Which team would produce the best line in the NHL if all three of their best players were on it?

[The Abusement Park]

Pittsburgh
Tampa
Toronto
Boston
Washington
Winnipeg
Edmonton

In that order

How is Colorado not on that list? They should be in 2nd at worst.

 

[The Podium]

How is Colorado not on that list? They should be in 2nd at worst.

Yup my mistake, I’d have them 2nd

 

[Zamuz]

Crosby > Matthews
Malkin > Tavares
Kessel < Marner

Crosby > Point
Malkin > Stamkos
Kessel < Kucherov

Pens, not close.

MacKinnon > Crosby
Rantanen > Malkin
Landeskog =< Kessel

 

[c4rdsh4rk]

penjwuin

altho cap r good too

and tampa and winpeg

 

[Peggy]

Nope. Not in Canada.

Not in the majority of the English speaking world

US is the few countries that spell that way

Don’t you mean Caunauda?

Uh what

 

[Peggy]

Winnipeg has 2 players top 15 in goals
#1 and #12
(Laine and scheifele )

Wheeler is 3rd for assists in the league
)While the 2 players ahead of him have 2 extra games played already)

And Winnipeg has the best power play in the league with those 3 on it

Winnipeg of course not getting enough love

And wasn't Boston's top line actually the best line in the league when healthy?

 

[Peiskos]

I get the Penguins winning the poll, but calm down with the "easily" talk.

I believe we are starting to witness the beginning trend of that segment of people who are hanging onto the past, I mean all credit to the Penguins but go take a look at where they sit in the standings, certainly these three players of theirs are no longer the collective force they used to be. If they were they wouldn't be in the basement of the NHL nearly 40% into the season, and as we all know 3 players is more than enough to turn around a franchise.

Now take a look at where Toronto sits in the standings.

As of the 2018/19 season this is the Toronto Maple Leafs with Matthews-Marner-Nylander-Tavares-Rielly to pick from.

That is just the cold hard reality, unless you want to cling onto the past sure.

 

[Peggy]

I get the Penguins winning the poll, but calm down with the "easily" talk.

I believe we are starting to witness the beginning trend of that segment of people who are hanging onto the past, I mean all credit to the Penguins but go take a look at where they sit in the standings, certainly these three players of theirs are no longer the collective force they used to be. If they were they wouldn't be in the basement of the NHL nearly 40% into the season, and as we all know 3 players is more than enough to turn around a franchise.

Now take a look at where Toronto sits in the standings.

As of the 2018/19 season this is the Toronto Maple Leafs with Matthews-Marner-Nylander-Tavares-Rielly to pick from.

That is just the cold hard reality, unless you want to cling onto the past sure.

There and argument about clinging onto the past, But using the leafs as an example is a good one lol

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Winnipeg has 2 players top 15 in goals
#1 and #12
(Laine and scheifele )

Wheeler is 3rd for assists in the league
)While the 2 players ahead of him have 2 extra games played already)

And Winnipeg has the best power play in the league with those 3 on it

Winnipeg of course not getting enough love

And wasn't Boston's top line actually the best line in the league when healthy?

And the Avs have 2 players in the Top 10 for Goals(Mackinnon 7th, Landeskog 10th).

The Avs have the 2 league leading scorers and a 3rd in the Top 15. They also have the league leader in assists.





Not sure how Winnipeg is in the discussion really. They could put together a good line but it doesn't compare to Colorado, Toronto, or Pittsburgh and what those 3 would build.

As of the 2018/19 season this is the Toronto Maple Leafs with Matthews-Marner-Nylander-Tavares-Rielly to pick from.

That is just the cold hard reality, unless you want to cling onto the past sure.

Again, outside of the Leafs bias nobody is going to take a trio over the Avs trio right now. They literally have the 2 most productive players in the entire NHL, and a 3rd guy sitting in the Top 15 in the league. Nobody else in the NHL has that, including your Leafs.

 

[Peggy]

And the Avs have 2 players in the Top 10 for Goals(Mackinnon 7th, Landeskog 10th).

The Avs have the 2 league leading scorers and a 3rd in the Top 15. They also have the league leader in assists.





Not sure howWinnipeg is in the discussion really. They could put together a good line but it doesn't compare to Colorado, Toronto, or Pittsburgh and what those 3 would build.

