Which starting lineup at their peak?

[95snipes]

Everyone at their peak level:

Team A

Sakic-Lemieux-Jagr
Pronger-Orr

Team B

Ovechkin-Gretzky-Messier
Coffey-Robinson

Team C

Crosby-McDavid-Bure
Lidstrom-Karlsson

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[authentic]

Team A. Orr plus Lemieux, and on top of that peak Sakic and Jagr fair pretty well against any of the wings on B and A. I would say relative to their peers Team C sticks out in a bad way but in a real life game exactly as they are/were at their peaks would probably win even with equal equipment.

 

[Hisch13r]

A is 5 Hart winners

 

[Dion TheFluff]

team A has the 2 best players of all time soooo....

 

[Brucelenok]

Team B. Peak Gretkzy with Peak Ovechkin? Game over. Team B would also destroy any of these teams in a physical match ups. Even Pronger wouldn't be able to do shit. Good luck to do anything vs Ovechkin, Messier and Robinson

 

[authentic]

Team B. Peak Gretkzy with Peak Ovechkin? Game over. Team B would also destroy any of these teams in a physical match ups. Even Pronger wouldn't be able to do shit. Good luck to do anything vs Ovechkin, Messier and Robinson

Lol Pronger was basically a slightly less tough and more skilled Robinson and you think he wouldn't be able to do shit against them? Also the combo of Lemieux and Orr, clearly outdoes a Gretzky + Ovechkin combo at their peaks.

 

[Hisch13r]

Team B. Peak Gretkzy with Peak Ovechkin? Game over. Team B would also destroy any of these teams in a physical match ups. Even Pronger wouldn't be able to do shit. Good luck to do anything vs Ovechkin, Messier and Robinson

lol You think those 3 will be able bully a 6'6 220 pile of nastiness in Pronger, a 6'4 235 Mario Lemieux, and a 6'3 230 Jagr who has a badonkadonk. Even without Jagr and Mario using their bodies in a physical way offensively they will use their frames to shield the puck and play keep away from you.

 

[Gurglesons]

A is a pretty easy pick here.

Gretzky against Lemieux is the only one that has an argument at having a better prime. Pronger is a better Robinson. Orr is on the same level as Lemieux and Gretzky arguably and Jags and Sakic versus Ovechkin and Messier is a wash.

Team C’s forward group is absolute trash compared to the others given Crosby is the only one with a case at being at Lemieux and Gretzky’s level and that case is basically nonexistent to any rational being.

 

[Brucelenok]

lol You think those 3 will be able bully a 6'6 220 pile of nastiness in Pronger, a 6'4 235 Mario Lemieux, and a 6'3 230 Jagr who has a badonkadonk. Even without Jagr and Mario using their bodies in a physical way offensively they will use their frames to shield the puck and play keep away from you.

Lol Lemieux was one of the biggest primadonnas of all time. Despite his height and weight, he tried not to get involved into physical games. Look what much smaller players did vs him (i.e. Kasparaitis for example). Jagr also wasn't the most physical guy either. And about the your last point, you may consider their whole line a bit more skilled, sure but don't make it like Line B is some 4th liner plugs who wouldn't be able to take puck from them.

 

[Captain97]

I feel like Orr, Gretzky, and Lemiuex all need to be in different teams otherwise the one with two of them will always get picked especially if we are talking peak performances.

If it was a whole career as they stood Gretzky maybe could out do the others, maybe. But if we are just looking at peak say 5 best consecutive years they are too close to each other and so far ahead of everyone else having two on the same team is unfair.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Everyone at their peak level:

Team A

Sakic-Lemieux-Jagr
Pronger-Orr

Team B

Ovechkin-Gretzky-Messier
Coffey-Robinson

Team C

Crosby-McDavid-Bure
Lidstrom-Karlsson

For on the ice, team B would crush the others teams on the ice physically in their prime. Only Pronger was physical on team A

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Picked team B before I saw the defence. I take team A.

 

[authentic]

Lol Lemieux was one of the biggest primadonnas of all time. Despite his height and weight, he tried not to get involved into physical games. Look what much smaller players did vs him (i.e. Kasparaitis for example). Jagr also wasn't the most physical guy either. And about the your last point, you may consider their whole line a bit more skilled, sure but don't make it like Line B is some 4th liner plugs who wouldn't be able to take puck from them.

Lol what a moronic post. Lemieux played in the most physical division in the league during the 80s and dealt with constant physical abuse and hacking and slashing and holding his entire career, and look how he dominated despite that.

 

[authentic]

For on the ice, team B would crush the others teams on the ice physically in their prime. Only Pronger was physical on team A

Orr was fairly physical. Not like it would matter anyway, he was the best two way player there along with Pronger to help and Lemieux and Jagr to play keep away in the offensive end. This overall would be an easier win than this poll leads on if this matchup happened in real life.

 

[Hisch13r]

Lol what a moronic post. Lemieux played in the most physical division in the league during the 80s and dealt with constant physical abuse and hacking and slashing and holding his entire career, and look how he dominated despite that.

Yup, also this motherf***er had cancer and it couldn't even throw him off his game. His back got so f***ed couldn't even tie his own skates for part of his career and it didn't even throw him off his game. Somehow Mess, Ovi and Robinson hitting him a few times will keep him from being the most dominant force there is

 

[wabagee]

Lol what a moronic post. Lemieux played in the most physical division in the league during the 80s and dealt with constant physical abuse and hacking and slashing and holding his entire career, and look how he dominated despite that.

And he constantly cried to the refs.

 

[authentic]

And he constantly cried to the refs.

Gretzky was a whiner and was hardly touched.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Team C could have at least been given Gordie Howe instead of Bure. Still wouldn't win, but at least it would give them one of the "Big 4".

 

[Regal]

I don’t understand this physical argument for team B. Gretzky offers nothing physically Coffey wasn't particularly physical either. Ovechkin is a guy who hits a lot but no one is afraid of him physically and he's mainly a defenseman hitter on the forecheck and Pronger and Orr have no problem handling that. Messier and Robinson could be scary/dirty, but that's basically 2 to 1 against Pronger, and while Lemieux and Jagr weren't aggressors, they took loads of abuse over the years. Lemieux being a whiner at times doesn't mean he would back down in terms of his play on the ice.

 

[Gurglesons]

And he constantly cried to the refs.

Rightfully so. Look at the bullshit he had to deal with. You think Graves ever gets away with what he did to Lemieux with Gretzky.

 

[wabagee]

Rightfully so. Look at the bullshit he had to deal with. You think Graves ever gets away with what he did to Lemieux with Gretzky.

That’s because Gretzky had guys that had his back. Mario was a huge player that whined like he was 4 feet tall.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Lemieux scored 199 with coffey. Throw in orr and 260 is likely

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Team B has the best forwards but it doesn't make up for team A having Orr. Team C is clearly last.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Team A has the best blend of talent and fit.

I think those 5 would do well together based on skillset. While Team B is close it does lag behind defensively when comparing the two.

 

[Legionnaire]

Orr and Lemieux. Easy pick.

And two of the 4 of the Dmen to ever win the Hart.