Passing Chemistry: Best LINE you've seen (trio of players together - not duos)

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monster_bertuzzi said:
Dont forget about Tkachuk - Zhamnov - Selanne in Winnipeg. Simply dominant.
Legion of Doom line could flat out not be stopped could have been the most dominant ever if stayed together. To bad they didn't have any other parts around them to help with the load or they wouyld have won a couple cups.

Also any line with Mario on it simply put up sick numbers in the early 90's
Don't remember who the other winger was didn't Pat Lafontaine, Dave Andrechuk and someone else have a good line for the Sabres?
 

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Best seen live:

Huey - Dewie - Louie
Jere - Saku - Ville
Two-way master - Playmaker with lots of hustle - Sniper


Best seen on tape:

Toss up between the 87 playoffs line of

Esa - Wayne - Jari

and two old Pittsburgh lines...

Kevin - Mario - Jaromir

or
Ron - Mario - Jaromir
 

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jb said:
Don't remember who the other winger was didn't Pat Lafontaine, Dave Andrechuk and someone else have a good line for the Sabres?
Alexander Mogilny.
 

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The Grumpy-Old Men Line (Dallas, circa 2000) John MacLean-Kirk Muller-Mike Keane. Not quite the "greatest" combination, but knew exactly what they were supposed to do and were damn good at it.
You beat me to this one!
I just love when Mike Keane is mentionned with the greats where he belongs.
 

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Kritter471 said:
The Grumpy-Old Men Line (Dallas, circa 2000) John MacLean-Kirk Muller-Mike Keane. Not quite the "greatest" combination, but knew exactly what they were supposed to do and were damn good at it.
Passing the puck? no.

Passing the puck carrier? :joker: Yeah, that's what they call slam poetry.
 

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The French Connection was the best 3-way PASSING line I've seen.

Lafleur-Mahovo-Shutt was pretty good, although Shutt wasn't much of a passer.

LaFontaine-Mogilny-Andreychuk was pretty darn good for a year!

Gretzky-Kurri-Semenko was pretty good. What? All Semenko had to do was pass the puck to Gretz or Kurri and get out of the way! That's smart, right?

The GAG line from the Rangers in the early 70's was alright (Gilbert-Ratelle-Hatfield)
 

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jb said:
Legion of Doom line could flat out not be stopped could have been the most dominant ever if stayed together. To bad they didn't have any other parts around them to help with the load or they wouyld have won a couple cups.

Also any line with Mario on it simply put up sick numbers in the early 90's
Don't remember who the other winger was didn't Pat Lafontaine, Dave Andrechuk and someone else have a good line for the Sabres?

Legion of doom wasn't quite as good as Tkachuk/Zhamnov/Selanne.
 

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Diffficult to argue,they sure could toss the bisquit around beautifully,a treat to watch.I might put in 1 or 2 other Russian lines into this mix also............f%$k, they all passed well it seemed,even the guys who would were their bottom players.Some of it had to do with their system and how they approached and taught the game for sure. The old Soviets turned Team passing play into an art form if you ask me.When we used to play them they could scare the s$%t out of ya. Great passers

I remember our guys at one point in the game or other would have this "who's got the f$%"king puck for them now" look on their face.It was almost comical.......... if it had'nt so damn serious a concern. I know there was precious few chuckles out of me that's for sure.
 

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monster_bertuzzi said:
Legion of doom wasn't quite as good as Tkachuk/Zhamnov/Selanne.

LOL I hope you are talking from a pure point production standpoint, because in terms of sheer dominance from the beginning of a shift to the end, it really is no contest. Tkachuk was the only one of the Jets 3 that you really needed to be aware of when you were on the ice. Lindros, Leclair and Renberg were all very capable of seperating you from your extremeties when they were in their prime.
 

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salzy said:
LOL I hope you are talking from a pure point production standpoint, because in terms of sheer dominance from the beginning of a shift to the end, it really is no contest. Tkachuk was the only one of the Jets 3 that you really needed to be aware of when you were on the ice. Lindros, Leclair and Renberg were all very capable of seperating you from your extremeties when they were in their prime.

Take a look at the thread title...it's about passing chemistry, not about bruising capability.
 

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cyclops said:
Diffficult to argue,they sure could toss the bisquit around beautifully,a treat to watch.I might put in 1 or 2 other Russian lines into this mix also............f%$k, they all passed well it seemed,even the guys who would were their bottom players.Some of it had to do with their system and how they approached and taught the game for sure. The old Soviets turned Team passing play into an art form if you ask me.When we used to play them they could scare the s$%t out of ya. Great passers

I remember our guys at one point in the game or other would have this "who's got the f$%"king puck for them now" look on their face.It was almost comical.......... if it had'nt so damn serious a concern. I know there was precious few chuckles out of me that's for sure.

LOL, exactly the same feelings here, watching Finland play them in the past. I spent lots of time cursing and biting fingernails :)
 

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lol.Yep,it used to be a rather unconfortable 2 and a half hours of t.v watching to say the least.
 

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Possibly the best two lines I've seen play for a team at the same time.

Lemiux - Hrdina - Jagr
Kovalev - Lang - Straka

And if any of those guys got injured, Morozov could fill in. The Pens had these top two lines in 2000 and they were by far the best offensive team in the entire league.
 

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Jovanovski = Norris said:
Lemiux - Hrdina - Jagr
Yeah. I can't stand the Penguins but I have to admit that line was great. Hrdina showed great puckhandling, skating and passing ability too.

Jovanovski = Norris said:
Kovalev - Lang - Straka
In terms of pure passing magic, that line is right up there with the best ever, IMO, and as good as Elias-Arnott-Sykora I'd say.

Jovanovski = Norris said:
Possibly the best two lines I've seen play for a team at the same time.
The best two passing lines, yes, I agree.


Side note: But not best offensive lines. The ability to crash the net, own the crease, dig pucks out of corners, create turnovers are also offensive aspects usually required of the second line (from guys like Messier, Tikkanen, Graves, Modano, Lehtinen, Guerin, etc).
 

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VanIslander said:
:handclap: That was a good passing line. Hull passed more than he's known for.

Hull's very underrated when it comes to passing. We all know about his shot.
 

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mazmin said:
The Winnipeg Jets had a young line that could do it all:
LW Tkachuk C Zhamnov RW Selanne
A powerforward a playmaker and a sniper, if the Jets had the money to keep them together there could have been some brighter days.

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great line!!!


mogilny ???? Bure


how about:

Nolan Sundin Mogilny
or
roberts sundin mogilny
 

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Palffy-Stumpel-Bondra at the 2002 WC's

They did only play 3 games together but dominated each game. That was a great line. I dont know if it would work in the NHL but it worked in Europe.
 
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