Your Best Roster

[Kendrick 4,741]

So in the spirit of creating discussion I figured I'd create this cool little thread. The purpose is to post your favourite teams roster consisting of only players it's had in the past 10 seasons (Let's say since the lockout). The player could've played for 1 game or they could have played for well over 600 games. However simply put the roster you feel is your favourite. It's a fun game and if you want even explain it. If you follow two teams, keep it short but try for the team you bleed for first.

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed:[/size][/u][/b] 
[b]Center:[/b]
[b]Right Wing:[/b]
[b]Left Wing:[/b]
[b]Defenseman:[/b]
[b]Defenseman:[/b]
[b]Goaltender:[/b]

Edited November 18, 2014 by Kendrick

[Corco 1,260]

Team Followed: New York Islanders

Center: Marty Reasoner

Right Wing: Jon Sim

Left Wing: Jay Pandolfo

Defenseman: Mike Mottau

Defenseman: Bruno Gervais

Goaltender: Nathan Lawson

[Sandro 251]

Team Followed: Vancouver Canucks

Center: Henrik Sedin
Right Wing: Radim Vrbata
Left Wing: Daniel Sedin
Defenseman: Alexander Edler
Defenseman: Christian Ehrhoff
Goaltender: Roberto Luongo

 

;_;

Edited November 18, 2014 by Sandro

[Higgins 3,618]

Jon Sim just won this thread.

[Kendrick 4,741]

I should also add in, it's your teams best roster that you prefer. Not necessarily the best on paper or statistically.

[twillcox94 21]

Vancouver Canucks

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alex Burrows

Markus Naslund - Ryan Kesler - Todd Bertuzzi

Chris Higgins - Brendan Morrison - Mikael Sammuelson

Matt Cooke - Mats Sundin - Anson Carter

 

                       

Mattias Ohlund - Dan Hamhuis

Kevin Bieksa - Sami Salo

Willie Mitchell - Alex Edler

 

Roberto Luongo

Ryan Miller

 

 

My 6 player roster of my favourite players would be ..

 

Raffi Torres - Ryan Kesler - Jannik Hansen

Willie Mitchell - Christian Ehrhoff

Cory Schneider 

Edited November 18, 2014 by twillcox94

[Higgins 3,618]

Team Followed: Sharkies 

Center: Joe Thornton

Right Wing: Owen Nolan

Left Wing: Johnathan Cheechoo

Defenseman: Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Defenseman: Brent Burns

Goaltender: Evgeni Nabokov

HM: Rob Blake

[Fire Tortorella 2,653]

Philadelphia Flyers:
Center: Peter Forsberg
Right Wing: Claude Giroux**
Left Wing: Simon Gagne
Defenseman: Chris Pronger
Defenseman: Kimmo Timonen
Goaltender: Steve Mason*

 

*Would have gone with Roman Checkmanek, but he just missed the 10 year cut.

** Giroux was originally a winger when he first broke into the league.

[Doomsday 4,142]

Philadelphia Flyers:
Center: Claude Giroux
Right Wing: Wayne Simmonds
Left Wing: Simon Gagne
Defenseman: Chris Pronger
Defenseman: Eric Desjardins
Goaltender: Robert Esche

[Boomcheck 161]

Tampa Bay Lightning
Center: Vincent Lecavalier
Right Wing:  Ryan Callahan

Left Wing: Valtteri Filppula
Defenseman: Dan Boyle
Defenseman: Victor Hedman
Goaltender: Nikolai Khabibulin

 

Big HM: Brad Richards

HM: Steven Stamkos and Ben Bishop

[probably not noah 346]

Toronto Maple Leafs

Center: Mats Sundin

Right Wing: Phil Kessel

Left Wing: James Van Riemsdyk

Defense: Dion Phaneuf

Defense: Tomas Kaberle

Goalie: Ed Belfour

 

The thought of Sundin centering Kessel gives me wet dreams.

Edited November 18, 2014 by Noah!!

[James 77]

Team Followed: Nashville Predators

Center: Peter Forsberg
Right Wing: James Neal
Left Wing: Paul Kariya
Defenseman: Shea Weber
Defenseman: Roman Josi
Goaltender: Pekka Rinne

Edited November 18, 2014 by James

[Kendrick 4,741]

Team Followed: New Jersey Devils

Center: Patrik Elias

Right Wing: Brian Gionta

Left Wing: Zach Parise

Defenseman: Scott Niedermayer

Defenseman: Brian Rafalski

Goaltender: Marty!

