Each franchise's top five players historically?

[kmad]

I'll do a few:

Vancouver:
Trevor Linden
Markus Naslund
Pavel Bure
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin

Edmonton:
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Messier
Jari Kurri
Paul Coffey
Grant Fuhr

Calgary:
Al MacInnis
Theoren Fleury
Jarome Iginla
Miikka Kiprusoff
Mike Vernon

Ottawa:
Daniel Alfredsson
Jason Spezza
Wade Redden
Alexei Yashin
Dany Heatley

Toronto:
Syl Apps
Charlie Conacher
Tim Horton
Turk Broda
Ted Kennedy

Montreal:
Howie Morenz
Jean Beliveau
Maurice Richard
Doug Harvey
Guy Lafleur

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[polmaniac932]

San Jose

Joe Thornton
Patrick Marleau
Evgeni Nabokov
Jeff Friesen
Arturs Irbe

 

[kmad]

Tampa Bay:
Vincent Lecavalier
Martin St. Louis
Brad Richards
Nikolai Khabibulin
Dave Andreychuk? Dan Boyle? Brian Bradley?

Buffalo:
Gilbert Perreault
Dominik Hasek
Ryan Miller
Rene Robert
Rick Martin

Washington Capitals:
Alexander Ovechkin
Olaf Kolzig
Rod Langway
Peter Bondra
Calle Johansson

Philadelphia:
Bobby Clarke
Bill Barber
Bernie Parent
Eric Lindros
John Leclair

Pittsburgh:
Mario Lemieux
Jaromir Jagr
Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin
Tom Barrasso

New York Islanders:
Mike Bossy
Bryan Trottier
Denis Potvin
Clark Gillies
Pat Lafontaine

 

[JT Dutch*]

... Los Angeles:

Marcel Dionne
Luc Robitaille
Dave Taylor
Wayne Gretzky
Bernie Nicholls

 

[Clown Baby*]

Philadelphia Flyers
Bobby Clarke
Bernie Parent
Mark Howe
Eric Lindros
John LeClair

 

[Plural]

Ducks:
Selanne
S. Niedermayer
Kariya
Pronger
Getzlaf

 

[ricky0034]

Detroit:

Howe
Lidstrom
Yzerman
Sawchuck
Lindsay

 

[Unaffiliated]

Avs/Nords:

Joe Sakic
Patrick Roy
Peter Forsberg
Peter Stastny
Michel Goulet (an assumption, as I never watched him, nor do I know much about him)

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

assuming we're only counting what the player did with the team listed:

I'll do a few:

Vancouver:
Trevor Linden
Markus Naslund
Pavel Bure
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
roberto luongo (sadly, a hart nom and three vezina nominations almost certainly eclipses what linden did, '94 included, in an all-time ranking sense)

Edmonton:
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Messier
Jari Kurri
Paul Coffey
Grant Fuhr

Calgary:
Al MacInnis
Theoren Fleury
Jarome Iginla
Miikka Kiprusoff
Mike Vernon

Ottawa:
Daniel Alfredsson
Jason Spezza
Wade Redden
Alexei Yashin
Dany Heatley
zdeno chara (back-to-back post-season all-stars before he left ottawa)

Toronto:
Syl Apps
Charlie Conacher
Tim Horton
Turk Broda
Ted Kennedy

Montreal:
Howie Morenz
Jean Beliveau
Maurice Richard
Doug Harvey
Guy Lafleur

San Jose

Joe Thornton
Patrick Marleau
Evgeni Nabokov
Jeff Friesen
Arturs Irbe
owen nolan

Tampa Bay:
Vincent Lecavalier
Martin St. Louis
Brad Richards
Nikolai Khabibulin
Dave Andreychuk? Dan Boyle? Brian Bradley?
steven stamkos (yes, already)

Buffalo:
Gilbert Perreault
Dominik Hasek
Ryan Miller
Rene Robert
Rick Martin
craig ramsay

Washington Capitals:
Alexander Ovechkin
Olaf Kolzig
Rod Langway
Peter Bondra
Calle Johansson

Philadelphia:
Bobby Clarke
Bill Barber
Bernie Parent
Eric Lindros
John Leclair
mark howe

Pittsburgh:
Mario Lemieux
Jaromir Jagr
Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin
Tom Barrasso

New York Islanders:
Mike Bossy
Bryan Trottier
Denis Potvin
Clark Gillies
Pat Lafontaine
billy smith

... Los Angeles:

Marcel Dionne
Dave Taylor
Wayne Gretzky
Rogie Vachon
Bernie Nicholls
rob blake

 

[kmad]

New York Rangers:
Brian Leetch
Ed Giacomin
Andy Bathgate
Frank Boucher
Bill Cook

 

[kmad]

Boston Bruins:
Bobby Orr
Eddie Shore
Ray Bourque
Phil Esposito
Dit Clapper

 

[Moses Doughty]

Kings

Wayne Gretzky
Marcel Dionne
Luc Robitaille
Rogie Vachon
Rob Blake

 

[kmad]

Nashville:
Shea Weber
Ryan Suter
Tomas Vokoun
Pekka Rinne
David Legwand

Columbus:
Rick Nash
Steve Mason
Marc Denis
Rusty Klesla
Geoff Sanderson?

