Superteams: Penguins/Canadiens vs. Oilers/Blackhawks

[Veritas]

Which team wins in a best-of-seven playoff series?




Jason Zucker - Sidney Crosby - Brendan Gallagher
Jake Guentzel - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Jonathan Drouin - Max Domi - Nick Suzuki
Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Patric Hornqvist

Jeff Petry - Shea Weber
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
John Marino - Justin Schultz

Carey Price
Matt Murray







Leon Draisaitl - Connor McDavid - Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik - Jonathan Toews - Kailer Yamamoto
Alex DeBrincat - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Brandon Saad
Andreas Athanasiou - Dylan Strome - James Neal

Duncan Keith - Oscar Klefbom
Darnell Nurse - Mike Green
Olli Maatta - Adam Larsson

Mike Smith
Corey Crawford​

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[The Moose is Loose]

Pretty similar teams but the Oilers are a younger version of the Penguins so I'm going to go with them, especially when they have buffed out their depth with Chicago's guys and have a defesnive 2C to let that 1st line go nuts.

Also Ethan Bear would definitely be on the 2nd pairing over Mike Green.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

2nd team should run McDavid-Drai-Toews down the middle.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Really close. Since I’m Patrick Kane simp I’ll go with option b. But this is a super even matchup.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Lol at Smith starting over Crawford

 

[SimpleJack]

That top line on the oilers/hawks team would unleash the unholy wrath.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Why did Edmonton's #7 dman make the top 6 combined team? Bear should be there in place of Green.

 

[Dr Salt]

After looking at all of these I have some serious concerns about your goaltender evaluations.

No world does Smith start over Crawford, or Mrazek over Sheshty, or Rinne over the Arizona duo.
Jarry was much better this year than Price, but at least that's realistic due to Price's mid-2010s reputation somehow still carrying over today.

 

[Dr Salt]

Why did Edmonton's #7 dman make the top 6 combined team? Bear should be there in place of Green.

I don't think this guy has watched a lot of Chicago/Edmonton games or even looked at analytics to support the rosters. Bear and Connor Murphy should both easily be making the cut. Connor Murphy has been our best defenseman the past two seasons, while Bear is ridiculously underrated.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The Oilers/Hawks combination only has the better 1st and 3rd lines, so I'm not exactly sure how they're winning this.

 

[snipes]

Lol at Ethan Bear not being in on the Oilhawks D.

Also Draisaitl should be the centre on his own line.

Go McDavid-Draisaitl-Toews down the middle.

 

[MuzzaFuzza]

This is a really close matchup though i'd tweak the forward lines for the second team a bit:

Debrincat - McDavid - Kane (reunites McDavid & Debrincat with one of the best wingers in the league)
RNH - Draisatl - Yamamoto (one of the hottest lines in the league before the stoppage)
Kubalik - Toews - Saad
Athanasiou - Strome - Kassian

Those lines plus Bear in for Green and a Crawford/Koskinen tandem instead and I take Oilers/Hawks

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Also love that hald of the Habs/Pens all-star D should be Oilers. Oh the idiots we've had running this team before Holland

 

[KidLine93]

McDavid Drai Toews down the middle.
Kassian in over Neal. Bear in over Green (Green is the oilers 7th defensman how did he make this team).

 

[CanadienShark]

Pens/Habs easily for me. Equally good offensively, better defensively, and better goaltending.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Why would you ever separate rnh-drai-yammo? That was one of the best lines in the the NHL when they were put together.

Debrincat-Mcdavid-Saad
RNH-Drai-Yammo
Kubalik-Toews-Kane

would be almost impossible to match up against.

 

[SimpleJack]

I’d go with the Erie Otters reunion for the top line:

DeBrincat-McDavid-Strome
RNH-Draisaitl-Yamamoto
Saad-Toews-Kane
Athanasiou-Dach-Kubalik

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Oilers/Blackhawks

DeBrincat-McDavid-Kane
NugentHopkins-Draisaitl-Yamamoto (apparently this line is...hot stuff)
Kubalik-Toews-Kassian
Caggiula-Dach-Strome

PP1: DeBrincat,McDavid,Kane,Strome + d-man
PP2: Nugent-Hopkins,Draisaitl,Toews,Kubalik + d-man

 

[Halla]

lol Mike smith in net and its heavily team west? Dude is awful

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Mike Green is the 4th best RD on the Oilers but somehow the 2nd best RD on the Oilers combined with another decent team.

 

[CraigsList]

Penguins/Habs

Crosby and Malkin still have the juice in them, Crosby would be able to handle either McDavid or Draisaitl, and the defense of the Penguins/Habs over the Oilers/Hawks is better, and goaltending is far superior with the Penguins/Habs.

 

[Canovin]

Should look up Price record against the Oilers before people start saying Habs/Pitts have better goaltending

 

[treple13]

James Neal does not belong on that team. Put Kassian in instead and it's a much better team.

 

[Gurglesons]

That Penguins defense is just lightyears above the Hawks.

Pitt team essentially has two top pairings where as I don’t think the other has one.

 

[jetsforever]

Those rosters look worse than I imagined them to be, but I'll take the Canaguins.