MOD: Here is the link for the MLD championship retrospective: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=811894. This thread is about the ATD championship.
Here are the ATD champions in the playoff era:
ATD#6 champions, Montreal Canadiens (*note: 20 team draft*):
GM: Hockey Outsider
Coach: Tommy Ivan
Paul Kariya - Adam Oates - Gordie Howe
Johnny Bucyk - Doug Gilmour - Peter Bondra
Dean Prentice - Hooley Smith - Bobby Rousseau
Ryan Smyth - Doug Risebrough - Stan Smyl
Brad Richards
Sprague Cleghorn - Brad Park
Chris Chelios - Jim Schoenfeld
Stefan Persson - Charlie Huddy
Ted Harris
Johnny Bower
Gump Worsley
Mike Liut
ATD#7 champions, Nanaimo Clippers (*note: 28 team draft*):
GM: pitseleh
Coach: Hap Day
Doug Bentley - Newsy Lalonde - Cyclone Taylor
Roy Conacher - Adam Oates - Odie Cleghorn
Paul Thompson - Phil Goyette - Bobby Rousseau
Don Marcotte - Doug Risebrough - Terry O'Reilly
Marian Hossa
Allan Stanley - Earl Seibert
Babe Siebert - Sylvio Mantha
Didier Pitre - Bill Hajt
Ted Harris
Glenn Hall
Normie Smith
Charlie Hodge
ATD#8 champions, Montreal Canadiens (*note: 28 team draft*):
GM: Hockey Outsider
Coach: Al Arbour
Charlie Simmer - Newsy Lalonde - Yvan Cournoyer
Vic Hadfield - Jean Ratelle - Hooley Smith
Don Marcotte - Doug Jarvis - Pit Martin
Marcel Bonin - Troy Murray - Eddie Shack
Pierre Turgeon
Denis Potvin - Harry Howell
Marcel Pronovost - Rob Ramage
Bill Hajt - Bill Barilko
Lloyd Cook
Turk Broda
Roger Crozier
Rollie Melanson
ATD#9 champions, Buffalo Bisons (*note: 32 team draft*):
GM: pappyline
Coach: Dick Irvin
Asst coach & Trainer:Lloyd Percival
Busher Jackson - Stan Mikita(A) - Vaclav Nedomansky
Alex Delvecchio - Tod Sloan - Eddie Litzenberger(C)
Don Marshall - Fleming Mackell - Jerry Toppazzini
Johnny Wilson - Orland Kurtenbach - Murray Balfour
Bill Red Hay
Bill White - Pierre Pilote (A)
Carl Brewer - Neil Colville
Frank Patrick - Doug Barkley
Pat Egan
Chuck Rayner
Gerry McNeil
ATD#10 champions, San Francisco Spiders (*note: 28 team draft*):
GMs: Sturminator / Transplanted Caper
Coach: Cecil Hart
Johnny Bucyk (A) - Joe Sakic (C) - Alexander Maltsev
Frank Foyston - Denis Savard - Ed Litzenberger
Dean Prentice - Don McKenney - Ron Ellis
Bruce Stuart - Jack Adams - Dirk Graham
extras: Fred Stanfield, Vladimir Vikulov
Bill Gadsby - Niklas Lidstrom (A)
Hod Stuart - Cy Wentworth
Phil Russell - Bert Corbeau
extra: Rod Seiling
Grant Fuhr
Dave Kerr
ATD#11 champions, Boston Bruins (*note: 28 team draft*):
GMs: Sturminator / Evil Speaker
Coach: Al Arbour
Alex Delvecchio - Frank Nighbor - Bill Cook (C)
John LeClair - Peter Stastny (A) - Vladimir Martinec
J.P. Parise - Don McKenney - Harry Hyland
Ed Sandford - Dick Irvin Sr. - Jim Pappin
Reggie Fleming - Charlie Burns
Doug Harvey - Hap Day (A)
Jim Neilson - Jan Suchy
Graham Drinkwater - Red Dutton
Gilles Marotte
Grant Fuhr
Dave Kerr
ATD #12 champions, Detroit Falcons (*note: 32 team draft*):
GM: EagleBelfour
Coach: Herb Brooks
Assistant Coach:Father David Bauer
Woody Dumart - Milt Schmidt (C) - Bobby Bauer
Roy Conacher - Duke Keats (A) - Harry Hyland
Harry P. Watson - Phil Goyette - Bobby Rousseau
Ed Sandford - Buddy O'Connor - Harry Oliver