Minnesota:
Marian Gaborik
Andrew Brunette
Brent Burns
Dwayne Roloson
Niklas Backstrom

Atlanta/Winnipeg:
Ilya Kovalchuk
Tobias Enstrom
Kari Lehtonen
Slava Kozlov
Marian Hossa

 

[TyBOZAK*]

Toronto:
Vesa Toskala
Syl Apps
Charlie Conacher
Tim Horton
Turk Broda

Fixed.

 

[Hardyvan123]

assuming we're only counting what the player did with the team listed:

Agree with Billy Smith but might take Lafontaine over Gillies but gillies was a big part of the 4 cup run.

Loungo over Linden is misplaced IMO.

Canuck fans love Linden who would have been a lifetime Canuck if it wasn't for the Messier-Keenan- ownership fiasco.

While Lou might have some hardware and better stats Linden was a class act throughout his career with Vancouver while Lou has had his moments.

I guess it might depend on how one defines the top 5 players historically

 

[The Slap Shop]

... Los Angeles:

Marcel Dionne
Dave Taylor
Wayne Gretzky
Rogie Vachon
Bernie Nicholls

How do you not put Luc in this list?

I still think for the Kings it's the 5 numbers they've retired,

Robitaille
Gretzky
Taylor
Dionne
Vachon

In no particular order.

 

[GreatGonzo]

San Jose

Patrick Marleau
Joe Thornton
Evgeni Nabokov
Owen Nolan
Arturs Irbe

Fixed

 

[Paul4587]

The Ducks top 4 are easy. Number 5 is where it gets tricky. An argument could be made for Kariya but I think Getzlaf's substantially superior playoff resume and Perry's Hart trophy put either one ahead of him.

Selanne
Niedermayer
Pronger
Giguere
Perry/Getzlaf

 

[Rhiessan71]

Agree with Billy Smith but might take Lafontaine over Gillies but gillies was a big part of the 4 cup run.

Loungo over Linden is misplaced IMO.

Canuck fans love Linden who would have been a lifetime Canuck if it wasn't for the Messier-Keenan- ownership fiasco.

While Lou might have some hardware and better stats Linden was a class act throughout his career with Vancouver while Lou has had his moments.

I guess it might depend on how one defines the top 5 players historically

Yeah, no Linden just seems so wrong to me as well. Above both Lou and Naslund in my books.

 

[JT Dutch*]

Kings

Rob Blake

... Blake was probably my favorite Kings' player of all time, and if not for the injuries in the mid-90s and the years he spent in Colorado, he'd probably be number one on the list. But, as it is, I think he misses the top five for what he did as a King.

How do you not put Luc in this list?

... I just forgot him, and I have no idea why. Of course he should be on my list (and everyone's), and he's there now.

This is why I probably shouldn't post much during the off-season.

 

[steve141]

Detroit:

Howe
Lidstrom
Yzerman
Sawchuck
Lindsay

Yzerman was a really good player, but he barely makes the list of top 10 players who have played for Detroit:

1. Howe
2. Hasek
3. Harvey
4. Lidstrom
5. Kelly
6. Sawchuk
7. Hall
8. Lindsay
9. Fetisov
10. Yzerman

That last group with Lindsay, Fetisov, Yzerman and Chelios is really hard to rank though.

 

[kmad]

We're basing this on what the players did with each team. It should have been obvious when I left Messier off the Canucks list.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Boston Bruins:
Bobby Orr
Eddie Shore
Ray Bourque
Phil Esposito
Dit Clapper

Schmidt over Clapper.

 

[livewell68]

Yzerman was a really good player, but he barely makes the list of top 10 players who have played for Detroit:

1. Howe
2. Hasek
3. Harvey
4. Lidstrom
5. Kelly
6. Sawchuk
7. Hall
8. Lindsay
9. Fetisov
10. Yzerman

That last group with Lindsay, Fetisov, Yzerman and Chelios is really hard to rank though.

I'm one of the biggest supporters of Hasek but how do you put Hasek on this list is beyond me. Hasek played for Detroit very briefly and this was past his prime where he was no longer the dominant force he once was.

Hasek deserves to be no. 1 for Buffalo but shouldn't make the list for the Red Wings. You should put Lindsay higher and you should substitute Hasek for Fedorov.

Now if you're making a list of the best players in terms of all-time and then including them in that order but to add that they played for the Red Wings then I can understand but this list should be of how good they were for the team.

 

[EKaneTakesLives]

Atlanta Thrashers 1999-2010:
Kovalchuk
Heatley
Hossa
Savard
Kozlov

HM: Ferraro, Enstrom, Nurminen

Sad but true