Southern_Canuck
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This all started because Brock Boeser reminds me of Mike Bossy.
If you disagree with that comparison --- well, the rest of the post will be worthless to you.
So, if you look at the Islanders team that eventually won 4 consecutive cups - who were their key players? How did they assemble the team? Could the Canucks do something similar, and is the combination of players still relevant in 2018?
Key/Star Players:
G - Billy Smith - 4th overall in NHL Expansion Draft 1972
D - Denis Potvin - 1st overall in 1973
W - Clark Gillies - 4th overall in 1974
C - Bryan Trottier - 22nd overall in 1974
W - Mike Bossy - 15th overall in 1977
Supporting Roles:
W - Bob Nystrom - 33rd overall in 1972
D - Dave Langevin - 112th overall in 1974
D - Stefan Persson - 214th overall in 1974
C - Bob Bourne - traded from Kansas City Scouts for Larry Hornung and Bart Crashley in 1974
D - Ken Morrow - 68th overall in 1976
C/W - John Tonelli - 33rd overall in 1977
W - Duane Sutter - 17th overall in 1979
D - Tomas Jonsson - 25th overall in 1979
C - Butch Goring - traded from Los Angeles Kings for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis in 1980
C - Brent Sutter - 17th overall in 1980
Clearly NYI acquired most of their Stanley Cup winning teams through the draft.
Is it possible that the Canucks could do a "NYI-oriented" team build?
The Bossy = Boeser
The Trottier = Horvat
The Smith = Demko
The Gillies = ?
The Potvin = ?
Maybe Juolevi could be a Persson, Virtanen a Nystrom, and Gadjovich a Tonelli?
Maybe Rathbone is a Ken Morrow - and Pettersson is a LaFontaine?
If the Canucks could be lucky for once, and end up drafting Dahlin (Potvin), I think this whole theory could start to build steam...
S_C
If you disagree with that comparison --- well, the rest of the post will be worthless to you.
So, if you look at the Islanders team that eventually won 4 consecutive cups - who were their key players? How did they assemble the team? Could the Canucks do something similar, and is the combination of players still relevant in 2018?
Key/Star Players:
G - Billy Smith - 4th overall in NHL Expansion Draft 1972
D - Denis Potvin - 1st overall in 1973
W - Clark Gillies - 4th overall in 1974
C - Bryan Trottier - 22nd overall in 1974
W - Mike Bossy - 15th overall in 1977
Supporting Roles:
W - Bob Nystrom - 33rd overall in 1972
D - Dave Langevin - 112th overall in 1974
D - Stefan Persson - 214th overall in 1974
C - Bob Bourne - traded from Kansas City Scouts for Larry Hornung and Bart Crashley in 1974
D - Ken Morrow - 68th overall in 1976
C/W - John Tonelli - 33rd overall in 1977
W - Duane Sutter - 17th overall in 1979
D - Tomas Jonsson - 25th overall in 1979
C - Butch Goring - traded from Los Angeles Kings for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis in 1980
C - Brent Sutter - 17th overall in 1980
Clearly NYI acquired most of their Stanley Cup winning teams through the draft.
Is it possible that the Canucks could do a "NYI-oriented" team build?
The Bossy = Boeser
The Trottier = Horvat
The Smith = Demko
The Gillies = ?
The Potvin = ?
Maybe Juolevi could be a Persson, Virtanen a Nystrom, and Gadjovich a Tonelli?
Maybe Rathbone is a Ken Morrow - and Pettersson is a LaFontaine?
If the Canucks could be lucky for once, and end up drafting Dahlin (Potvin), I think this whole theory could start to build steam...
S_C