NHL Debut Yrs. Tourney Group C Matchday 1 Match 1: 1991-1992 vs. 2015-2016

[tony d]

Time for another tourney.

This 1 is a yrs. of debut tourney. There will be 28 seasons divided into 7 groups of 4, for 3 weeks we will see a round robin. Following the round robin there will be a 16 team playoff consisting of the top 2 teams in each group and the top 2 3rd place teams.

As always with my poll series for retired players base your vote on their careers, for current players vote based upon career projections. If you see anything with a roster you'd like me to change let me know.

All roster decisions based upon stats from hockeyreference.com

1991-1992:

1991-92 NHL Debuts | Hockey-Reference.com

Keith Tkachuk-Doug Weight-Pavel Bure
Ray Whitney-Stu Barnes-Tony Amonte
Steve Konowalchuk-Dean Mcammond-Bill Guerin
Slava Kozlov-Jozef Stumpel-Glen Murray

Nicklas Lidstrom-Scott Niedermayer
Darryl Sydor-Jason Wooley
Derian Hatcher-Adam Foote

Martin Brodeur
Arturs Irbe

2015-2016:

2015-16 NHL Summary | Hockey-Reference.com

Artemi Panarin-Connor Mcdavid-Mikko Rantanen
Max Domi-Jack Eichel-Jonas Donskoi
Nikolaj Ehlers-Ryan Dzingel-Connor Brown
Conor Sheary-Dylan Larkin-Anthony Mantha

Colton Parayko-Jacob Slavin
Noah Hanifin-Colin Miller
Brady Skjei-Brett Pesce

Matt Murray
Connor Hellebucyk

1991-1992 got my vote.

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[Binister]

Gotta go with 1991-1992. There are a few head turning players that just can't be missed. Lidström, Niedermayer, Hatcher and Foote at defence and the goalie tandem with Brodeur and Irbe is a bit too solid. Forwards are more like a wash.