extras: Reggie Fleming, Wally Hergesheimer
Bill Quackenbush - Jimmy Thomson (A)
Lionel Conacher (A) - Cyclone Wentworth
Art Duncan - Bucko McDonald
Terry Sawchuk
Mike Karakas
ATD 2010 champions, New Jersey Swamp Devils (*note: 30-team draft*):
GM: TheDevilMadeMe
Coach: Tommy Ivan
Busher Jackson - Sid Abel (C) - Gordie Howe
Keith Tkachuk - Denis Savard - Vladimir Martinec
Don Marshall - Pit Lepine - Dirk Graham (A)
Jiri Holik - Murray Oliver - Wilf Paiement
Ray Getliffe
Borje Salming - Rob Blake
Babe Siebert (A) - Ted Green
Brian Engblom - Albert Leduc
Yuri Liapkin, Marty McSorley
Charlie Gardiner
Charlie Hodge
ATD 2011 champions, Regina Pats (*note: 40-team draft):
GM: seventieslord
Coach: Fred Shero
Johnny Bucyk - Mark Messier (C) - Teemu Selanne
Jack Adams - Pierre Turgeon - Wayne Cashman (A)
Mel Bridgman - Murray Oliver - Bob Nevin
Dubbie Kerr - Cal Gardner - Al MacAdam
Extras: Bob MacMillan, Andre Boudrais
King Clancy - Hap Day (A)
Jim Neilson (A) - Leo Reise Jr.
Wade Redden - Joe Watson
Bryan MacCabe, Lou Fontinato
Tony Esposito
Roger Crozier
ATD 2012 champions, Inglewood Jacks (*note: 32-team draft):
GM: arrbez
Coach: Cecil Hart
Harry Watson - Wayne Gretzky (C) - Jari Kurri
Baldy Northcott - Pat Lafontaine - Alexander Mogilny
Ross Lonsberry - Rod Brind'Amour (A) - Ron Ellis
Murray Murdoch - Mike Richards - Bernie Nicholls
Brian Leetch - Moose Johnson (A)
George Boucher (A) - Jimmy Watson
Lloyd Cook - Kimmo Timonen
Tiny Thompson
Rogie Vachon
ATD 2013 champions, Montreal Canadiens (*note: 32-team draft):
GMs: BenchBrawl / Sturminator
Coach: Tommy Gorman
Busher Jackson - Frank Boucher - Boris Mikhailov (K)
Sergei Kapustin - Jeremy Roenick - Helmut Balderis
Shane Doan - Don Luce - Tony Amonte
Joe Klukay - Troy Murray - Mario Tremblay
Patrik Sundstrom, Jason Spezza, Steve Thomas
Raymond Bourque (A) - Art Coulter (A)
Gus Mortson - Jimmy Thomson
Bobby Rowe - Mathieu Schneider
Rick Ley
Georges Vezina
Al Rollins
ATD 2014 champions, New Jersey Swamp Devils (*note: 28-team, no-trade draft):
GM: TheDevilMadeMe
Coach: Tommy Ivan
Toe Blake (A) - Bill Cowley - Bill Cook (C)
Gordon Roberts - Peter Forsberg - Gordon Drillon
Tony Leswick - Patrice Bergeron - Frank Finnigan
Sergei Kapustin - Vladimir Shadrin - Todd Bertuzzi
Ray Getliffe, Ryan Kesler, Alexei Kovalev
Babe Siebert - Red Kelly (A)
Herb Gardiner - Harry Cameron
Ryan Suter - Kevin Hatcher
Ed Van Impe
Grant Fuhr
Chuck Rayner
ATD 2015 champions, Pittsburgh Athletic Club (*note: 32-team, no-trade draft):
GM: Rob Scuderi
Coach: Anatoli Tarasov
Assistant Coach: Billy Reay
Paul Kariya-Gordie Howe
Ebbie Goodfellow-Ted Kennedy(C)
Dit Clapper(A)
Darryl Sittler (A)-Dany Heatley
Glen Harmon-Dave Taylor
Herb Gardiner
Veniamin Alexandrov-Vladimir Vikulov
Pit Lepine-Lennart Svedberg
Rod Seiling
Kelly Miller-Ryan Kesler-Ron Stewart
Johnny Bower
Roberto Luongo
Spares: Mike Green, Johnny Gagnon, Paul Shmyr
ATD 2016 champions, Pittsburgh Athletic Club (*note: 26-team draft):
GM: Rob Scuderi
Coach: Lester Patrick
Vladimir Krutov-Frank Boucher-Brett Hull
Frank Foyston (C)-Marty Barry-Andy Bathgate
Jiri Holik-Ivan Hlinka (A)-Bob Nevin
