Montreal Canadiens all world team

[JianYang]

Who is the best player to come from each country to play for the Habs?

Canada: Jean Beliveau?

Russia: Andrei Markov?

USA: Chris Chelios

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Finland: Saku Koivu

Czechia: Tomas Plekanec

Slovakia: Richard Zednik (hopefully that will change soon :p)

Switzerland : Mark Streit

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainus Zubrus

France: Cristobal Huet

Germany: ???

Denmark: Lars Eller

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Austria: Tomas Vanek

Norway: Andreas Martinsen

Probably missing some nationalities but this is off the top of my head. Question marks mean I'm not sure. Russia is tough between Markov and kovalev. I thought of rucinsky over Hamrlik at first since Hammer was already in his mid 30s when the Habs got him, but ended up going with hamrlik regardless. Edit: I forgot about plekanec. It has to be pleky.

From Canada, it's naturally tough because that's the biggest pool with most history.

Is it possible that the Habs have never had a German player? There's got to be somebody, right?

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[Fish on The Sand]

Who is the best player to come from each country to play for the Habs?

Canada: Jean Beliveau?

Russia: Andrei Markov?

USA: Chris Chelios

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Finland: Saku Koivu

Czechia: Roman Hamrlik?

Slovakia: Richard Zednik (hopefully that will change soon :p)

Switzerland : Mark Streit

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainus Zubrus

France: Cristobal Huet

Germany: ???

Denmark: Lars Eller

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Probably missing some nationalities but this is off the top of my head. Question marks mean I'm not sure. Russia is tough between Markov and kovalev. I thought of rucinsky over hamrlik at first since slammer was already in his mid 30s when the Hans got him, but ended up going with hamrlik regardless.

From Canada, it's naturally tough because that's the biggest pool with most history.

Is it possible that the Habs have never had a German player? There's got to be somebody, right?

I'd put Plekanec ahead of Hamrlik.

 

[JianYang]

I'd put Plekanec ahead of Hamrlik.

Ahh man, how could I forget pleky. I agree.

 

[vHAB]

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Unless we got somebody better from Poland. That didn't go very well for us lol

 

[Habs13]

England : Joe Hall

 

[JianYang]

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Unless we got somebody better from Poland. That didn't go very well for us lol

Yeah Poland will go to czerkawski, even though he busted here. Good memory.

 

[red devil]

Ireland: Jack Riley

Austria: Tomas Vanek

 

[FrankMTL]

Who is the best player to come from each country to play for the Habs?

Canada: Jean Beliveau?

Russia: Andrei Markov?

USA: Chris Chelios

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Finland: Saku Koivu

Czechia: Tomas Plekanec

Slovakia: Richard Zednik (hopefully that will change soon :p)

Switzerland : Mark Streit

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainus Zubrus

France: Cristobal Huet

Germany: ???

Denmark: Lars Eller

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Probably missing some nationalities but this is off the top of my head. Question marks mean I'm not sure. Russia is tough between Markov and kovalev. I thought of rucinsky over Hamrlik at first since Hammer was already in his mid 30s when the Habs got him, but ended up going with hamrlik regardless. Edit: I forgot about plekanec. It has to be pleky.

From Canada, it's naturally tough because that's the biggest pool with most history.

Is it possible that the Habs have never had a German player? There's got to be somebody, right?

The Polish Prince! Damn, I forgot about him!!

 

[schwang26]

lol! Gotta reach way back for a Swede!

 

[red devil]

Who is the best player to come from each country to play for the Habs?

Canada: Jean Beliveau?

Russia: Andrei Markov?

USA: Chris Chelios

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Finland: Saku Koivu

Czechia: Tomas Plekanec

Slovakia: Richard Zednik (hopefully that will change soon :p)

Switzerland : Mark Streit

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainus Zubrus

France: Cristobal Huet

Germany: ???

Denmark: Lars Eller

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Austria: Tomas Vanek

Probably missing some nationalities but this is off the top of my head. Question marks mean I'm not sure. Russia is tough between Markov and kovalev. I thought of rucinsky over Hamrlik at first since Hammer was already in his mid 30s when the Habs got him, but ended up going with hamrlik regardless. Edit: I forgot about plekanec. It has to be pleky.

From Canada, it's naturally tough because that's the biggest pool with most history.

Is it possible that the Habs have never had a German player? There's got to be somebody, right?

