If you had to build a team...

[Say Hey Kid]

I was thinking of league wide, it's true that Boston has had many great defensemen throughout their history

Yes, but Boston has had more than their share. Orr, Bourque, and Shore are 3 of the top 4 all time. There are more good centers. The info I'm about to quote is from the HF History of Hockey board. Top Players of All Time Lists

55	Henrik Zetterberg	5'11"	197	1980		2000-present	Sweden
56	Darryl Sittler	6'0"	190	1950		1970-1985	Canada
57	Václav Nedomanský	6'1"	210	1944		1965-1983	Czechia
58	Gordon "Duke" Keats	5'11"	195	1895	1972	1915-1934	Canada
59	Jacques Lemaire	5'10"	180	1945		1967-1979	Canada
60	Neil Colville	5'11"	175	1914	1987	1935-1949	Canada

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55	24	Doug Wilson	6'1"	187	1957		1977-1993	Canada
56	2	Sylvio Mantha	5'10"	178	1902	1974	1923-1936	Canada
57	2	Harry Cameron	5'10"	155	1890	1953	1912-1926	Canada
58	60	František Pospíšil	6'0"	176	1944		1961-1978	Czech
59	26	Allan Stanley	6'1"	170	1926		1948-1969	Canada
60		Harvey Pulford	5'11"	200	1875	1940	1893-1908	Canada

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I'll take Zetterberg over Doug Wilson for example. There are more good centers.

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

bostons great centers in my life...

start with phil Esposito... hof

then I wont count ratelle who was a little past his prime but barry Pederson before his injury was maybe the best we ever had... his numbers in those 2 years compare to gretzky and Lemieux and are top 5 all time in the history of the nhl… really sad how we seem to have forgotten how badly that injury derailed his career

adam oates was the games best passer for a few years... defensively sound... and even had himself a 40 goal season... hes got to be a great

joe thornton is the top scorer in the nhl since his draft class... and was his whole career...underrated player and an all time great...

then Bergeron would be number 5... compare to dmen...

we got orr...
we got park who didnt last along time but is a little bit forgotten now
bourque… obviously he was amazing for us
and chara

so 5 franchise centers by my accounting compared to 4 dmen

going back further we have shore and clapper... and then Schmidt... not sure im missing anyone from the list... but that brings it to 6 hof franchise dmen... and should have been 6 franchise hof centers

seems to be they are around equally hard for us to find