San Jose Sharks Mt. Rushmore

[cydjericho]

Long time HF reader here, not much of a poster. I saw this on a few of the other teams forums and I'd like to hear some of your thoughts on a San Jose Sharks Mt. Rushmore. Four players who you think have left their legacy on the team, or who have shaped the team and their identity today.

Rules are simple:
1 Forward
1 Defenseman
1 Coach
1 Goalie


For me I'd have to say
F: Owen Nolan
D: ME Vlassic
G: Nabokov
C: Constantine

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[grizcoach]

I saw this on hockeybuzz (Foundation Four) and there was no slot for coaches. If that's so I nominate:

F: Owen Nolan
D: Marc Edouard Vlassic
G: Evegni Nabokov
F: Joe Thornton

Honorable Mention: Patrick Marleau

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

F: Thornton
D: Vlasic
G: Nabokov
C: McLennan

 

[Goldenshark]

I'm going to throw out the rules and pick the four guys who've had the biggest imprint on this franchise as a player or in management or both:

1.) Doug Wilson
2.) Owen Nolan
3.) Patrick Marleau
4.) Joe Thornton

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

1.Marleau
2.Vlasic
3.Nabokov
4.Sutter

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I'm going to throw out the rules and pick the four guys who've had the biggest imprint on this franchise as a player or in management or both:

1.) Doug Wilson
2.) Owen Nolan
3.) Patrick Marleau
4.) Joe Thornton

I will list them both way:

As requested:
1)Thornton
2)Vlasic
3)Nabby
4)TMac

But the real top 4 to me (in no order)

1)Doug Wilson
2)Thornton
3)lNolan
4)Marleau

 

[KarlssonsGroin]

Forward: Joe Thornton
Dman: Doug Wilson
Goalie: Evgeni Nabokov
Coach: TMac

 

[DG93]

Goalie & Coach are easy -> Nabby and TMac
With his long tenure as a Shark already, I'd have to go w/ Vlasic for defense
The hardest one is for Forward since it's between Nolan/PM/Jumbo. Marleau has been a Shark since day one, but I would have to go with Thornton because he has also been here what 10 years and has been a superstar and the face of the the franchise.

Here it is!

F: Thornton
D: Vlasic
G: Nabokov
Coach: McLellan

 

[weastern bias]

As of now the players-only Rushmore would be

Nolan, Thornton, Marleau, Nabokov

We've never had a defensemen that was really as important to the franchise as any of those players

TMac is probably the best coach we've ever had, but I wouldn't etch his face in stone or anything

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

Best player we've ever had? Owen Nolan or Teemu Selanne

 

[The Nemesis]

If we go by the original criteria:

F: Marleau (over Thornton because he's home-grown/a Sharks lifer)
D: Vlasic
G: Nabokov
C: McLellan

If we go just with players with no positional restrictions:

Marleau
Thornton
Nolan
Nabokov

If we include off-ice coaching/management:

Marleau
Thornton
Nabokov
Wilson

 

[YouJustGotPavelskied]

Drew Remenda x4

 

[rgb63]

Drew Remenda x4

Ricci x4

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[The Nemesis]

sub out Scott for Huskins and then we can talk.

 

[SnarkAttack]

sub out Scott for Huskins and then we can talk.

Still missing Semenov and Colin White

Really though:
F: Thornton
D: Marleau (played at the point on PP, and I couldn't leave him or Thornton off)
G: Nabokov
C: McLellan

 

[The Nemesis]

Still missing Semenov and Colin White

Really though:
F: Thornton
D: Marleau (played at the point on PP, and I couldn't leave him or Thornton off)
G: Nabokov
C: McLellan

The pylon is the universally recognized symbol of all things Semenov.

 

[Bizz]

Thornton
Boyle
Nabokov
Constantine

as for Mt. ****more

Gaetz
Ehrhoff
Niemi
R. Wilson

 

[TheHockeyRant]

sub out Scott for Huskins and then we can talk.

Huskins cmon..we can do better. Where is Jim Vandermeer or Colin White?

 

[TheHockeyRant]

Btw this topic was started by the New Yorker as the top 4 franchise players not positional.

Which in SJ it's tough to go against
Nolan
Thornton
Nabokov
Marleau

Now if broken down into the 4 categories listed including coach...that's just difficult as all hell. Picking between Nolan, JT and Marleau ain't easy.

Nabokov is the only defacto nominee
SJ coaching has seen bright spots even early on so good luck picking between Sutter, TMac and Constantine
As for defense it has to be between Boyle and Vlasic but it's going to be Vlasic's honor as long as he stays in SJ for another few seasons.

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

The pylon is the universally recognized symbol of all things Semenov.

I thought he was symbolized by a potato for awhile?

 

[Kcoyote3]

Hannan
Hannan
Hannan
Mark Smith

 

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

F: Marleau
D: Vlasic
G: Nabokov
C: McLellan

For just players
Marleau
Thornton
Nabokov
Nolan

 

[Suddenly Zyuzin]

Marleau
Boyle
Nabokov
McLellan

If just 4 players

Marleau
Thornton
Nabokov
Nolan

 

[SactoShark]

Things the the Sharks should set in stone…

F: Grier's hands
D: C. White's skates
G: Greiss' clipboard
C: Remenda Half Dome