mogilny
Bobby Holik - Doug Jarvis - Bob Nystrom
Bruce Stuart, Harry Oliver

Marcel Pronovost - Eddie Shore (A)
Mike Grant (A) - Vladimir Lutchenko
Cy Wentworth - Rob Ramage
Pat Egan

Glenn Hall
Paddy Moran​

STYLE OF PLAY:

"... Eddie always went down the middle of the ice. People bounced off him like tenpins."

... an outstanding stick-handler, a hard and fast skater,... an incredible shot... a huge physical presence with a mean streak.

... he'd fall on knees, spread his legs to take away the bottom corners and five-hole and let his rapier-like arm reflexes take care of the top corners... then bounce back to his feet, able to go in any direction.

... great faceoff... antagonistic forechecker,... ability to score the important goal, to make the right check at the right time - to do all the little things that win big games...

... formidable physical force, but had one of the smoothest skating strides in the league... His poised defensive presence allowed the team’s offensive stars to take more risks...

...was spectacular, fast and fluid with an ability to accelerate off a single stride and then top it all off with a laser wrist shot... shifty... eerily elusive, and could he ever pass the puck...

...a sure stick-handler with a sharp, heavy shot,... combined speed and strength... and ability to anticipate plays...