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Greatest Player In Each NHL Franchise


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Anaheim: Teemu Selanne

Arizona: Dale Hawerchuk

Boston: Bobby Orr

Buffalo: Dominik Hasek

Calgary: Lanny MacDonald

Carolina: Ron Francis

Chicago: Bobby Hull (after a battle with Mikita)

Colorado: Peter Statsny (Sakic and Roy were candidates too)

Columbus: Rick Nash

Dallas: Mike Modano

Detroit: Gordie Howe

Edmonton: Wayne Gretzky

Florida: Pavel Bure

Los Angeles: Marcel Dionne (honorable mention to Robitaille and Blake)

Minnesota: Marian Gaborik

Montreal: Maurice Richard

Nashville: Shea Weber

New Jersey: Martin Brodeur

New York Islanders: Denis Potvin (though Bossy and Trottier could stake a claim as well)

New York Rangers: Brian Leetch (close between him and Mess)

Ottawa: Daniel Alfredsson

Philadelphia: Bobby Clarke

Pittsburgh: Mario Lemieux

San Jose: Joe Thornton

St. Louis: Brett Hull

Tampa Bay: Martin St. Louis

Toronto: Frank Mahovlich

Vancouver: Trevor Linden (tough call between him and Bure)

Washington: Alexander Ovechkin

Winnipeg: Ilya Kovalchuk (Hawerchuk belongs to the Coyotes if we're doing this by franchise)

 

I notice there aren't many defencemen in these lists.  :)

 

ie: New Jersey: Scott Stevens

 

St. Louis: Chris Pronger

 

Detroit: Nicklas Lidstrom

 

Maybe we should do a best player at each position (L, C, R, D, G), for each NHL team, of all time. 

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I notice there aren't many defencemen in these lists.  :)

 

ie: New Jersey: Scott Stevens

 

St. Louis: Chris Pronger

 

Detroit: Nicklas Lidstrom

 

Maybe we should do a best player at each position (L, C, R, D, G), for each NHL team, of all time. 

 

That's true. I realized that when I was typing the list. I had 4, iirc. I didn't have time to do it when I made my original list, but it did occur to me that F, D, and G done separately might be a good idea. I like yours better though. I'm going to try that when I have the time.

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I notice there aren't many defencemen in these lists.  :)

 

ie: New Jersey: Scott Stevens

 

St. Louis: Chris Pronger

 

Detroit: Nicklas Lidstrom

 

Maybe we should do a best player at each position (L, C, R, D, G), for each NHL team, of all time. 

good idea WOW. Unfortunately, cant change the title though

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Here are my all time teams:

 

Anaheim

Paul Kariya Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne Scott Niedermeyer Francois Beauchemin

Jean-Sebastien Gigeure

 

Arizona Keith Tkachuk Dale Hawerchuk Shane Doan Teppo Numminen Randy Carlisle Sean Burke

 

Boston Johnny Bucyk Phil Esposito Cam Neely Bobby Orr Ray Borque Frank Brimsek

 

Buffalo Dave Andreychuk Gilbert Perrault Miroslav Satan Phil Housley Alexei Zhitnik Dominik Hasek

 

Calgary Eric Vail Joe Nieuwendyk Lanny MacDonald Al MacInnis Gary Suter Miikka Kiprusoff

 

Carolina Sylvain Turgeon Ron Francis Blaine Stoughton Glen Wesley Adam Burt Cam Ward

 

Chicago Steve Larmer Stan Mikita Bobby Hull Chris Chelios Doug Wilson Tony Esposito

 

Colorado Michel Goulet Peter Statsny Milan Hejduk Adam Foote Rob Blake Patrick Roy

 

Columbus Rick Nash R. J. Umberger David Vyborny Rotislav Klesla Fedor Tyutin Sergei Bobrovsky

 

Dallas Brian Bellows Mike Modano Dino Ciccarelli Sergei Zubov Derian Hatcher Ed Belfour

 

Detroit Ted Lindsay Steve Yzerman Gordie Howe Nicklas Lidstrom Marcel Pronovost Terry Sawchuk

 

Edmonton Esa Tikkanen Wayne Gretzky Jarri Kurri Paul Coffey Paul Coffey Grant Fuhr

 

Florida Ray Whitney Olli Jokinen Pavel Bure Robert Svehla Jay Bouwmeester Roberto Luongo

 

Los Angeles Luc Robitaille Marcel Dionne Dave Taylor Rob Blake Lubomir Visnovsky Rogie Vachon

 

Minnesota Zach Parise Mikko Koivu Marian Gaborik Nick Schultz Filip Kuba Niklas Backstrom

 

Montreal Aurele Joliat Jean Beliveau Maurice Richard Doug Harvey Larry Robinson Jacques Plantes

 

Nashville Scott Hartnell David Legwand Martin Erat Shea Weber Ryan Suter Pekka Rinne

 

New Jersey Patrick Elias Bobby Holik John MacLean Scott Stevens Scott Niedermeyer Martin Brodeur

 

New York Islanders Clark Gillies Bryan Trottier Mike Bossy Dennis Potvin Ken Morrow Billy Smith

 

New York Rangers Adam Graves Mark Messier Rod Gilbert Brian Leetch Harry Howell Henrik Lundqvist

 

Ottawa Dany Heatley Jason Spezza Daniel Alfredsson Chris Phillips Wade Redden Craig Anderson

 

