Favorite Penguin Tournament (Lemieux Era-Current) - Round 3 - VOTING CLOSED

[Trap Jesus]

I populated the bracket by Hockey References' Point Shares from the 1984/85 season (Lemieux debut) to the current season. Kind of a rough estimate of impact on the team in these years.

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[Gurglesons]

Malkin versus Gonchar is a cruel joke.

Also, if Coffey goes over Letang. LOL

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

Nice to see my boy Straka doing well. He's my second favourite player of all time.

 

[EightyOne]

@pixiesfanyo
"Vote for your favourite player in each pairing (not necessarily the best)"

I don't find Letang on my favorite list. I like the classic players, man. hahaha.

His flow is nice. But his commercials suck.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Pixies chose Barrasso over Artie!?!

 

[Gurglesons]

@pixiesfanyo
"Vote for your favourite player in each pairing (not necessarily the best)"

I don't find Letang on my favorite list. I like the classic players, man. hahaha.

His flow is nice. But his commercials suck.

Not sure how anyone can take a dude who was here a couple of years and played 12 games in a cup win over a dude that has done what Letang did for us in 09 and 16, but okay.

 

[Gurglesons]

Pixies chose Barrasso over Artie!?!

Yeah. Barrasso is one of my top five Pens ever. Dude ruled and so did his don’t give a f*** attitude.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Counterpoint: Barrasso is GenX's MAF.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Dumo had a good run.

 

[OnMyOwn]

Sid vs Kovy?!? Gaaah. It’s obvious, but man

 

[Trap Jesus]

If there's any tie by the time the poll closes, I'll just put tiebreak in the title and first person (that didn't already vote on that specific match-up) to respond with their choice advances to the next round.

 

[Gurglesons]

Counterpoint: Barrasso is GenX's MAF.

Lol what?

 

[gopens66]

Not sure how anyone can take a dude who was here a couple of years and played 12 games in a cup win over a dude that has done what Letang did for us in 09 and 16, but okay.

Coffey was the first serious help that the Pens brought in for Lemieux. He probably would have finished his career in Pittsburgh if he wasn't traded. In fact, he was pissed that he got traded away from Pittsburgh. I don't like the "what if" game, but there's no telling how he would have helped in the '92 playoffs, or especially '93.

The only thing Letang has on Coffey is more physicality. (Letang's skating was compared to Coffey's, but it's not quite there.) Coffey thought the game at a much higher level, was FAR more adept at running a powerplay, got his shots on net with accuracy, was a superb passer, didn't routinely turn it over at the offensive blueline, and wasn't dumber than a bag of hammers.

 

[Gurglesons]

Coffey was the first serious help that the Pens brought in for Lemieux. He probably would have finished his career in Pittsburgh if he wasn't traded. In fact, he was pissed that he got traded away from Pittsburgh. I don't like the "what if" game, but there's no telling how he would have helped in the '92 playoffs, or especially '93.

The only thing Letang has on Coffey is more physicality. (Letang's skating was compared to Coffey's, but it's not quite there.) Coffey thought the game at a much higher level, was FAR more adept at running a powerplay, got his shots on net with accuracy, was a superb passer, didn't routinely turn it over at the offensive blueline, and wasn't dumber than a bag of hammers.

Also, let’s not pretend the 91 cup was largely won without Coffey and they were tempted to not even play him in the Finals series until the PP was such a disaster in game 1 against Minnie.

Sorry. Anyone taking Coffey over Letang is severely underrating what Letang brought to this franchise in two cup wins. Coffey is a legend and one of the best defenseman to every play the game, but Letang is the best Pittsburgh Penguin D in history and is arguably the 5th or 6th most important player in franchise history depending on how you view MAF.

 

[dogthateats]

I don’t base my favorite players on what they did for the franchise or how important they were.

 

[Gurglesons]

I don’t base my favorite players on what they did for the franchise or how important they were.

That’s cool, but I doubt many here even watched Coffey play here and are just spitefully selecting him because of what the above poster said Letang is DuMb.