Don Marshall-Dale Hunter-Terry O'Reilly
Kent Nilsson, Brenden Morrow, Jack Adams
Ebbie Goodfellow (A)-Doug Harvey
Georges Boucher-Bob Goldham
Rod Seiling-Nikolai Sologubov
Viktor Kuzkin
Grant Fuhr
Rogie Vachon
ATD 2017 champions, Montreal Canadiens (*note: 25-team draft*):
GM: BenchBrawl
Coach: Al Arbour
Patrik Elias - Bryan Trottier (A) - Bernard Geoffrion
Paul Thompson - Mike Modano - Glenn Anderson
Jamie Benn - Frank Fredrickson - Tony Amonte
Dave Andreychuk - Gregg Sheppard - Jerry Toppazzini
Joe Pavelski, Marian Gaborik, Bill Thoms
Doug Harvey (A) - Shea Weber (A)
Derian Hatcher (C) - Georges Boucher
Jimmy Watson - Ted Green
Brian Campbell
Frank Brimsek
Carey Price
ATD 2018 champions, New York Americans (*note: 24 team draft*):
GM: rmartin65
Coach: Anatoli Tarasov
Assistant Coach: Billy Reay
Paul Kariya - Stan Mikita - Boris Mikhailov (K)
Sid Abel (A) - Steven Stamkos - Rod Gilbert
Gord Roberts - Anze Kopitar (A) - Ace Bailey
Dave Balon - Don Luce - Blair Russell
Lynn Patrick, Terry O'Reilly
Borje Salming - Brad Park (A)
Babe Seibert - Bob Goldham
Vasili Davydov - Joe Hall
Lars-Eric Sjoberg
Bernie Parent
Sergei Bobrovsky
ATD 2019 champions, Chicago Shamrocks (*note: 20 team draft*):
GM: Hawkey Town 18
Coach: Fred Shero
Patrick Elias - Milt Schmidt (A) - Guy Lafleur
Sweeney Schriner - Joe Malone - Cecil Dillon
Brad Marchand - Neil Colville - Claude Provost
Zach Parise - Edgar Laprade - Ryan Kesler
Spares: Pat Lafontaine, Bob Davidson
Scott Stevens (C) - Red Kelly
Herb Gardiner - Georges Boucher (A)
Jim Neilson - P.K. Subban
Spares: Red Dutton, Rod Seiling
Vladislav Tretiak
Rogie Vachon
ATD 2020 champions, New Jersey Swamp Devils (*note: 40 team draft*) (most GMs had 2 teams):
GM: TheDevilMadeMe
Vladimir Krutov - Sid Abel (C) - Guy Lafleur
Boris Mayorov (A) - Yvacheslav Starshinov - Bobby Bauer
Tony Leswick - Cooney Weiland - Mush March
Ab McDonald - Mike Ricci - Tim Kerr
Allan Stanley - Earl Seibert (A)
Vladimir Lutchenko - Flash Hollett
Vasili Pervukhin - Doug Young
George Hainsworth
Ben Bishop
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*Note: commentary below was written after ATD#11.*
And there are your champions. It is an interesting mix; it's hard to compare the 20 team and 32 team champions to the 28 teamers, but looking at the winners all together gives a flavor for where the ATD has been going at least since the inception of the playoff system. They are a fairly heterogenous group, and when you look at the evolution of the champions no particular philosophy of team-building emerges as the dominant form. There are, however, a few common threads that emerge:
- all of the champions have at least one top-15 defenseman on the roster. The weakest #1s we see among the former champions are Earl Seibert and Pierre Pilote, and every single champion has drafted a defenseman before the end of the 2nd round. Perhaps in the future we will see a team win the ATD without a top defenseman and break the mold the way pappy's Bisons did with Rayner in goal in ATD#9, but for now strength at the top end of the blueline seems to be the most common thread among the champions.
