If You Could Pick 1 Forward, 1dman, 1 Goalie

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If you could pick one forward, one dman, one goalie to start you NHL franchise who would it be? Ofcourse the player has to be under the age of 25.

My Choice:
Sidney Crosby
Alexei Semenov (he has a idefnite upside, but this pick might change)
Kari Lethonen

Who would u guys pick?

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[Vic Rattlehead*]

I won't include Crosby because I'll take drafted players.
Nash
Bouwmeester
Lehtonen

Under 27 now?
Thornton
Bouwmeester
Luongo

 

[Epsilon]

Ilya Kovalchuk
Joni Pitkanen
Kari Lehtonen

Unless I'm counting incorrectly Roberto Luongo is too old to meet your criteria.

 

[MrMastodonFarm*]

I will go with already drafted prospects. No NHL'er, no Crosby.

Ovechkin
Phaneuf
Lehtonen

 

[Inactive]

Ok i guess since its my thread, my rules. I will push the maximum age up to 27, however remember that your building a franchise here and by picking a 27 year old you may have only 10 years left with that player, by picking a 17 year old, you may have 20 years left with that player.

 

[PockIsGoD]

Ilya Kovalchuk
Jay Bouwmeester
Marc-André Fleury

 

[Epsilon]

Ok i guess since its my thread, my rules. I will push the maximum age up to 27, however remember that your building a franchise here and by picking a 27 year old you may have only 10 years left with that player, by picking a 17 year old, you may have 20 years left with that player.

Under what mythical system will any team manage to hold the same players for 20 years?

If you are changing the age to 27 then I'd take Luongo as my goalie.

 

[Inactive]

Under what mythical system will any team manage to hold the same players for 20 years?

good point, not many players will....However Gordie Howe was with the wings for 25 years, Delviccio (spelling) must have been with them for close to that long to. and how many years has Yzerman been with the Wings?

 

[Know Your Enemy]

Tuomo Ruutu
Joni Pitkanen
Kari Lehtonen

 

[CH Wizard]

Kovalchuk
Pitkanen
M-A Fleury

 

[NYRangers]

Heatley
Bouwmeester
Theodore

I'd go with guys that have actually played NHL games and proven they are for real.

 

[TML]

Drafted players who have played less than 10 NHL games:

F - Ovechkin
D - Phaneuf
G - Lehtonen

Players under the age of 27 who are NHLers:

F - Kovalchuk
D - Bouwmeester
G - Luongo

 

[X-SHARKIE]

Ilya Kovalchuk
Joni Pitkanen
Kari Lehtonen

Unless I'm counting incorrectly Roberto Luongo is too old to meet your criteria.

Exactly the same as mine.

 

[hockeyfan125]

Heatley
J-Bo
Theodore

 

[Classic Devil]

Under 27

Forward - Vincent Lecavalier
Defenseman - I really want to say Paul Martin, but that would be foolish. Jay Bouwmeester, although he's not really too far ahead of everyone else.
Goalie - Rick DiPietro

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Sidney Crosby
Jay Bouwmeester
Marc-Andre Fleury

 

[Chaos]

Kovalchuk
Pitkanen
Lehtonen

 

[GorillazXL]

My Choice:
Sidney Crosby
Alexei Semenov (he has a idefnite upside, but this pick might change)
Kari Lethonen

Well Alexei would be pretty flattered. Though I'm a fan of his and I think he has big potential, my list would be the following:

Forward - Brad Richards - proven NHL playoff and regular season performer... his junior numbers are good as sid's raliable in his own zone... a young version of Sakic with a little more size.

Defence - Jay Boumeester - Smooth skating big size good personality, what's there not to like

Goalie - Kari Lethonen - Goalies are a shot in the dark at his age but I'll go with what I've read and say Lehtonen, my homer favourite would be JDD.

GXL

GXL

 

[BuppY]

Dany Heatley

Jay Bouwmeester

Roberto Loungo

 

[johnny cool]

Kovalchuk
Phaneuf
Raycroft

 

[Wally112pac]

Ruutu
Jbo
Lehtonen

 

[TVanek26*]

Marcel Hossa

Mike Komisarek

JF Damphousse



Really...

F:Alexander Ovechkin
D:Cam Barker
G:Kari Lehtonen

 

[Inactive]

Just Doing a quick tally up to post #22..

Forwards-
1. Kovalchuk (6 votes)
2. Ovechkin
-Heatly (3 votes)
4. Ruutu
-Crosby (2 votes)
6. Nash
-Thorton
-Lecavlier
-Richards (1 vote)

Defensmen-
1.Bouwmeester (11 votes)
2.Pitkanen (4 votes)
3.Phanuef (3 votes)
4.Semenov
-Barker (1 vote)

Goal-
1.Lehtonen (10 votes)
2.Luongo
-Fluery (3 votes)
4.Theodore (2 votes)
5.DiPetro
-Raycroft (1 vote)

 

[Kritty]

Sidney Crosby
Jay Bouwmeester
Marc-Andre Fleury

As good as Crosby has been, how can you think to take a player who has zero NHL experience, or pro experience for that matter. There are several players I would take before him just because of that fact. Crosby could easily become better than them but the others are also established.

 

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As good as Crosby has been, how can you think to take a player who has zero NHL experience, or pro experience for that matter. There are several players I would take before him just because of that fact. Crosby could easily become better than them but the others are also established.

Crosbys potential alone is enough for me