Pretty sure i gave you the reasons how

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Pretty sure i gave you the reasons how

Except your reasons are awful. I just showed you how one team beats them in literally every category. Better point producers, better goal scorers, and better playmaking.


And you made up a stat about Winnipeg having the best PP. The Avs have the #1 PP in the league by a pretty decent margin.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Gonna homer vote Oilers just because.

 

[sadpanda]

You don't think the Toronto line would compare?

Classic. Get called out if the leaf line is not the answer

 

[Peggy]

Except your reasons are awful. I just showed you how one team beats them in literally every category. Better point producers, better goal scorers, and better playmaking.


And you made up a stat about Winnipeg having the best PP. The Avs have the #1 PP in the league by a pretty decent margin.

They're awful?

2 games ago scheifele was 7th for centres(is 10th now) and is #12 for goals
Wheeler is top 10 for total scoring and 3rd for assists(3 assist behind first with 2 games in hand)
And Laine is #1 for goals

Colarado's power play conversion is 30.9 percent

Winnipeg's 29.3

So by 1 percent. I'm guessing a game or 2 ago Winnipeg's conversion was at one time higher when the statistic was said
That makes Colorado 1st and Winnipeg 2nd


So I don't know how that's an awful argument. Pretty reasonable

 

[Snippit]

I get the Penguins winning the poll, but calm down with the "easily" talk.

I believe we are starting to witness the beginning trend of that segment of people who are hanging onto the past, I mean all credit to the Penguins but go take a look at where they sit in the standings, certainly these three players of theirs are no longer the collective force they used to be. If they were they wouldn't be in the basement of the NHL nearly 40% into the season, and as we all know 3 players is more than enough to turn around a franchise.

Now take a look at where Toronto sits in the standings.

As of the 2018/19 season this is the Toronto Maple Leafs with Matthews-Marner-Nylander-Tavares-Rielly to pick from.

That is just the cold hard reality, unless you want to cling onto the past sure.

So you’re willing to write off the Pens because you want to exclusively focus on this season, but then by that logic the Avalanche’s top line is the logical choice because they have the 2 highest scoring players in the league.

Plus all 3 Penguins are in the top 20 in league scoring and that’s with Crosby having missed games. So your reasoning as to why the Penguins have been bad doesn’t check out.

Write that team off at your own peril though. They’re trending up.

 

[gamer1035]

Pretty sure Pitt tried Malkin - Crosby together and it didn't work. Actually, I don't think Kessel worked with them either considering he drove the third line on the cup winners.

 

[authentic]

Classic. Get called out if the leaf line is not the answer

Marner and Matthews together would be unfair, nevermind adding Tavares. It's okay if some folks can't recognize it.

 

[Peiskos]

There and argument about clinging onto the past, But using the leafs as an example is a good one lol

I fail to see your logic, when I mention the Leafs being being the answer to this question I am looking at the present and the future, was Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander and Mo in the past? No so what are you talking about exactly?

Look I know it still remains a very difficult thing to do for others to admit that Toronto has the brightest future of all NHL teams by a large margin but there comes a time when denial can only take you so far.

 

[Tage2Tuch]

anybody who says easily in here is being ignorant.

But I’d say caps and pens. Leafs third.

 

[Peggy]

I fail to see your logic, when I mention the Leafs being being the answer to this question I am looking at the present and the future, was Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander and Mo in the past? No so what are you talking about exactly?

Look I know it still remains a very difficult thing to do for others to admit that Toronto has the brightest future of all NHL teams by a large margin but there comes a time when denial can only take you so far.

Lol the arrogance
I disagree. Leafs "cheated" getting tavares meaning they didnt budget for him. Good luck signing marner and Matthews while having a decent defense

 

[Dick Sledge]

I'm just curious as to where all this Kessel doesn't work with Sid or Genoa stuff is coming from?

Please don't bring up the HBK cup run as your reasoning. It's flat out wrong.

 

[c3z4r]

I'll take the avs trio since I already know they make work as a line and are the best trio in the league.

 

[CanadienShark]

Pens
Leafs
Bolts

 

[pettersson]

The Colorado line is the best line in hockey rn.

I can see the appeal of the pens line though. Theoretically, it would work.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

I love the bizarre poll questions Leafs fans invent to try and get people to vote for Leafs players.

maybe if I bundle Tavares and Marner with Matthews, people will think Matthews the best player in the league!

Yikes, so damn paranoid.

Feels like a valid question to me, anyway gimme the Bruins, known commodity.