The Young Guns vs The Senior Citizens

[Elvis P]

Who would win a 7 game playoff series?

The Young Guns - Captain Sidney Crosby

Alex Ovechkin - Sidney Crosby - Jaromir Jagr

Paul Kariya - Joe Sakic - Teemu Selanne

Henrik Zetterberg - Peter Forsberg - Patrick Kane

Luc Robitaille - Evgeni Malkin - Martin St. Louis

Nicklas Lidstrom - Chris Pronger

Sergei Fedorov - Zdeno Chara

Duncan Keith - Brian Leetch

Martin Brodeur

Henrik Lundqvist

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The Senior Citizens - Captain Mario Lemieux

Bobby Hull - Wayne Gretzky - Gordie Howe

Mark Messier - Mario Lemieux - Maurice Richard

Ted Lindsay- Jean Beliveau - Guy Lafleur

Valeri Kharlamov - Howie Morenz - Sergei Makarov

Bobby Orr - Doug Harvey

Ray Bourque - Eddie Shore

Red Kelly - Denis Potvin

Patrick Roy

Dominik Hasek

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[pcruz]

No Lindros?

Mario captain?

Interesting

 

[Sky04]

Are they all in their primes? Wouldn't that make them roughly all the same age?

Weird poll if yes, also a weird poll if no. Trying to figure out how you make this balanced....

 

[Gurglesons]

Gotta take the team with Mario, Orr and Wayne regardless of the depth on the top team being arguably better.

 

[Elvis P]

Are they all in their primes? Wouldn't that make them roughly all the same age? Weird poll if yes, also a weird poll if no. Trying to figure out how you make this balanced....

Yes. I like your post and it made me laugh. By your argument though everyone in history is the same age, because they were all one year old at some point in history.

 

[Sky04]

Yes. I like your post and it made me laugh. By your argument though everyone in history is the same age, because they were all one year old at some point in history. I may have made the vets too powerful, but the Young Guns are also good, and sometimes some posters claim the kids are better, and it's fun to read.

The 2nd team is better by far and you have Fedorov on defense for the 1st team.... it looks like it's intentionally set up to vote for the 2nd team. What's the point if you make it so unbalanced?

 

[Habano]

That first D pairing on the senior team is sick. Imo the 2 very best Ds to ever play the game. If you had paired Bourque with Robinson, no disrespect to Eddie because he was also excellent, I'd be laughing because nobody would be getting around that top 4. Great selections, that senior team brings back so many amazing memories.

 

[Habano]

The 2nd team is better by far and you have Fedorov on defense for the 1st team.... it looks like it's intentionally set up to vote for the 2nd team. What's the point if you make it so unbalanced?

Good catch, I was about to comment but you saw it first

 

[Larry Hanson]

Read the first team and thought that would be pretty hard to beat. Read the second team and there are 6-8 of the top 10 players of all time, pretty easily the old guys. Also, I'm a huge Mario fan but he wouldn't be the captain of that team.

 

[bobholly39]

Team 2 is way better. Team 1 is good enough to rival and win - but it'd be akin to Team Finland beating Canada at Olympics - sure it may happen here and there if things come together, but Canada is usually the much better team

 

[Elvis P]

No Lindros? Mario captain? Interesting

1. Many hockey fans are obsessed with size, but Malkin has had a better career.

2. I made Mario Captain for fun, Mario vs Sid, and to reveal posters w/o a sense of humor. I'm not referring to you and your question at all.

3. I'm not replying to your post, but C/D Fedorov played both positions, was a very good Dman, and reveals the less knowledgeable posters. Thanks.

 

[North Cole]

Someone else is captain when Mr. Hockey is an option? Haha

Seniors pretty easily

 

[Rexor]

The second team has a much larger pool to choose from because over 60 years of age separates the oldest and youngest player in there. With the first team it's only a bit over 20 years. Not sure if these age brackets make much sense. It's just weird to have players being put into groups based on age, and see Hašek with Howie Morenz against Jágr.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

The senior have the best players in hockey history, not close

 

[bobholly39]

Someone else is captain when Mr. Hockey is an option? Haha

Seniors pretty easily

Gordie Howe as captain? He was barely captain in his career. Look at Beliveau maybe. Or Gretzky. Or Messier. Or Bourque. Hell - even Lemieux is better.

Gordie Howe is fantastic, but he's certainly not top of mind when I think "greatest captains"

 

[Sweetpotato]

the team with gretz, Lemeuix and Orr....

 

[North Cole]

Gordie Howe as captain? He was barely captain in his career. Look at Beliveau maybe. Or Gretzky. Or Messier. Or Bourque. Hell - even Lemieux is better.

Gordie Howe is fantastic, but he's certainly not top of mind when I think "greatest captains"

Sorry, didn't put the . Was making light of people actually being upset Lemieux was the captain, and went with the tough oldest guy on the team.

 

[missionAvs]

This is the seniors without a shadow of doubt.

 

[Habano]

1. Many hockey fans are obsessed with size, but Malkin has had a better career.

2. I made Mario Captain for fun, Mario vs Sid, and to reveal posters w/o a sense of humor. I'm not referring to you and your question at all.

3. I'm not replying to your post, but C/D Fedorov played both positions, was a very good Dman, and reveals the less knowledgeable posters. Thanks.

I guess I would be among those in this case. You blew my mind, I never knew SF played D. Great trivia question!

 

[Brucelenok]

When you have prime Wayne & Lemieux and the greatest forwards outside of NHL in Makarov & Kharlamov you take them no question

 

[KlefDown]

Young People > Old People

 

[Habano]

I keep laughing when I go through the senior team. If that was a real team with all the players in their prime (I know it's impossible but let me have my fun and remenisce), I can't see them losing a single game no matter who they played against.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Second team has Lemieux, Gretzky, Howe, Orr, Beliveau and the back-up goalie is either Roy or Hasek lol

Yeeeeeeah.
Easy choice.

edit: I just noticed that the first defensemen pairing of Senior Citizens were the two best d-men of all time.
Not bad, not bad.

 

[nowhereman]

Right now? The young guns would skate circles around the seniors.

If everyone is alive and in their prime? The seniors.

 

[MattySnipes]

Definitely seniors better team.

However if both had to play real series I'd take the young guns bc seniors are too old.