"Face Of The Franchise" Players For Each Team

[LightningStrikes]

Who is the player you would consider his team's "face of the franchise" player the most? List them for each team. I'll try:

Anaheim: Getzlaf
Arizona: Ekman-Larsson
Boston: Chara (HM: Rask, Marchand)
Buffalo: Eichel
Calgary: Gaudreau
Carolina: Aho
Chicago: Kane (HM: Toews)
Colorado: MacKinnon
Columbus: Foligno (HM: Jones)
Dallas: Benn (HM: Seguin)
Detroit: Larkin (HM: Howard?)
Edmonton: McDavid
Florida: Barkov
Los Angeles: Doughty (HM: Kopitar, Quick)
Minnesota: Koivu (HM: Parise)
Montreal: Price
Nashville: Rinne (HM: Josi, Forsberg)
New Jersey: Hall
NY Islanders: Barzal (HM: Lee)
NY Rangers: Lundqvist
Ottawa: errm... Anderson?
Philadelphia: Giroux
Pittsburgh: Crosby
San Jose: Burns (HM: Karlsson, Couture)
St. Louis: Pietrangelo (HM: Tarasenko, O'Reilly)
Tampa Bay: Stamkos (HM: Kucherov, Hedman)
Toronto: Matthews (HM: Tavares, Marner)
Vancouver: Boeser (HM: Edler)
Vegas: Fleury (HM: Marchessault, Karlsson)
Washington: Ovechkin
Winnipeg: Wheeler (HM: Scheifele)


...was harder than I thought. To me the "face of the franchise" is the player you associate the most with his team. For example, when I think "Washington Capitals" I see Alex Ovechkin.

What's your list and what definition of "FotF" did you use?

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[Prsut18]

I´d add Bergeron for Boston maybe

 

[Rowlet]

Pettersson > Boeser

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Pettersson is the face of the franchise not Boeser.

 

[Beville]

Melnyk;

Followed by Chabot and Chucky I reckon.

 

[Ctrain2k]

Thornton for San Jose.

 

[boredmale]

Can we pick our coach(Trotz)

 

[Legionnaire11]

Pretty good list, I might swap 2-3 HM to face, but really this is just about perfect.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Melnyk;

Followed by Chabot and Chucky I reckon.

Isn't it Borowiecki?

 

[Plural]

Isn't it Thornton still for SJ?
I'd add Laine as HM for Jets when he signs his deal. (Contract)

 

[tsujimoto74]

I´d add Bergeron for Boston maybe

Yeah, I'd think of Bergeron before Marchand and Rask, at least. Seems like a shoe-in to take the C when Chara retires.

I'd also think Dahlin deserves an HM for Buffalo.

 

[Rcknrollkillnmachine]

I´d add Bergeron for Boston maybe

For me Bergeron and Chara equally.

 

[SotasicA]

What an ugly face the Bruins have.

 

[Dbrownss]

Tarasenko is the "face" of the franchise for the Blues

 

[RememberTheName]

Ik its hard to get all 31 right, but the omission of Thornton for San Jose is absolutely ridiculous

 

[LightningStrikes]

Ik its hard to get all 31 right, but the omission of Thornton for San Jose is absolutely ridiculous

While both sides have expressed they'd be interested in a re-signing he's still a free agent as of today. That's the only reason he's not on there.

 

[raymond23]

It’s Larkin for Detroit and nobody is close unless you want to include Stevie Y

 

[SlapshotTheMovie]

Ik its hard to get all 31 right, but the omission of Thornton for San Jose is absolutely ridiculous

How can a free agent be a face of a franchise today? Thats a lot of condescension for someone completely in the wrong bud.

 

[BonMorrison]

When I think of the Jackets, I think of Atkinson tbh.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Yeah, I'd think of Bergeron before Marchand and Rask, at least. Seems like a shoe-in to take the C when Chara retires.

I'd also think Dahlin deserves an HM for Buffalo.

I think of Marchand first, and I would have guessed most non-Bruins fans would think of him first, too.

 

[Sansbacon]

For Buffalo it’s currently Eichel, but could be supplanted by Dahlin pretty soon.

Jack has the bigger personality, though, for better or worse.

 

[Sansbacon]

I think of Marchand first, and I would have guessed most non-Bruins fans would think of him first, too.

I’d bet even the biggest Marchand-Bruins fan would rather not have this face as the “face of the franchise”

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Tarasenko is the face of the Blues and I’d say Thornton for the Sharks

 

[Eegs]

Thornton for San Jose.

Beard of the Franchise is more like it though.

edit: Of course with that reasoning, OP's selection of Burns is also on point.

 

[Cane mutiny]

It could actually wind up being Svech for CAR in the future, but it's Aho for the present.