You are head coach of Team Canada who's your #1C

[NHL Dude 120]

Like the title says, only choose between McDavid and Crosby.

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[Laineux]

Both would play the same minutes.

But it has to be Crosby. McDavid will outscore him this year and win the Ross again, but look no further than their latest playoff and best on best performances.

 

[Ctrain2k]

Oilers fan saying Crosby he’s the captain he should be playing the tougher minutes

 

[McGarnagle]

Bergeron











j/k, it's Crosby

 

[ESH]

They would both make the team and both play around the same amount of minutes

 

[DFAC]

Crosby-McDavid-Seguin-Bergeron

Matthews, Stamkos and Toews on the wings. McD-Matthews, Seguin-Stamkos and Bergeron-Toews, Crosby can play with whoever (Kunitz??)

 

[Ctrain2k]

Crosby-McDavid-Seguin-Bergeron

Matthews, Stamkos and Toews on the wings. McD-Matthews, Seguin-Stamkos and Bergeron-Toews, Crosby can play with whoever (Kunitz??)

Matthews is American.....

 

[DFAC]

Matthews is American.....

Whoops, silly me. Replace him with Tavares then

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Crosby until McDavid is more seasoned.

 

[Chef de Cuisine]

Crosby

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Assuming Toews is out hurt I guess I'd go with Crosby

 

[Regal]

Crosby-McDavid-Seguin-Bergeron

Matthews, Stamkos and Toews on the wings. McD-Matthews, Seguin-Stamkos and Bergeron-Toews, Crosby can play with whoever (Kunitz??)

Seguin would probably be one of the better options to move to wing as he's played there before.

As for the question, if we're assuming a team this year, like if they were playing the Olympics, as people said, they'd both make the team and play similarly, but Sid would be the captain, face of the team still and generally considered the first line center. If you're asking who I would take if I could only take one, I'd go for experience with Crosby, as well as chemistry with Marchand and Bergeron.

 

[Sky04]

Crosby because you'd be icing Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron as the first unit. Besides, McJesus is even more dangerous than Crosby as the 2C.

 

[Sky04]

Crosby-McDavid-Seguin-Bergeron

Matthews, Stamkos and Toews on the wings. McD-Matthews, Seguin-Stamkos and Bergeron-Toews, Crosby can play with whoever (Kunitz??)

Why would anyone sane separate Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron?

 

[winnipegger]

OK it's like this:

Benn Crosby Bergeron
Scheifele McDavid Seguin
Giroux Tavares Stamkos
Getzlaf Toews Couturier

Yeah that team is pretty good

 

[Chef de Cuisine]

OK it's like this:

Benn Crosby Bergeron
Scheifele McDavid Seguin
Giroux Tavares Stamkos
Getzlaf Toews Couturier

Yeah that team is pretty good

Couturier? He's good, but don't we have better options?

 

[biturbo19]

If i'm coach of a full-on Team Canada, i don't look at thing in such idiotically simplistic terms. Jonny Toews is my #1C in that he's the guy i'm sending over the boards every time the opposing top center is sent out. That's my foundation. The rest of my line changes flow from there.

 

[leafsfan1234]

Babcock would be playing the entire top nine ~15 minutes a game, so it wouldn't really make a difference.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Matthews

 

[Drytoast]

Crosby and why this would even be a discussion?

Its Crosby because;

- respect
- he's older more experienced
- he's already won everything multiple times.
- McDavid hasn't won anything yet.

In a room where you have just McDavid and Crosby, Crosby is Alpha, McDavid is Beta.

 

[Drytoast]

Matthews is American.....

Shhhh let him have his illusions.

 

[b in vancouver]

Crosby or Bergeron - whichever you want to call the centre.
Marchand - Crosby - Bergeron (with Bergeron taking a lot of the face-offs)
That was simply the most dominant line we've seen in a long time and there's been no let-up in their games since.

 

[CraigsList]

Crosby, but he and McDavid would get the same minutes... the fact that McDavis is 2C makes it unfair

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron
Tavares-McDavid-Stamkos
Hall-Benn-Seguin
Getzlaf-Toews-Scheifele
X: Duchene

 

[Skobel24]

Marchand-Crosby-Bergeron
Tavares-McDavid-Stamkos
Hall-Benn-Seguin
Getzlaf-Toews-Scheifele
X: Duchene

Assuming you meant

Hall - Seguin - Benn

Other than that, I like these lines. I wouldn't take Duchene as the 13th forward though.