ScottM Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 We move on to the first of the 1967 expansion teams. Side note: Flyers fans, you're next. I'm doing these by entry date (I took all of the Original Six together) with the number of Stanley Cups won and then number of Finals appearances as the tiebreaks. I suspect that these next two will get the most attention, and will no doubt be the recipients of the strongest opinions, so maybe I won't be driven out on a rail. Lol. Here goes... First Line: Kevin Stevens, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir JagrSecond Line: Lowell MacDonald, Sidney Crosby, Jean PronovostThird Line: James Neal, Ron Francis, Mark RecchiFourth Line: Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Alex Kovalev First Defensive Pair: Larry Murphy, Paul CoffeySecond Defensive Pair: Randy Carlyle, Kris LetangThird Defensive Pair: Sergei Gonchar, Ron Stackhouse Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Marc-Andre Fleury, Ken Wregget Coach: Dan Bylsma The easiest parts were choosing the four centers and the top two goalies. Seriously, those were complete no-brainers. There could possibly be some debate on the orders, but almost certainly very little about the selections themselves. The hardest parts were choosing and ranking the right wingers other than Jagr and choosing the third goalie. In the case of the right wingers, there were so many guys that had short tenures with the team and sometimes left and came back that it was pretty difficult to evaluate them side-by-side on only their tenure with the Pens. Wregget ended up getting the last goalie slot based on leading the league in wins in the 1994-95 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 @ScottM Kehoe over Kovalev. There's no denying Kovalevs skill...theres also no denying his pathetic compete level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Badger Bob Johnston for coach over Blysma, you must be a young guy or something, Blysma couldn't stack Bob's practice pucks. I put Brian Spinner Spencer on that team ahead of Kunitz and Rick Kehoe over Alexi Kovalev. tough to argue your choices for defense. Wow the Pens have had some really great players , yet still managed to outright suck for a solid 25 years, amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Kehoe almost happened. I really debated with myself a lot on that slot. The thing about Johnson is that he only had the one season. It was a great one, of course, but it's such a small sample. I suspect he would have continued to do well, but tragically, we didn't get to find out. As far as Bylsma goes, he also won a Cup and had another conference finals appearance. He also has the best regular season win percentage in franchise history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 What no Roberto Romano for goalie? I'm shocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaris922 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Herb Brooks and Scotty Bowman were great coaches too, just so short term.Not a bad list. I wouldn't have Kunitz there though. Neal either. Tocchet, Mullen, Kehoe... All arguable additions. Robitaille didn't shine here so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagerMeister Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 When your fourth best center of all time is Evgeni malkin. A guy who has had one of the best conn smythe seasons of any forward, art ross winner twice, as well as an mvp and lindsay trophy, then you know your team has been blessed with some of the greatest centers to ever play the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 @ScottM Kehoe over Kovalev. There's no denying Kovalevs skill...theres also no denying his pathetic compete level. Yes, was gonna post that also....no leaving out Windsor players....LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 A few players who might or might not make it, but at least deserve a mention here....Syl Apps, Ron Stackhouse, Joe Mullen, Jean Pronovost and Dave Burrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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