IF 3 on 3 happens, which players would be hard to stop ?

[PensPlz]

With Crosby, Malkin and Letang out there.... it will take them only 30 seconds to win or lose the game.

 

[Crosbyfan]

I think Pacioretty would actually be more effective for MTL than PK...

Has crazy speed, is great on the back check and can finish.

...and can set up guys well inside the blue line...

 

[Mav3rick07]

Hall, Eberle, Nuge and Yakupov.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Gio, Brodie and Johnny Hockey.

Tavares doesn't play on the Flames

 

[Aceboogie]

RNH-Hall-Klefbom.

Would love to see Hall in a 3 on 3 situation with space, RNH too. Klefbom is best two way defender

 

[Crosbyfan]

Chris Kreider

He would kill the goalie and slew foot the other 3 players before anyone had time to react. HF Boards would explode. Of course because he is the dirtiest player in the NHL (according to HF Board posters) he would be suspended for one shift.

LOL!!!!

Really not the dirtiest...barely top 3

Just felt like I should defend him

 

[Leafs87]

Ovechkin

 

[moropanov]

Jan Mursak if he returned to NHL. ´I have watched him play lately in KHL even better player than Kovalchuk even Radulov... He has almost Antti Pihlström/Darren Helm level speed his hands are about same level as Granlund's and his hockey sense vision etc are David Vyborny level i would argue that these days Mursak is same level player as Giroux Bäckström maybe even better about Malkin calibre ?

 

[TNCHL]

Kessel, rielly

 

[TNCHL]

Better game, make a 3 on 3 ot team for each team,

2 f and 1 d for each team

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Jan Mursak if he returned to NHL. ´I have watched him play lately in KHL even better player than Kovalchuk even Radulov... He has almost Antti Pihlström/Darren Helm level speed his hands are about same level as Granlund's and his hockey sense vision etc are David Vyborny level i would argue that these days Mursak is same level player as Giroux Bäckström maybe even better about Malkin calibre ?

He is not that good. But a lot of Detroit fans remain defenders to this day. He just never caught a break in terms of the injuries. He was fantastic in Grand Rapids Calder win in the AHL and has been very solid in the KHL. An elite level skater with some finish in terms of elevating his wrist shot. I don't think he belongs in this discussion however, I am hopeful he finds his way back to the NHL with someone.

I will say having watched this play out at the AHL level a few times, the counter-punch is generally what ends this. The other team cedes possession or when they lose the draw they set up in man on man or a very tight box and wait for the other team to get overaggressive. Now I think at the NHL level more often when you sit back the all-world talents will end your night off the hop. But I can say at the AHL level it is actually usually the second teams push that ends it as the first team generally over-extends themselves and they lose on the counter.

 

[ashenhigh]

Watching Datsyuk 3v3 will be so entertaining I just can't wait

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Karlsson. Offensively gifted, top-notch outlet passer, high hockey IQ, and is quick enough to cover large expanses of open ice.

Next I would pick Duncan Keith.

This is the right answer.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Patty Kane. He'd kill it.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

On the flip side, who are the players who tend to aim for the corners that miss wildly a lot, ringing the puck around the boards will result in an unforced rush the other way.

Oh man, that's gonna frustrate a lot of people.

He doesn't miss wildly a lot, but I think for as often as he does appear in this thread Datsyuk can be too fine with his shot selection at times. Now on the positive side you have a feeling he will eliminate the miss somehow either through understanding not to put quite as much on it or just by taking it away defensively afterwards.

Both Tatar and Datsyuk miss wide with heavy shots though that can be an undoing in this particular setting.

 

[EXTRAS]

I'd think this would be patty kanes bread and butter.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

Gaudreau and Gio for the Flames. On other teams Karlsson, Kane and Cogliano

 

[IvanMalison]

Ovechkin dominates by pretty much every offensive metric in 4v4 play
see http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...ards&minutes=200&disp=1&sort=PCT&sortdir=DESC

He leads in

Points/60
G/60
Corsi/60
Fenwick/60

and total points and total goals.

I suspect that ovechkin will be similary dominant in 3v3 play.

 

[gamer1035]

Kessel will just skate down the wing and score on that snap shot he always does every single 3 on 3 overtime. There will be no way to avoid it with 3 on 3.

 

[strictlyrandy]

Better game, make a 3 on 3 ot team for each team,

2 f and 1 d for each team

ROR/Landeskog
Duchene/MacKinnon
Barrie

That would be...fun?

Roy would probably use McLeod, Cliche, Guenin though. Joking. Sort of.

 

[PM]

A lot of the players mentioned so far would be great when their team has possession but I can't see them being particular good at defending in a 3v3 situation especially if their team is only icing one dman. As a Canucks fan I think the Sedins would be fantastic if we could get possession quick but would get crushed defensively against a team with a few quick forwards 3v3. Should be interesting, must say I'm actually pretty excited to start seeing this.

 

[Callista Rhian]

Crosby-Malkin-Letang
Ovi-Backstrom-?
Seguin-Benn-Klingberg
Kane-Toews-Keith

Holy hell, this is going to abso-****ing-lutely magnificent.

 

[skillhockey]

With Crosby, Malkin and Letang out there.... it will take them only 30 seconds to win or lose the game.

Indeed, Malkin will burn any defender with that amount of space. then it's 2 vs 1 with sid on other side.

 

[Habs76]

Tanner Glass

 

[MNRinkRat*]

For the Wild:

Granlund - Spurgeon - Dumba

Would be pretty fun to watch, although Yeo would never have that trio out there. Granlund would be sick as heck to watch with all that open ice.

Yeo's trio:

Koivu - Brodin - Suter ....