Pick 2 to start a team (Fedorov, Sakic, Forsberg, Malkin, Yzerman, Crosby)

[Birko19]

Crosby and Fedorov.

Crosby would be the face of the franchise, the captain, the top line offensive dynamo. While Fedorov would be the 2nd line amazing defensive forward star. A lot of the other players on the list already offer a lesser version of Crosby, but none on the list is close to the two-way game Fedorov played in his prime.

 

[HasbeenHallzy]

Crosby and Fedorov, easy call for me. Two-way monsters that will light you up and would be deadly on the pp tofether

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Forsberg and Fedorov

I am not sure how you would beat that one two punch.

 

[BNHL]

I'll go Forsberg and Crosby,and eat the league alive.

 

[BNHL]

You are probably right for Crosby, but was Forsberg foot issue caused by injuries or a very probable condition to re-occur in parallel universe ? Is very physical game is also a recurring factor. I agree that we cannot really use freak incident like a puck in the face here.

What is really tempting with Yzerman/Sakic combo for a franchise is the length of elite play.

Yzerman was elite from about age 18 to 36, offensive prime between 22 to 28, but he was still ppg in the playoff at 36.

Sakic was elite from about age 20 to 37.


That a very large 16 year's windows of 2 elite center in the playoff at the same time, you could easily achieve to get at least 2 different cup winning windows with 2 different supporting group being good enough in that time frame.

Elite is overused. I take the top player offensively any given season and anyone within 10% of him is elite for that year. In 06-07 Sakic had 100 points but Crosby had 120 and Thornton had 114,so I'd reserve the lofty "elite" performance to those 2 that year.

 

[SealsFan]

Yzerman and Federov for no other reason than I like 'em....

 

[bobholly39]

Yzerman and Federov for no other reason than I like 'em....

Short of being offered a Gretzky or Lemieux that's easily the best answer. Nothing wrong with picking based on who you like when it's close

 

[shadow1]

Sakic and Yzerman.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

Forsberg and Fedorov

I am not sure how you would beat that one two punch.

you beat them by playing them against crosby and any of the other guys

 

[hallonskal]

Crosby and Forsberg seem to be the obvious choice to me.

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

For me it's Crosby-Fedorov or Crosby-Forsberg. But I'll also be pretty happy with quite literally any random 2 of the bunch, lol. Tough choosing.

 

[Merya]

Excuse me, do you seriously consider Joe Sakic to be hotter than Anna Kournikova?

Or do you think that Sakic would have put Sergei on the chain and let him suffer through the spasms of withdrawal, handily wiping off the spume from Sergei's sweaty face?

Chain and chaperone!

 

[Jim MacDonald]

So I know there's been many threads comparing the one-two-punches of Yzerman & Fedorov to Sakic & Forsberg to Crosby & Malkin asking which duo you would take for your team.

THAT BEING SAID -

I'm wondering, as individuals (not pairs), which 2 would you take to build your team around? - You have a total blank slate for a roster.

- Evgeni Malkin
- Steve Yzerman
- Peter Forsberg
- Sidney Crosby
- Joe Sakic
- Sergei Fedorov


Pick any 2 and please give an explanation!

I'll go Yzerman and Sakic pretty easily. You're NEVER losing a faceoff when two of your lines are on the ice, so you are controlling the play, you are also getting Selke-caliber play from your center on at least two of your lines, when you have to kill penalties you're winning the majority of your faceoffs in your own zone, when you are on the powerplay you are winning the majority of faceoffs in the offensive zone. Oh yeah....and then there's the offensive side of things lol!

 

[TheGuiminator]

Crosby & Sakic

 

[Ivan13]

Forsberg is so underrated it's not funny. Complete player in every sense of the word.

In their primes I'll take Foppa and Feds and I'll have the two best two-way players from the group and they'll score with anyone.

Foppa was more important than Sakic on those Avs teams. I won't say Feds was always more important than Yzerman...but I'd take Shanahan over both of them from those Wings teams.

Yeah Foppa is underrated. Funniest thing I've read all day.

 

[psycat]

^^ Saw I already answered.

 

[streitz]

I'll take the 2 best players on the list.

 

[FinProspects]

All healthy?

If yes, then Sid/Foppa, because its very tempting thought.

If with injuries and all that, then Sid/Sakic.

 

[Son Goku]

Crosby/Malkin ainec

 

[wetcoast]

For me it's Crosby-Fedorov or Crosby-Forsberg. But I'll also be pretty happy with quite literally any random 2 of the bunch, lol. Tough choosing.

This is how I see it as well.

 

[Conor Edwards]

Unfair that I can have the 1-2 punch of Yzerman, maybe the best 2-way player ever to play the game, and Fedorov, who was dominant offensively and defensively for most of his great career.

 

[sr edler]

Forsberg/Fedorov because of my raging Euro bias.

 

[Eisen]

Yzerman and Sakic. My heart hurts to not pick Foppa and Fedorov.

 

[Troubadour]

Any combination will do. I would probably want a CAN/CAN punch the least. That would mean giving up too much skill.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Crosby and Sakic... although I’d be tempted to swap out Sakic for a guaranteed healthy Forsberg.