What team is this player best associated with?

Inspired by the thread asking whether Messier is an Oiler or a Ranger. Or for that matter a Canuck

We also have talked a bit about Chelios on the other thread so I'll bring up some new names.

Ron Francis
Lanny McDonald
Ed Belfour
Doug Gilmour
Pat Lafontaine
Mark Recchi
Adam Oates
Frank Mahovlich
Brad Park

 

Ron Francis - Hartford
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Dallas
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - The very definition of a Journeyman

My opinion as a young-ish European fan who didn't get to see most of these guys in their prime.

 

This is what teams popped into my head first when I saw these names:

Ron Francis - Hartford
Lanny McDonald - Toronto
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Pittsburgh
Adam Oates - St. Louis
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Boston

 

Ron Francis- Hartford
Lanny Mcdonald-Calgary
Ed Belfour- Chicago
Doug Gilmour- Toronto
Pat Lafontaine-Buffalo
Mark Recchi-Philly/Pitts
Adam Oates-Boston
Frank Mahovlich- Toronto
Brad Park-Rangers

 

Ron Francis - Hartford
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Dallas
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - St.Louis
Frank Mahovlich - Montreal
Brad Park - New York

 

Ron Francis - Whalers franchise
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Chicago/Dallas
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston

 

Ron Francis - Hartford
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Dallas
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - St. Louis
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - N.Y. Rangers

 

Ron Francis - Penguins
Lanny McDonald - Flames
Ed Belfour - Maple Leafs
Doug Gilmour - Maple Leafs
Pat Lafontaine - Sabres
Mark Recchi - Bruins
Adam Oates - Bruins
Frank Mahovlich - had to look him up, so didnt do him
Brad Park - same as above


What about Marian Hossa guys?

 

Ron Francis - Pittsburgh
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Rangers

Very instinct-based with some of those and very colored by the fact that 1992 ish is when I first got into the NHL.

 

Ron Francis - Whalercanes
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Dallas
Doug Gilmour - Maple Leafs
Pat Lafontaine - Sabres
Mark Recchi - Philly
Adam Oates - St. Louis
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Boston

Oddly enough, I'm a Thrashers fan and I still think of him as a Sen.

 

keeping in mind that I never saw Mahovlich or Park, and I am too young to remember much on McDonald.

Ron Francis - Hartford/Carolina
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Boston

edit:
Hossa - Ottawa

 

Ron Francis - Hartford/Carolina franchise
Lanny McDonald - Toronto
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - New York Islanders
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Rangers

I'm only really attached to Park, Mahovlich, Gilmour and Recchi being with those teams. The other five guys are practically a coin flip.

 

depends on how old you are and where you live. if i walked down the street here in toronto with that list, i bet more than half the people i asked would call all the guys on that list who played here leafs, even francis. that's just how this city thinks.

for me, lanny is a flame, but that's because i was too young to have seen him in any other uniform and because, growing up in vancouver, i saw an awful lot of him as a flame.

my answers:

Ron Francis whalers/canes
Lanny McDonald flames
Ed Belfour stars
Doug Gilmour leafs
Pat Lafontaine sabres
Mark Recchi my gut says penguins, which seems strange to my brain
Adam Oates blues
Frank Mahovlich leafs
Brad Park brain says rangers, gut says bruins

 

Ron Francis - Pittsburgh
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Rangers

Just in my opinion. Feel free to disagree

 

Ron Francis - Hartford
Lanny McDonald - Calgary
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - Philadelphia
Adam Oates - Boston
Frank Mahovlich - Toronto
Brad Park - Boston

 

A Senator for sure. We'll see how long he stays on Chicago though. Other than that his Thrasher/Pen/Red Wing career wasn't very long.

I find it interesting that every poster has put Lafontaine as a Sabre rather than an Islander. 8 years as an Islander compared to 6 as a Sabre.

I don't necessarily disagree though, after all his best season by far was as a Sabre and he became kind of a folk hero in Buffalo. La-la-la-la-fontaine. Have to admit, he never had that following in Long Island

 

Not looking at anyone else's posts... and I am 35 and watched hockey since the mid 80's....

Ron Francis - Still Hartford, he was their franchise player.
Lanny McDonald - Calgary easily
Ed Belfour - Still Chicago over Dallas for me
Doug Gilmour - Leafs, though Calgary was an option
Pat Lafontaine - Islanders
Mark Recchi - For some reason I still think Penguins
Adam Oates - St. Louis with Hull
Frank Mahovlich - Leafs
Brad Park - Rangers

edit:

Hossa Sens

 

Add (some of these are not obvious, though may seem so to some, might depend on when you started to watch hockey) I can see my bias is strongly toward the players first teams.

Glen Wesley
Rob Blake
Rod Brind'Amour
Dave Andreychuk
Alexei Yashin
Joe Murphy
Brett Hull
Patrick Roy
Curtis Joesph

 

Francis - Whalers
Lanny McDonald - Leafs/Flames
Belfour - Hawks
Gilmour - Leafs
Lafontaine - Sabres
Recchi - Bruins? Penguins
Oates - Bruins
Mahovlich - Habs
Park - Bruins
Wesley - Bruins
Blake - Kings
Brindamour - Flyers
Andreychuk - Leafs
Yashin - Sens
J.Murphy - Oilers
Hull - Blues
Roy - Habs
Cujo - Blues

 

What about Doug Weight and Scotty Niedermeyer?

 

Ron Francis - Hartford/Carolina
Lanny McDonald - Calgary (his picture with mustache and SC is HOF worthy)
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Pat Lafontaine - Buffalo
Mark Recchi - mercenary
Adam Oates - St. Louis

Brad Park - Rangers (when I see his name I imagine his photo in Rangers jersey, it is where I saw him for the first time)

 

When everything will be done, Hossa will be a man from Chicago.

 

In my eyes


Ron Francis - Whalers
Lanny McDonald - Flames
Ed Belfour - Blackhawks
Doug Gilmour - Leafs
Pat Lafontaine - Sabres
Mark Recchi - Penguins
Adam Oates - Blues
Frank Mahovlich - Leafs
Brad Park - Bruins

 

Glen Wesley-Canes
Rob Blake-Kings
Rod Brind'Amour-Flyers
Dave Andreychuk-Sabres
Alexei Yashin-Senators
Joe Murphy-Oilers
Brett Hull-Blues
Patrick Roy-Habs
Curtis Joesph-Leafs
Doug Weight-Oilers
Scotty Niedermeyer-Devils

 

Glen Wesley-Hartford/Carolina
Rob Blake-Los Angeles
Rod Brind'Amour-Philadelphia
Dave Andreychuk-Buffalo
Alexei Yashin-Ottawa
Joe Murphy-Edmonton
Brett Hull-St.Louis
Patrick Roy-Montreal
Curtis Joesph-Toronto
Doug Weight-Edmonton
Scotty Niedermeyer-New Jersey