Speculation: Vancouver Canucks - All Time Team?

[Bro Horvat]

Sedin-Sedin-Linden
Bertuzzi-Gradin-Bure
Mogilny-Ronning-Naslund
Burrows-Kesler-Smyl

Ohlund-Lumme
Salo-Babych
Hamhuis-Bieksa

Luongo
McLean
Potvin (although he certainly wasn't in his prime in Vancouver)

Edit: Watching a Burrows-Kesler-Smyl line would be the best.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

sedin sedin young neely*
mogilny larionov** bure
naslund linden bertuzzi
burrows kesler smyl

reinhart ohlund***
hamhuis jovanovski****
mitchell salo

luongo
mclean


* yes, that's young, pre-boston neely. if anyone could get that manchild going, it would be the sedins.

** the 31 year old larionov that worked so beautiful with bure during his rookie season

*** he became better defensively later on, but i'm going with the young, mobile ohlund before his eye injury. maybe the best possible version of edler?

**** if hamhuis can iron out casual kev, can you imagine how good oopsie jovo would be with hamhuis behind him?

 

[Cancuks]

Esa Tikkanen Mark Messier Cam Neely
Gary Leeman Mats Sundin Rick Vaive
Dave Gagner Jimmy Carson Brian Noonan
Sergei Nemchinov Derek Roy Magnus Arvedson

extras: Troy Crowder, Alexander Semak

Mathieu Schneider Erik Weinrich
Greg Hawgood Marc Bergevin
Doug Bodger Ossi Vaananen

Sean Burke
Felix Potvin
Arturs Irbe

 

[MS]

Taking players at their peak as Canucks (so no Messier, Neely, Larionov, etc.) probably something like this:

Sedin-Sedin-Linden
Naslund-Gradin-Bure
Bertuzzi-Kesler-Smyl
Tanti-Sundstrom-Mogilny

Ohlund-Lidster
Snepsts-Lumme
Hamhuis-Reinhart
Jovonovski

Luongo
McLean

I'd swap Linden and Bure (Bure pretty much has to be the first-line RW in my opinion) but other that this is pretty much spot on.

 

[Apu]

The all time team according to line lethalness:

Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows/Adams-Linden-Bure tied
Smyl-Gradin-Williams/Fraser

(Don't know if Tanti-Sundstrom-Skriko played together or not, so I'll throw them in as an honourable mention)

 

[Royal Canuck]

D.Sedin - H.Sedin - Burrows
Naslund - Morrison - Bertuzzi
Ronning - Linden - Bure
Smyl - Kesler - Courtnall

Ohlund - Salo
Jovocop - Lumme
Hamhuis - Ehrhoff

Luongo
McLean
Brodeur
Cloutier

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Sedin-Sedin-Bure
Naslund-Ronning-Mogilny
Bertuzzi-Kesler-Linden
Courtnal-Gradin-Smyl

Adams

Ohlund-Jovanovski
Lumme-Salo
Hamhuis-Reinhart

Babych

Luongo
Mclean

How Pavel Bure isn't #1 RW or Mogilny who played 5 years with us doesnt even make the team on so many of your rosters is beyond me.

 

[Sharpshooter]

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Pavel Bure
Markus Naslund - Igor Larionov - Todd Bertuzzi
Tony Tanti - Trevor Linden - Patrik Sundstrom
Darcy Rota - Thomas Gradin - Stan Smyl

Mattias Ohlund - Jyrki Lumme
Sami Salo - Harold Snepts
Dana Murzyn - Doug Lidster

Roberto Luongo
Kirk McLean

 

[me2]

Sedin-Sedin-Bure
Naslund-Ronning-Mogilny
Bertuzzi-Kesler-Linden
Courtnal-Gradin-Smyl

Adams

Ohlund-Jovanovski
Lumme-Salo
Hamhuis-Reinhart

Babych

Luongo
Mclean

How Pavel Bure isn't #1 RW or Mogilny who played 5 years with us doesnt even make the team on so many of your rosters is beyond me.

Agree on Mogilny. On Bure you are overthinking it, it is more about people matching up lines than about players ranked by skill.

Sedin-Sedin, who is the best fit for that line. IMHO Henrik is the 1C on this team and so takes the 1st line, after that I'd look for a winger - Linden is a better stylistic fit and Bure and Linden needs a spot.

Naslund - Bertuzzi pairing worked, so add a centre.

Mogilny - Bure.

3 pairings, fill in the blanks and arrange them however you want.