 

[dogthateats]

That’s cool, but I doubt many here even watched Coffey play here and are just spitefully selecting him because of what the above poster said Letang is DuMb.

Probably. Letang vs Coffey was probably my most difficult vote so far.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

As an old bastard I watched Coffey. That's why I picked him. He was a f***ing wizard out there.

No major disrespect to Letang. He has done things and put in work for this team that nobody can take away from him. But honestly he's never been much of a favorite of mine. Perhaps that sounds contradictory but to me it is not.

 

[EightyOne]

That’s cool, but I doubt many here even watched Coffey play here and are just spitefully selecting him because of what the above poster said Letang is DuMb.

Breh, you voted Kunitz over Francis.

 

[Gurglesons]

As an old bastard I watched Coffey. That's why I picked him. He was a f***ing wizard out there.

No major disrespect to Letang. He has done things and put in work for this team that nobody can take away from him. But honestly he's never been much of a favorite of mine. Perhaps that sounds contradictory but to me it is not.

I can understand that. I just think a decent amount of the votes are like the one above where it’s more about Coffey not being Letang versus Coffey. I’m sure people will use the we won without Letang argument, but we essentially did the same with Coffey twice which was partially why he was traded prior to 92.

 

[Gurglesons]

Breh, you voted Kunitz over Francis.

Kunitz brought us 3 cups and played a significant role in all 3.

Love Ronnie and what he did here, but he is a Whaler / Cane. Kunitz was a huge part of the most successful Penguins era.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I can understand that. I just think a decent amount of the votes are like the one above where it’s more about Coffey not being Letang versus Coffey. I’m sure people will use the we won without Letang argument, but we essentially did the same with Coffey twice which was partially why he was traded prior to 92.

Letang is a pure Pittsburgh Penguin. He has given a lot to this team so for that he will always have my respect.

And for the record you are right... he gets some hate that he probably doesn't deserve. But Coffey really was on a different level and if I'm being TOTALLY honest with you Letang tends to make me rub my temples in confusion and frustration almost as much as he makes me say "f*** yeah Tanger."

Though I have to say the game was for sure different, then. Tough to assess on a completely fair basis. And it wasn't like Coffey didn't make his fair share of unforced gaffes.

 

[EightyOne]

 

[Gurglesons]

Letang is a pure Pittsburgh Penguin. He has given a lot to this team so for that he will always have my respect.

And for the record you are right... he gets some hate that he probably doesn't deserve. But Coffey really was on a different level and if I'm being TOTALLY honest with you Letang tends to make me rub my temples in confusion and frustration almost as much as he makes me say "f*** yeah Tanger."

Though I have to say the game was for sure different, then. Tough to assess on a completely fair basis. And it wasn't like Coffey didn't make his fair share of unforced gaffes.

I think a lot of Coffey and Jagr’s good will will benefit Letang and even Fleury when we are 20 years removed from this squad.

And I could see Letang being part of another cup. Especially if we play again this year. Having a fully healthy Pens squad with rest probably benefits our team more than any other in the league given what we went through.

 

[Al Smith]

Coffey was the first serious help that the Pens brought in for Lemieux. He probably would have finished his career in Pittsburgh if he wasn't traded. In fact, he was pissed that he got traded away from Pittsburgh. I don't like the "what if" game, but there's no telling how he would have helped in the '92 playoffs, or especially '93.

The only thing Letang has on Coffey is more physicality. (Letang's skating was compared to Coffey's, but it's not quite there.) Coffey thought the game at a much higher level, was FAR more adept at running a powerplay, got his shots on net with accuracy, was a superb passer, didn't routinely turn it over at the offensive blueline, and wasn't dumber than a bag of hammers.

Agree with most of the above, but 58’s skating wasn’t comparable to Coffey’s. The latter’s skating was off the charts compared to everyone unless my memory has faded. But Coffey’s “defensive” side of the game was not nearly as good as 58’s. Defense was more of a hobby than a vocation for Coffey.