Chiarelli
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Need to see the full career's of Mack and Makar to answer this.
The pens had Letang for their entire stretch. I've always been a fan of well balanced teams, look at Toronto or Edmonton for examples of poor defense crippling an offensive juggernaut. The Blues won because they finally got a ROR playing like an elite 1C and Binnington had a miracle year to add to Pietro on the blue line.
IMO a team needs to have a 1C, 1D, and a 1ish goaltender to realistically shoot for a cup. It's the reason Vegas is never going to win a cup with the current aging core they have, they lack the biggest of the three required pieces, though I'd argue Lehner is one step back from them lacking two.
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I'd pick Peter Forsberg & Sandis Ozolinsh over Mack & Cale. And I'm not joking.
Yes. Montreal would have beat the Avs sadly.You think Montreal would have beat us? I’m no so sure, myself. Those things are hard to project, though.
The one thing I forget about Ozo was that he was a big guy. Nobody was pushing that dude around.Ozo would dominate this era too.
With how reliant teams are to have speedy D men transition out of the D zone, and how many teams are employing the wrist shots from the blue line for screens, tips, and rebounds, defenseman pick up a lot more points than they used to.
Defenseman are pushed to be much more involved in the play now than when Ozo played, and the last three years the NHL has been right around 3.00 goals per game.
In 96-97 the NHL averaged 2.92 goals per game at the start of the "dead puck era" and Ozo had 23 goals and 68 points. Then had 17 points in 17 playoff games. In 97-98 when the NHL averaged 2.64 goals per game, Ozo had 13 goals and 51 points in 66 games.
Prime Ozo in today's game would win every Norris.The one thing I forget about Ozo was that he was a big guy. Nobody was pushing that dude around.
If you could put prime Sakic, Forsberg, and Sakic in today’s NHL where you could actually pass it up the ice without having to worry about the goddamned red line and couldn’t literally tackle players, they’d rule the league for many, many years.
Foppa would dominate, but he'd be suspended 5-10 games a season.
But he'd also be injured a little less so it'd be worth it.