Philadephia Brian Propp Bobby Clarke Mark Recchi Joe Watson Eric Desjardins Bernie Parent

 

Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens Mario Lemieux Jaromir Jagr Ron Stackhouse Kris Letang Tom Barrasso

 

San Jose Jeff Friesen Joe Thornton Owen Nolan Dan Boyle Brad Stuart Evgeni Nabakov

 

St. Louis Pavol Demitra Bernie Federko Brett Hull Chris Pronger Al MacInnis Curtis Joseph

 

Tampa Bay Fredrik Modin Vincent Lecavalier Martin St. Louis Dan Boyle Roman Hamrlik Nikolai Khabibulin

 

Toronto Frank Mahovlic Darryl Sittler George Armstrong Tim Horton Borje Salmig Turk Broda

 

Vancouver Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Trevor Linden Mattias Ohlund Jyrki Lumme Roberto Luongo

 

Washington Alexander Ovechkin Nicklas Backstrom Peter Bondra Scott Stevens Sergei Gonchar Olaf Kolzig

 

Winnipeg Ilya Kovalchuk Marc Savard Marian Hossa Tobias Enstrom Dustin Byfuglien Kari Lehtonen

 

Montreal was the hardest. There were a lot of tough position battles there.

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Here are my all time teams:

 

Anaheim

Paul Kariya Ryan Getzlaf Teemu Selanne Scott Niedermeyer Francois Beauchemin

Jean-Sebastien Gigeure

 

Arizona Keith Tkachuk Jeremy Roenick Shane Doan Teppo Numminen Randy Carlisle Sean Burke

 

Boston Johnny Bucyk Phil Esposito Cam Neely Bobby Orr Ray Borque Frank Brimsek

 

Buffalo Dave Andreychuk Gilbert Perrault Alexander Mogilny Phil Housley Alexei Zhitnik Dominik Hasek

 

Calgary Eric Vail Joe Nieuwendyk Theoren Fleury Al MacInnis Gary Suter Miikka Kiprusoff

 

Carolina Sylvain Turgeon Ron Francis Blaine Stoughton Glen Wesley Adam Burt Cam Ward

 

Chicago Steve Larmer Stan Mikita Bobby Hull Chris Chelios Doug Wilson Ed Belfour

 

Colorado Michel Goulet Joe Sakic Milan Hejduk Adam Foote Rob Blake Patrick Roy

 

Columbus Rick Nash R. J. Umberger David Vyborny Rotislav Klesla Fedor Tyutin Sergei Bobrovsky

 

Dallas Brian Bellows Mike Modano Dino Ciccarelli Sergei Zubov Derian Hatcher Ed Belfour

 

Detroit Ted Lindsay Steve Yzerman Gordie Howe Nicklas Lidstrom Marcel Pronovost Terry Sawchuk

 

Edmonton Esa Tikkanen Wayne Gretzky Jarri Kurri Paul Coffey Paul Coffey Grant Fuhr

 

Florida Ray Whitney Olli Jokinen Pavel Bure Robert Svehla Jay Bouwmeester Roberto Luongo

 

Los Angeles Luc Robitaille Marcel Dionne Dave Taylor Rob Blake Lubomir Visnovsky Rogie Vachon

 

Minnesota Zach Parise Mikko Koivu Marian Gaborik Nick Schultz Filip Kuba Niklas Backstrom

 

Montreal Aurele Joliat Jean Beliveau Maurice Richard Doug Harvey Larry Robinson Jacques Plantes

 

Nashville Scott Hartnell David Legwand Martin Erat Shea Weber Ryan Suter Pekka Rinne

 

New Jersey Patrick Elias Bobby Holik John MacLean Scott Stevens Scott Niedermeyer Martin Brodeur

 

New York Islanders Clark Gillies Bryan Trottier Mike Bossy Dennis Potvin Ken Morrow Billy Smith

 

New York Rangers Adam Graves Mark Messier Rod Gilbert Brian Leetch Harry Howell Henrik Lundqvist

 

Ottawa Dany Heatley Jason Spezza Daniel Alfredsson Chris Phillips Wade Redden Craig Anderson

 

Philadephia Brian Propp Eric Lindros Mark Recchi Joe Watson Eric Desjardins Bernie Parent

 

Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens Mario Lemieux Jaromir Jagr Ron Stackhouse Kris Letang Tom Barrasso

 

San Jose Jeff Friesen Joe Thornton Owen Nolan Dan Boyle Brad Stuart Evgeni Nabakov

 

St. Louis Pavol Demitra Bernie Federko Brett Hull Chris Pronger Al MacInnis Curtis Joseph

 

Tampa Bay Fredrik Modin Vincent Lecavalier Martin St. Louis Dan Boyle Roman Hamrlik Nikolai Khabibulin

 

Toronto Frank Mahovlic Doug Gilmour Alexander Mogilny Tim Horton Borje Salmig Curtis Joseph

 

Vancouver Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Pavel Bure Mattias Ohlund Jyrki Lumme Roberto Luongo

 

Washington Alexander Ovechkin Nicklas Backstrom Peter Bondra Scott Stevens Sergei Gonchar Olaf Kolzig

 

Winnipeg Ilya Kovalchuk Marc Savard Marian Hossa Tobias Enstrom Dustin Byfuglien Kari Lehtonen

 

Montreal was the hardest. There were a lot of tough position battles there.

 

Nicely done!  :D

 

I made some modifications to your list in BOLD. :cool[1]:

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