Speculation: Tampa Bay Lightning - All Time Team?
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Lord Stan 2020
Elite fan
I would have to add palat tyjo ciccarelli 77 points in 111 games bradley had 300 points in 328 games cullen had 105 points in 150 games fedotenko had 144 points in 313 games gagne 40 points in 63 games filppula had a great year mike johnson had 60 points in 92 games klima had 133 points in 189 games killer has 60 in 120 and that isnt bad for his age kontos 51 points in 66 games kuba and ohlund played great to me purcell has 203 points in 310 games think that is better than malones numbers recchi 45 points in 62 games stillman had 80 points in 81 games
Is others who had pretty good careers over 0.5 for time were here.
So you got to add perimeters what is important time served best years stanley cup etc??
chasespace
Registered User
Modin-Lecavalier-St. Louis
Prospal-Richards-Stamkos
Zamuner-Gratton-Bradley
Fedotenko-Andreychuk-Selivanov
Kubina-Boyle
Hedman-Hamrlik
Cullimore-Sarich
Khabibulin
Puppa
Had Lukowich instead of Cullimore got the two mixed up.
Prospal-Richards-Stamkos
Zamuner-Gratton-Bradley
Fedotenko-Andreychuk-Selivanov
Kubina-Boyle
Hedman-Hamrlik
Cullimore-Sarich
Khabibulin
Puppa
Had Lukowich instead of Cullimore got the two mixed up.
AlphaCatalyst
Elite Fan
Is this based solely on their performances while with Tampa?
Because if is is any player that spent any time with Tampa and we get them now in their prime I would have to think Savard and Recchi would have to be considered.
Because if is is any player that spent any time with Tampa and we get them now in their prime I would have to think Savard and Recchi would have to be considered.
These Are The Days
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I'll have to do this later although my roster would be VERY different. I'd pick some grinders. A lot of these look like All-Star rosters and I'm not sure they'd actually win every game despite the star power.
I'd like to see a long time fan do an all time WORST Lightning team. I have a few names to get it started: Alexandr Svitov, Alexandre Daigle, Andrej Meszaros I'm sure the rest will come later.
I'd like to see a long time fan do an all time WORST Lightning team. I have a few names to get it started: Alexandr Svitov, Alexandre Daigle, Andrej Meszaros I'm sure the rest will come later.
Worst? Easy.. I have not forgotten.
Paul Ysebaert Alex Selivanov Mikael Renberg Rob Zamuner Jeff Norton Cory Cross Yves Racine David Wilkie Roman Hamrlik Dino Ciccarelli Jason Bonsignore Mike McBain Daymond Langkow Jason Wiemer Brian Bradley Steve Kelly Andrei Nazarov Darcy Tucker Karl Dykhuis Stephane Richer Jeff Toms Igor Ulanov Mikael Andersson Jassen Cullimore Jamie Huscroft Patrick Poulin Bryan Marchment Enrico Ciccone Vladimir Vujtek Brent Peterson Louie DeBrusk David Shaw Sandy McCarthy Pavel Kubina Corey Spring Paul Brousseau Mick Vukota Mark Fitzpatrick Zac Bierk Allan Egeland Troy Mallette Daren Puppa Corey Schwab Derek Wilkinson Jody Hull
This dandy of a roster did net us VL4 though
Paul Ysebaert Alex Selivanov Mikael Renberg Rob Zamuner Jeff Norton Cory Cross Yves Racine David Wilkie Roman Hamrlik Dino Ciccarelli Jason Bonsignore Mike McBain Daymond Langkow Jason Wiemer Brian Bradley Steve Kelly Andrei Nazarov Darcy Tucker Karl Dykhuis Stephane Richer Jeff Toms Igor Ulanov Mikael Andersson Jassen Cullimore Jamie Huscroft Patrick Poulin Bryan Marchment Enrico Ciccone Vladimir Vujtek Brent Peterson Louie DeBrusk David Shaw Sandy McCarthy Pavel Kubina Corey Spring Paul Brousseau Mick Vukota Mark Fitzpatrick Zac Bierk Allan Egeland Troy Mallette Daren Puppa Corey Schwab Derek Wilkinson Jody Hull
This dandy of a roster did net us VL4 though
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The mighty Andreas Karlsson maybe should be added but Torts used him in such a limited role that I'm not sure it would be fair to diss him. I think the hardest question is what terrible Bolt do we put in net?