- all of the champions have 3rd lines that can score. None of the victors have pure checking 3rd lines, and the ATD#11 Bruins' 3rd line clearly favors offense over defense. Again, we could see a team break through with a pure checking 3rd line in future drafts, but it hasn't happened yet.
- the coaching is outstanding. Cecil Hart is probably the weakest of the championship coaches, and the rest are really top-notch.
- the parts on the scoringlines fit together. Every scoringline on every champion has at least one legit playmaker, goalscorer and physical presence. None of the championship scoring units are open to easy criticism based on an inability to compete in one or another area of the ice or aspect of the game.
- goaltending is surprisingly average. For all the talk we throw around about goal being the most important position on the ice, only one champion has featured a top-7 goaltender (the Clippers with Hall), and that team likely could have won with a much weaker goalie, such was the strength of the Nanaimo franchise at that time. We have yet to see a top goalie carry his team to a Milt Dunnell Cup.
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Four time champs:
Goal:
Grant Fuhr
Defense:
Babe Siebert
Rod Seiling
Three time champs:
Coach:
Tommy Ivan
Al Arbour
Forward:
Gordie Howe
Johnny Bucyk
Bobby Rousseau
Busher Jackson
Don Marshall
Jack Adams
Paul Kariya
Terry O'Reilly
Ryan Kesler
Sid Abel
Defense:
Doug Harvey
Georges Boucher
Herb Gardiner
Jim Neilson
Goal:
Two time champs:
Coach:
Cecil Hart
Anatoli Tarasov
Billy Reay
Forward:
Adam Oates
Dean Prentice
Hooley Smith
Doug Risebrough
Newsy Lalonde
Don Marcotte
Vladimir Martinec
Troy Murray
Pierre Turgeon
Roy Conacher
Phil Goyette
Alex Delvecchio
Ed Litzenberger
Don McKenney
Ron Ellis
Dirk Graham
Harry Hyland
Ed Sandford
Reggie Fleming
Harry Watson
Murray Oliver
Denis Savard
Bill Cook
Sergei Kapustin
Ray Getliffe
Vladimir Vikulov
Pit Lepine
Frank Boucher
Frank Foyston
Bob Nevin
Paul Thompson
Tony Amonte
Jerry Toppazzini
Stan Mikita
Boris Mikhailov
Gord Roberts
Don Luce
Patrik Elias
Milt Schmidt
Neil Colville (once as C, once as D)
Pat Lafontaine
Vladimir Krutov
Guy Lafleur
Bobby Bauer
Tony Leswick
Defense:
Bill Hajt
Ted Harris
Lloyd Cook
Cy Wentworth
Jimmy Thomson
Hap Day
Ebbie Goodfellow
Ted Green
Jimmy Watson
Borje Salming
Brad Park
Bob Goldham
Red Kelly
Red Dutton
Allan Stanley
Earl Seibert
Goal:
Charlie Hodge
Dave Kerr
Roger Crozier
Chuck Rayner
Johnny Bower
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NOTE: Following analysis done after ATD2013
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