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Originally Posted by troutman
I should define what I mean by an "elite" first line forward. Someone that is a perennial all-star, a top 10 scorer and major trophy candidate. I don't see any players like that on STL, SJ, BOS or LA. Joe Thornton used to be that kind of player. Other than that, these teams seem to have many very good players, but no elite forwards. Many ways to skin a cat.
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That's a pretty narrow definition. There's 90 first line players in the league theoretically. If only the top 10 or so count then I'd call that category something other than elite. Franchise maybe?
I'd have to say that most of Couture, Thornton, Marleau, Krejci, Bergeron, Horton, Lucic, Kopitar, Richards, Carter, and Brown are pretty elite at their position.