This is a real off-season, nothing better to talk about kind of thread. ESPN has taken all the Atlantic Division teams and chosen the four players from the teams' histories who best epitomize the team. For the Panthers, they chose Barkov, Bure, Luongo, and Beezer.
After the very first entry (Buffalo) choosing Rob Ray over Pat LaFontaine because of his status as a fan favorite, I really can't understand them passing up Paul Laus under the same guidelines. Also, they left off Scott Mellanby, who was responsible for the term "rat trick" that so defined the franchise's first 12 years, though Mellanby is at least in their list of possible replacements and you can vote for him as the biggest snub. But no mention of some of the bigger names of the past (for games played, points, workhorse status, leadership, fan favorite, etc.) - no Svehla, no Laus, no Ray Whitney, no Bill Lindsay, no Brian Skrudland or Ray Sheppard. I think the writer clearly never paid much attention to the Panthers and didn't bother to delve much into their history.
I'm not a Leafs fan, but they also had a laughable top 4, since there's no way you make a Leafs Mount Rushmore without Wendel Clark or Tie Domi. Sundin, yeah...but those other two? Domi didn't even get an honorable mention.
Mount Puckmore: Four players who define each Atlantic team
So who would people here put on their "Mount Puckmore?"
After the very first entry (Buffalo) choosing Rob Ray over Pat LaFontaine because of his status as a fan favorite, I really can't understand them passing up Paul Laus under the same guidelines. Also, they left off Scott Mellanby, who was responsible for the term "rat trick" that so defined the franchise's first 12 years, though Mellanby is at least in their list of possible replacements and you can vote for him as the biggest snub. But no mention of some of the bigger names of the past (for games played, points, workhorse status, leadership, fan favorite, etc.) - no Svehla, no Laus, no Ray Whitney, no Bill Lindsay, no Brian Skrudland or Ray Sheppard. I think the writer clearly never paid much attention to the Panthers and didn't bother to delve much into their history.
I'm not a Leafs fan, but they also had a laughable top 4, since there's no way you make a Leafs Mount Rushmore without Wendel Clark or Tie Domi. Sundin, yeah...but those other two? Domi didn't even get an honorable mention.
Mount Puckmore: Four players who define each Atlantic team
So who would people here put on their "Mount Puckmore?"