HM: Jamie Langenbrunner

Edited November 18, 2014 by Kendrick

[DollarAndADream 3,357]

Team Followed: Vancouver Canucks
Center: Henrik Sedin
Right Wing: Radim Vrbata
Left Wing: Markus Naslund
Defenseman: Christian Ehrhoff
Defenseman: Sami Salo
Goaltender: Roberto Luongo

Edited November 18, 2014 by travhave

[AIM-11 134]

I cheer for the Oilers.  It's been possibly the worst team in NHL history over the stretch.  They can all go to hell.

[Tyler 885]

Team Followed: montreal  
Center: Tomas Plekanec
Right Wing: Alex Kovalev
Left Wing: Max Pacioretty
Defenseman: PK Subban
Defenseman: Andrei Markov
Goaltender: Carey Price

 

HM: Sheldon Souray, Richard Zednik (sort of a little earlier I guess) and Cristobal Huet/Jaro Halak.

Edited November 18, 2014 by Tyler

[diamond_ace 3,112]

My "Following the rules" list:

 

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed:[/size][/u][/b] PENS.
[b]Center:[/b]Mario Lemieux
[b]Right Wing:[/b]Mark Recchi
[b]Left Wing:[/b]Bill Guerin (for the purposes of this, he can play opposite side)
[b]Defenseman:[/b]Brooks Orpik
[b]Defenseman:[/b]Sergei Gonchar
[b]Goaltender:[/b]Ty Conklin (fuck Fleury)

 

HM: Dick Tarnstrom, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin (waaay too many centers as opposed to just about any other forward position, and Tarnstrom was great but for a defenseman he didn't play much defense *cough Mike Green cough*)

 

 

My "No one cares about 10 years" list (because these are the guys I grew up on and why I love hockey):

 

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed:[/size][/u][/b] PENS.
[b]Center:[/b]Ron Francis (only because Lemieux is already on the other list)
[b]Right Wing:[/b]Joe Mullen
[b]Left Wing:[/b]Luc Robitaille
[b]Defenseman:[/b]Jim Paek
[b]Defenseman:[/b]Darius Kasparaitis
[b]Goaltender:[/b]Tom Barrasso

 

HM: Kevin Hatcher, Ulf Samuelsson Paul Coffey, Frank Pietrangelo, Ken Wregget, Kevin Stevens, Rick Tocchet, Troy Loney

 

 

All time full roster, comprised only of guys I've seen play (TV counts):

 

Joe Mullen - Mario Lemieux - Luc Robitaille

Kevin Stevens - Sidney Crosby - Mark Recchi

Petr Nedved - Ron Francis - Bill Guerin

Troy Loney - Evgeni Malkin - Rick Tocchet

 

Paul Coffey - Brooks Orpik

Sergei Gonchar - Darius Kasparaitis

Kevin Hatcher - Ulf Samuelsson

 

Tom Barrasso

Frank Pietrangelo

 

Scratches:

Jim Paek (because at least a small amount of realism: Paek was by far the worst of these defensemen)

Ed Olczyk

Ken Wregget.

[diamond_ace 3,112]

My "Following the rules" list:

 

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed:[/size][/u][/b] PENS.

[b]Center:[/b]Mario Lemieux

[b]Right Wing:[/b]Mark Recchi

[b]Left Wing:[/b]Bill Guerin (for the purposes of this, he can play opposite side)

[b]Defenseman:[/b]Brooks Orpik

[b]Defenseman:[/b]Sergei Gonchar

[b]Goaltender:[/b]Ty Conklin (fuck Fleury)

 

HM: Dick Tarnstrom, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin (waaay too many centers as opposed to just about any other forward position, and Tarnstrom was great but for a defenseman he didn't play much defense *cough Mike Green cough*)

 

 

My "No one cares about 10 years" list (because these are the guys I grew up on and why I love hockey):

 

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed:[/size][/u][/b] PENS.

[b]Center:[/b]Ron Francis (only because Lemieux is already on the other list)

[b]Right Wing:[/b]Joe Mullen

[b]Left Wing:[/b]Luc Robitaille

[b]Defenseman:[/b]Jim Paek

[b]Defenseman:[/b]Darius Kasparaitis

[b]Goaltender:[/b]Tom Barrasso

 

HM: Kevin Hatcher, Ulf Samuelsson Paul Coffey, Frank Pietrangelo, Ken Wregget, Kevin Stevens, Rick Tocchet, Troy Loney

 

 

All time full roster, comprised only of guys I've seen play (TV counts):

 

Joe Mullen - Mario Lemieux - Luc Robitaille

Kevin Stevens - Sidney Crosby - Mark Recchi

Petr Nedved - Ron Francis - Bill Guerin

Troy Loney - Evgeni Malkin - Rick Tocchet

 

Paul Coffey - Brooks Orpik

Sergei Gonchar - Darius Kasparaitis

Kevin Hatcher - Ulf Samuelsson

 

Tom Barrasso

Frank Pietrangelo

 

Scratches:

Jim Paek (because at least a small amount of realism: Paek was by far the worst of these defensemen)

Ed Olczyk

Ken Wregget.