I never actually SAW the 90's Lightning play (wasn't a fan yet and I only just know how much our best and worst players did) so right now I'm torn between Sean Burke, Marc Denis or Dan Ellis.
Going by stats maybe Dan Cloutier warrants discussion? My buddy says he was absolutely terrible.
Maelmoor
Registered User
If we are looking at goalies who at least played 50 games for us then two pops into my mind, JC Bergeron and Pat Jablonski, at least Jablonski was decent elsewhere but he had at least one really poor season with us.
I think Yzerman is already our best GM in team history, but I'm of the opinion that Feaster was a pretty bad GM.
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Lecavalier-Stamkos-St. Louis
Fedotenko-Richards-Modin
Klima-Bradley-Ciccarelli
Zamuner-Gratton-Roy
Sydor-Ohlund
Boyle-Kubina
Hedman-Hamrlik
Khabibulin
Bishop
This isn't meant to honor the all time greats. I just wanted to pick through Lightning history and pick a roster I think would kick some serious ass. I can honestly say my one complaint was having Lecavalier as a LW but I'm not about to leave out Bradley. Klima over Selivanov was a tough call but I think he was the better player. I wanted to pick Renberg but I'd want my all time team to have some grit so guys like Gratton and Roy made the cut. I was surprised no one picked Sydor either.
I didn't add Andreychuk because he was over the hill by the time we got to him. I'm using these players for within the ages they were when they were on our team. This means Andy would already be 37 and I'd rather have some of these players over a 37 year old Andreychuk. Not a diss to the HOF'er I'm just doing it differently.
Fedotenko-Richards-Modin
Klima-Bradley-Ciccarelli
Zamuner-Gratton-Roy
Sydor-Ohlund
Boyle-Kubina
Hedman-Hamrlik
Khabibulin
Bishop
This isn't meant to honor the all time greats. I just wanted to pick through Lightning history and pick a roster I think would kick some serious ass. I can honestly say my one complaint was having Lecavalier as a LW but I'm not about to leave out Bradley. Klima over Selivanov was a tough call but I think he was the better player. I wanted to pick Renberg but I'd want my all time team to have some grit so guys like Gratton and Roy made the cut. I was surprised no one picked Sydor either.
I didn't add Andreychuk because he was over the hill by the time we got to him. I'm using these players for within the ages they were when they were on our team. This means Andy would already be 37 and I'd rather have some of these players over a 37 year old Andreychuk. Not a diss to the HOF'er I'm just doing it differently.
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Slapshot you mention not picking Andreychuk because he was over the hill which I can understand but he spend 4 seasons with the team. You have Sydor who spent less then a year and a half here, he did help us get the cup but didn't spend enough time to be on an all time team. I'm no fan of Andreychuk either, I hate the fact they still call him the captain, he wasn't very good here but did enough to make an all time team but as a 4th line PP specialist.
Afanasenkov was one of my favorites back in the day and he spend a few years here but as much as I would want to put him on the team he didn't do enough while here to earn a spot. I went with who was the best while wearing a lightning jersey.
Afanasenkov was one of my favorites back in the day and he spend a few years here but as much as I would want to put him on the team he didn't do enough while here to earn a spot. I went with who was the best while wearing a lightning jersey.
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Sydor I chose because even though he was here for such little time, he was a great addition to the team. He had some bad nights here and there but we could more or less count on him when we needed him most. It was 10 years ago, but I don't recall any real bad games for him in the SCF as well. He was an overall good to very good defenseman (not just in his Lightning tenure) and to your point he wasn't with us long but that wasn't the criteria I used. I was just hoping for a team full of current or ex Lightning players that I think could be the BEST possible lineup in a real life situation. I gotta give Sydor a nod in that case. As for Andy, he will ALWAYS be the captain. I love Vinny Lecavalier but in 2006 until we traded him we heard Richards was the big "rah rah" voice in the locker room. Then it was Marty. You never heard anything big about Vinny's leadership or abilities as a captain just that he led in a do as I do fashion. That's not to say he wasn't a good captain (it's not like I was in the locker room) but when media and fans alike acknowledge the leadership of St. Louis and Richards moreso than the one guy who has played more games in a Lightning sweater than anyone else, it's not hard to see why the Hall of Famer Dave Andreychuk is called "captain"
Ahhhh Affy. He was good at what he did. He was a solid player with a lot of upside but was just never good enough to crack the top 6 and get the big minutes. I remember when we tried that with Alexeev and he had some good nights and on others he was totally invisible. I gotta see what Dmitri is up to nowadays.
