Best Divisional Team

[Mattavarner]

Which division could put forth the best roster? (Just names off the top of my head, I probably missed some obvious ones)

Atlantic
Kucherov - Stamkos - Marchand
Marner - Tavares - Matthews
Eichel - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Huberdeau - Barkov - Stone
Nylander/Trochek

Hedman - Weber
Rielly - McDonagh
Dahlin - McAvoy
Ekblad/Risto

Vasilevsky
Price




Metro
Ovechkin - Crosby - Giroux
Hall - Malkin - Panarin
Voracek - Kuznetzov - Kessel
Couturier - Backstrom- Barzal
Zibenejad/Hischier

Jones - Provorov
Werenski - Hamilton
Ghost - Carlson
Letang/Slavin

Holtby
Bobrovsky


Pacific
Gaudreau - McDavid - Boeser
Pavelski - Kopitar - Rakell
Draisatl - Getzlaf - Pacioretty
Marchessault - Karlsson - Smith
Neal/Couture

Doughty - Karlsson
Vlasic - Burns
Giordano - OEL
Lindholm/Tanev

Fleury
Quick



Central
Kane - MacKinnon - Wheeler
Tarasenko - Seguin - Benn
Rantanen - Scheifele - Laine
Arvidsson - Granlund - Landeskog
Toews/Ehlers

Josi - Subban
Pietrangelo - Klingberg
Byfuglien- Dumba
Keith/Suter

Rinne
Hellebuyck

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[CanadienShark]

Voted Pacific, but the Central is damn good.

 

[The Macho King]

Metro has the best Centers but their D and G situations leave a lot to be desired. Atlantic lacks depth on D (and some of those picks are... questionable to say the least).

Pacific has the best player + a ridiculous D, with some solid depth down the middle. Central lacks the offensive depth of the other squads.

I think Pacific pretty easily at this point.

 

[trick9]

Metro has the best Centers but their D and G situations leave a lot to be desired. Atlantic lacks depth on D (and some of those picks are... questionable to say the least).

Pacific has the best player + a ridiculous D, with some solid depth down the middle. Central lacks the offensive depth of the other squads.

I think Pacific pretty easily at this point.

What?

Bobrovsky and Holtby have 3 of the last 6 Vezina's. Holtby has another top-2 finish during that span, too. Matt Murray has won 2 Cups. Their goaltending is by far the best among divisions.

 

[The Macho King]

What?

Bobrovsky and Holtby have 3 of the last 6 Vezina's. Holtby has another top-2 finish during that span, too. Matt Murray has won 2 Cups. Their goaltending is by far the best among divisions.

Dude I totally misread the goalies there. You're right.

 

[Mattavarner]

Edit, added McDonagh to Atlantic

 

[TheGoldenGod]

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[LetsGoBLUES91]

The choices made for the Central division roster are absolutely baffling.

 

[Mattavarner]

The choices made for the Central division roster are absolutely baffling.

What changes would you make? In my opinion the players on the 4th line / bottom pairing could be switched with several others of similar talent (this applies to all divisions) but other than that im not sure what id change

 

[SupremeNachos]

What changes would you make? In my opinion the players on the 4th line / bottom pairing could be switched with several others of similar talent (this applies to all divisions) but other than that im not sure what id change

Remove Buff and put Suter on the 2nd pairing with Pie on the 3rd.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Metro.

 

[triggrman]

There is no way Forsberg isn’t on central

 

[Allan92]

The two trades made in the last week have really made a difference to the pacific, ironic considering they're arguably the weakest division yet have the best player for player roster

 

[cgf]

My stab at the Central with a thought to how well they’d fit.

Benn - MacK - Tarasenko
Kane - Seguin - Wheeler
Laine - Scheifele - Forsberg
Landeskog - ROR - Radulov
Rantanen

Josi - Subban
Suter - Klingberg
Keith - Pietrangelo
Ekholm


And I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting some worthwhile candidates

 

[BlueDream]

What changes would you make? In my opinion the players on the 4th line / bottom pairing could be switched with several others of similar talent (this applies to all divisions) but other than that im not sure what id change

Well Arvidsson and Granlund are weird picks, you gotta realize that. Tons of better forwards than those 2.

 

[Volica]

Metro or Pacific.
Head and shoulders above the rest.

 

[Trilliann]

What changes would you make? In my opinion the players on the 4th line / bottom pairing could be switched with several others of similar talent (this applies to all divisions) but other than that im not sure what id change

At least put a center on each line, Granlund is a winger

 

[Leonhard Euler]

It's nitpicking but why split Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak. It's the best line in Hockey just keep em together

 

[Siignal]

While I get keeping the line together, I'd rather have Matthew Tkachuk than Reilly Smith. Homer post I guess.

Metro's forwards are insanity.
Pacific's defense is insanity.
Goalies are pretty even.

 

[kuzy92]

Metro has the best Centers but their D and G situations leave a lot to be desired. Atlantic lacks depth on D (and some of those picks are... questionable to say the least).

Pacific has the best player + a ridiculous D, with some solid depth down the middle. Central lacks the offensive depth of the other squads.

I think Pacific pretty easily at this point.

Umm... Bobrovsky and Holtby leave a lot to be desired? Just out of curiosity who exactly is better than those two in net?

 

[Mitch nylander]

Just after a quick view the teams with the most players making it are

Tampa -) 5 w/ Stamkos, Kucherov, Hedman, Mcdonagh, Vasilevskiy,
Washington -) 5 w/ Holtby, Ovi, Kuznetsov, Backstrom, Carlson
Philly -) 5 w/ Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Ghost, Provorov
Winnipeg -) 5 w/ Wheeler, Scheifele, Laine, Byfuglien, Hellebuyck
Toronto -) 4.5 w/ Matthews, Tavares, Marner, Rielly + Nylander as an extra
San Jose -) 4.5 w/ Burns, Vlasic, Karlsson, Pavelski + Couture as an extra

Geez Atlantic Really Relies on 4 teams

14 players are from either tampa toronto or boston.
18 adding in florida...

 

[The Abusement Park]

Umm... Bobrovsky and Holtby leave a lot to be desired? Just out of curiosity who exactly is better than those two in net?

I was gonna say Bob sucks in the playoffs. But just switch to Holtby once they start lol.

 

[Captain97]

I'd like to point out 3 of the pacific's top 4d play for the same team, i'm excited to watch the sharks this year.

 

[Critical13]

Edit, added McDonagh to Atlantic

He is definitely not a top 6 d in the Atlantic

 

[jetsforever]

Very close, but I'm leaning towards the Atlantic roster