One thing I'd like to add: the lack of Jagr was not an accident.

[probably not noah 346]

Toronto Maple Leafs

Center: Mats Sundin

Right Wing: Phil Kessel

Left Wing: James Van Riemsdyk

Defense: Dion Phaneuf

Defense: Tomas Kaberle

Goalie: Ed Belfour

 

The thought of Sundin centering Kessel gives me wet dreams.

 

If I were to do it based solely on my favourite players, Belfour would be Bernier, Phaneuf would be Rielly.

 

Also because Jason inspired me, my favourite lineup of players growing up:

 

Center: Mats Sundin

Left Wing: Gary Roberts

Right Wing: Alex Mogilny

Defense: Wade Belak

Defense: Tomas Kaberle

Goalie: Curtis Motherfucking Joseph

[Tyler 885]

Habs all time team of players I've seen play, note the wingers might be the wrong wings but idc

 

Head Coach: Michel Therrien.

 

pacioretty-plekanec-kovalev

ryder-koivu-cammalleri

galchenyuk-deshernais-zednik

gallagher-gomez-gionta

 

subban-markov

souray-briesbois

hamirlik-rivet

 

price

theodore

 

Choosing a coach was tough. Therrien (two stints his second tenure being the most successful for the team since the late 80's early 90's, also the first Habs coach I remember!), Julien (was a good coach, got way better when he left of course), Martin (great defensive mind, led an underdog team to the final four and shut down the top two players of this era), Carbo (mediocre coach, but he did lead the Habs to a first in the East finish, so there's that). Went with Therrien just because he has 2 stints and has the most successful tenure with his second. He'll go down as a top 5 coach for the habs imo.

 

 

It's crazy that despite ow horrible this team is in comparison to other teams, the Habs have been pretty competitive over these times. The oldest player on these teams is Kovalev (1994), and the longest Hab is Markov (1998). Markov started playing when Chucky was 4, for perspective of how long he's been on the dline, although he did spend time in the ahl I believe. Centres are especially weak, Gomez was an odd choice but his 2010 season was really good, so for his peak I chose him. 

 

Since 2002, the Habs have made the conference final twice, the second round 5 times, and made the playoffs all but three years. Not too bad considering how poor this team looks compared to some above....

[DollarAndADream 3,357]

I cheer for the Oilers.  It's been possibly the worst team in NHL history over the stretch.  They can all go to hell.

Well, if you combined the good forwards they have now with the good defense they used to have when they had shit forwards it could be a decent team.

 

They did go to the finals less than 10 years ago.

 

You might as well just make a roster based on that 2006 playoff performance.

 

Horcoff - Pisani - Hemsky

 

Pronger - Bergeron

 

Roloson

[AwfulHomesick 148]

[b][u][size=5]Team Followed: New Jersey Devils[/size][/u][/b] 
[b]Center: Patrik Elias[/b]
[b]Right Wing: Ilya Kovalchuk[/b]
[b]Left Wing: Zach Parise[/b]
[b]Defenseman: Brian Rafalski[/b]
[b]Defenseman: Andy Greene[/b]
[b]Goaltender: Martin Brodeur[/b]

[twillcox94 21]

I cheer for the Oilers.  It's been possibly the worst team in NHL history over the stretch.  They can all go to hell.

 

 

Penner - Brule -  Gazdic

Whitney -  Souray

Dubnyk

 

Come on, cheer up.

[AIM-11 134]

I turned on my emotion chip just so I could feel hate for all of you.

[Victor 10,993]

Heatley - Spezza - Alfredsson

Karlsson - Redden

Anderson

HMs:

Hossa (it really sucks that Heatley hit such heights and that I liked Heatley then)

Vermette (I always liked him for some reason but he's nowhere near good enough)

Chara (interchangeable with Redden really but Redden was better as a Sen)

Emery (for the banter and 2007 run)

Volchenkov (shot blocking god. wtf happened to him)