Best euro lines in nhl

[alko]

Slovak pack in St. Louis: Bartecko - Handzus - Demitra

Or The Cycling Slovaks.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Slovak pack in St. Louis: Bartecko - Handzus - Demitra

Or The Cycling Slovaks.

the slovakmates somik - handzus - radivojevic didn’t play together as often as one might think (similar to the usa line of leclair - roenick - amonte), but here is proof that those big boys were a line: Taunts, accusations, allegations -- the rivalry intensifies

 

[MXD]

Someone thought a Valeri Bure - Saku Koivu - Oleg Petrov was a great idea in the mid nineties.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

If we're just listing the best Euro lines by team, it should be Sykora-Holik-Elias for the Devils, before Arnott took over for Holik and made the line legendary.

All time... I am actually leaning towards Ovechkin - Backstrom - Semin if longevity as a line doesn't count.

 

[Admiral Awesome]

Just out of curiosity, who played with Straka and Jagr circa '98-99?

 

[mrhockey193195]

Some recent ones that come to mind:

Straka-Lang-Kovalev
Straka-Nylander-Jagr
Kozlov-Fedorov-Larionov

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Just out of curiosity, who played with Straka and Jagr circa '98-99?

according to the game logs, stu barnes the most, sometimes german titov, with short stints for brad werenka, aleksey morozov, and rob brown.

 

[Admiral Awesome]

according to the game logs, stu barnes the most, sometimes german titov, with short stints for brad werenka, aleksey morozov, and rob brown.

Hm...interesting. I thought they would've seen more ice time with Kovalev.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Hm...interesting. I thought they would've seen more ice time with Kovalev.

from what i remember (of those penguins in general, not that season in particular), jagr and kovalev didn’t work together. not only did they play the same position but they both needed to hold the puck too much to productively coexist.

that year, the second line was titov - lang - kovalev. in 2001, after mario came back, it was straka - lang - kovalev.

 

[alko]

There was a time in LA Kings history (season 2003/2004), where they had :

Roman Cechmanek	G
Milan Hnilicka	G
Ziggy Palffy	RW
Pavel Rosa	RW
Jozef Stumpel	C
Martin Straka	LW
Martin Strbak	D
Lubomir Visnovsky	D
Tomas Zizka	D
Jaroslav Modry	D

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

So, here are the questions:

1. Were there some game, where was Czechoslovak line on the ice?

2. Were there a game, where was Czechoslovak line on the ice + goalie ?

3. Were there a game, where was Czechoslovak line on the ice + goalie Nr.1 + goalie Nr. 2 ?

 

[Talisman]

this is off topic but i wonder how red army line Kamensky-Bykov-Khomutov would have done damage in Nhl/quebec jersey!!. that line was very lethal in red army and sometimes as good as KLM-line!!.

 

[brachyrynchos]

If we're just listing the best Euro lines by team, it should be Sykora-Holik-Elias for the Devils, before Arnott took over for Holik and made the line legendary.

All time... I am actually leaning towards Ovechkin - Backstrom - Semin if longevity as a line doesn't count.

I know Semak and Zelepukin played together in New Jersey, not sure who their regular center was, you'd remember better than me. I do recall them having at one time or another (my timeframe probably off) Nemchinov, Brylin, Ciger, Stastny, and Ojanen, to name a few.

 

[brachyrynchos]

The '05/6 Rangers had Jagr, Nylander, Straka, Rucinsky, Prucha, Sykora, Marcel Hossa, and Nieminen at forward. They all seemed to play together one way or another. Their European defensemen included Roszival, Kasparaitis, Tyutin, Malik, Ozolnish, Kondratiev, and Poeck. My guess is there must've been a Euro 5 man unit along the way.
Jagr with Pittsburgh (1998-99) was surrounded by fellow Czechs: Lang, Nedved, Straka, and Russians Alexei Kovalev, Titov, and Morozov (maybe they played together?). Same year, their defense included: Galanov, Kasparaitis, Slegr, and spare defensemen Butenschoen, Ignatev, and Skrbek. Skudra played most games in goal, so I'd think there must've been an all Euros on the ice scenario pretty frequently.

 

[theicebox]

Penguins have had various combinations with these players that have performed well:

Straka, Lang, Kovalev, Hrdina, Jagr, Morozov, Malkin, Hagelin, Hornqvist, Sykora, Fedotenko, Naslund, Nedved, Sandstrom, Titov

edit: many of these are mentioned in the post above this.

 

[FerrisRox]

not forwards but worell - andreas lilja was a great d-pairing in florida.

Peter Worrell was both a forward and a Canadian.