I don't think anyone from Germany has played for Montréal

 

[teamfirst]

Loved both but i have to go with Maurice over ti-Jean

 

[Habs13]

From the hockey power house nation of... Venezuela... Rick Chartraw!

 

[Habs13]

Wales : Wilf Cude
Scotland : Irv Frew
Germany : Mikhail Grabovski
Taiwan : Rod Langway!?!
Norway : Andreas Martinsen
Kazakhstan : Alexander Perezhogin
Lithuania : Dainius Zuburus
Latvia : Sergei Zholtok

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Instead of Canada as a whole, maybe have one player from each province.

 

[JianYang]

Wales : Wilf Cude
Scotland : Irv Frew
Germany : Mikhail Grabovski
Taiwan : Rod Langway!?!
Norway : Andreas Martinsen
Kazakhstan : Alexander Perezhogin
Lithuania : Dainius Zuburus
Latvia : Sergei Zholtok

I thought of grabovski but he represented Belarus in international competition.

By that standard, perhaps I shouldn't list zubrus but he represented both Lithuania and Russia.

 

[Habs13]

I thought of graboovski bit he represented Belarus in international competition.

Bu that standard, I should probably not listed zubrus because I'm pretty sure he represented Russia.

Just going off of what HockeyDB tells me!

 

[Chili]

The Habs did draft an excellent German player, Dieter Hegen. He scored over 600 goals in his career, played in 5 Olympics for Germany including as captain in 1998.

As far as I remember he had no interest in playing in the NHL, something like another German legend Erich Kühnhackl (father of Tom).

There's probably a story or two on him somewhere on the internet.

Dieter Hegen Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics and Records of Dieter Hegen, a hockey player and coach from Kaufbeuren, Germany born Apr 29 1962 who was active from 1980 to 2002.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Radulov, Kovalev >> Markov

 

[Nashy]

Radulov, Kovalev >> Markov

Gotta disagree....Kovalev was great when he wanted to be....and Radulov wasn't here long enough. The General was sublime and drove the Habs PP to heights we could only dream of now.

 

[HabsQC]

Huet from France

 

[Habs13]

I thought of grabovski but he represented Belarus in international competition.

By that standard, perhaps I shouldn't list zubrus but he represented both Lithuania and Russia.

Did Langway ever play for Canada?

 

[red devil]

Did Langway ever play for Canada?

He played for the US at Canada Cups and the Worlds

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

Who is the best player to come from each country to play for the Habs?

Canada: Jean Beliveau?

Russia: Andrei Markov?

USA: Chris Chelios

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Finland: Saku Koivu

Czechia: Tomas Plekanec

Slovakia: Richard Zednik (hopefully that will change soon :p)

Switzerland : Mark Streit

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainus Zubrus

France: Cristobal Huet

Germany: ???

Denmark: Lars Eller

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Austria: Tomas Vanek

Probably missing some nationalities but this is off the top of my head. Question marks mean I'm not sure. Russia is tough between Markov and kovalev. I thought of rucinsky over Hamrlik at first since Hammer was already in his mid 30s when the Habs got him, but ended up going with hamrlik regardless. Edit: I forgot about plekanec. It has to be pleky.

From Canada, it's naturally tough because that's the biggest pool with most history.

Is it possible that the Habs have never had a German player? There's got to be somebody, right?

For Russia, i love Markov, but Kovalev was fricking good too.

 

[Treb]

Austria: Thomas Vanek

Belarus: Andrei Kostitsyn

Canada: Jean Beliveau (HM: Guy Lafleur)

Czechia: Tomas Plekanec

Denmark: Lars Eller

Finland: Saku Koivu

France: Cristobal Huet

Ireland: Jack Riley

Kazakhstan: Alexander Perezhogin

Latvia: Sergei Zholtok

Lithuania: Dainius Zubrus

Norway: Andreas Martinsen

Poland: Mariusz Czerkawski

Russia: Andrei Markov

Serbia: Stan Smrke

Slovakia: Jaroslav Halak (HM: Tomas Tatar)

Sweden: Mats Naslund

Switzerland: Mark Streit

United Kingdom: Wilf Cude

USA: Chris Chelios

Venezuela: Rick Chartraw

 

[Gustave]

Chartraw and Langway are like a cheat code in a video game.

Chartraw I had no idea, up there with Owen Nolan as Irish, and Regher as a Brazilian.