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powderjunkie · 08-02-2013, 04:09 PM

It's summer. Time for some good ole' fashioned subjective comparisons.

Note: I under-ranked or didn't even include some of the older guys (Richard should probably be on line 1, Shore&Harvey, etc.). It's more fun to have lines that you can actually picture though. Along the same vein, I'm not necessarily claiming that Iggy should be on Team Canada 2 (I rate Recchi overall above him), but it would be glorious to see him play with Oates). I also don't know anything about Russian/European oldtimers...

Team Canada 1

Bobby Hull - Gretzky - Bossy
Robitaille - Lemieux - Dionne
Esposito - Yzerman - Howe
Sakic - Messier - Crosby

Bourque - Orr
Coffey - MacInnis
Stevens - Potvin

Roy
Brodeur

Team Canada 2

Richard - Beliveau - Lafleur
Bucyk - Lindros - Clarke
Shanahan - Francis - Gartner
Gilmour - Oates - Iginla

Shore - Harvey
Robinson - Murphy
Pronger - Niedermayer

Sawchuk
Plante

Team Russia

Datsyuk - Malkin - Bure
Krutov - Larionov - Makarov
Ovechkin - Fedorov - Kharlamov
Kovalchuk - Yashin - Mogilny

(Kovalev, Zhamnov, Kozlov, Samsonov, probably a bunch of other old dudes)

Fetisov - Zubov
Kasatonov - Gonchar
Kasparaitis - Zhitnik

(Malakhov, Markov, Mironov, etc. ?)

Tretiak
Nabokov/Khabibulin/BOBROVSKY!!!!!!

Team Sweden

Nilsson - Forsberg - Sandstrom
Zetterberg - Sundin - Loob
Mats Naslund - Backstrom - Alfredsson
*Holmstrom - Nylander - Franzen
*Sedin - Sedin - Markus Naslund

*Tons of different possible combos for the bottom 6.

Lidstrom - Salmig
Kronwall - Karlsson
Samuelsson - Olausson

(Lydman, Pitkanen, etc.)

Lundqvist
Salo/Hedberg/Fasth?

Team USA

Leclair - Modano - Hull
K Stevens - Roenick - Tkachuk
Amonte - Lafontaine - Mullen
Parise - Weight - Kane

(Janney, Carson, Broten, Langenbrunner, Guerin, etc.)

Leetch - Chelios
Howe - Housley
G Suter - Rafalski

(Schneider, R Suter, Hatchers, etc.)

Thomas
Quick/Barrasso/Richter

Team Reunited Czechoslovakia!

Hossa - Stastny - Jagr
Elias - Mikita* - Palffy
Bondra - Demitra - Gaborik
Nedved - Straka - Hejduk

(Sykora, Holik, Stastnys, Lang, Satan, Prospal)

Hamrlik - Chara
Svoboda - Kaberle
Visnovsky - Svehla

Hasek
Vokoun

Team Canada 3

Obviously things become very arguable here...this is more of a fun team as you will see with some of the lines (ie. line 4), but they would still be pretty damn competitive. You could easily throw Kariya, Trottier and Recchi up on Team 2, and bring down Shanahan, Gilmour and Clarke to make it even more fun.

Kariya - Trottier - Recchi
Andreychuk - Thornton - Neely
Roberts - Hawerchuk - Tocchet
Verbeek - Hunter - Fleury

Park - Patrick
Reinhart - Blake
Carlyle - Horton

(Wilson, Desjardins, etc.)

Dryden
Hall
etc.

Which world team is the best? Would any of them even have a shot at Canada 2 (let alone 1)? Who should be in/out?

08-02-2013, 04:09 PM	#1
powderjunkie Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2011 Exp:	Canada vs. The World (All Time Teams) It's summer. Time for some good ole' fashioned subjective comparisons. Note: I under-ranked or didn't even include some of the older guys (Richard should probably be on line 1, Shore&Harvey, etc.). It's more fun to have lines that you can actually picture though. Along the same vein, I'm not necessarily claiming that Iggy should be on Team Canada 2 (I rate Recchi overall above him), but it would be glorious to see him play with Oates). I also don't know anything about Russian/European oldtimers... Team Canada 1 Bobby Hull - Gretzky - Bossy Robitaille - Lemieux - Dionne Esposito - Yzerman - Howe Sakic - Messier - Crosby Bourque - Orr Coffey - MacInnis Stevens - Potvin Roy Brodeur Team Canada 2 Richard - Beliveau - Lafleur Bucyk - Lindros - Clarke Shanahan - Francis - Gartner Gilmour - Oates - Iginla Shore - Harvey Robinson - Murphy Pronger - Niedermayer Sawchuk Plante Team Russia Datsyuk - Malkin - Bure Krutov - Larionov - Makarov Ovechkin - Fedorov - Kharlamov Kovalchuk - Yashin - Mogilny (Kovalev, Zhamnov, Kozlov, Samsonov, probably a bunch of other old dudes) Fetisov - Zubov Kasatonov - Gonchar Kasparaitis - Zhitnik (Malakhov, Markov, Mironov, etc. ?) Tretiak Nabokov/Khabibulin/BOBROVSKY!!!!!! Team Sweden Nilsson - Forsberg - Sandstrom Zetterberg - Sundin - Loob Mats Naslund - Backstrom - Alfredsson Holmstrom - Nylander - Franzen Sedin - Sedin - Markus Naslund Tons of different possible combos for the bottom 6. Lidstrom - Salmig Kronwall - Karlsson Samuelsson - Olausson (Lydman, Pitkanen, etc.) Lundqvist Salo/Hedberg/Fasth? Team USA* Leclair - Modano - Hull K Stevens - Roenick - Tkachuk Amonte - Lafontaine - Mullen Parise - Weight - Kane (Janney, Carson, Broten, Langenbrunner, Guerin, etc.) Leetch - Chelios Howe - Housley G Suter - Rafalski (Schneider, R Suter, Hatchers, etc.) Thomas Quick/Barrasso/Richter Team Reunited Czechoslovakia! Hossa - Stastny - Jagr Elias - Mikita* - Palffy Bondra - Demitra - Gaborik Nedved - Straka - Hejduk (Sykora, Holik, Stastnys, Lang, Satan, Prospal) Hamrlik - Chara Svoboda - Kaberle Visnovsky - Svehla Hasek Vokoun Team Canada 3 Obviously things become very arguable here...this is more of a fun team as you will see with some of the lines (ie. line 4), but they would still be pretty damn competitive. You could easily throw Kariya, Trottier and Recchi up on Team 2, and bring down Shanahan, Gilmour and Clarke to make it even more fun. Kariya - Trottier - Recchi Andreychuk - Thornton - Neely Roberts - Hawerchuk - Tocchet Verbeek - Hunter - Fleury Park - Patrick Reinhart - Blake Carlyle - Horton (Wilson, Desjardins, etc.) Dryden Hall etc. Which world team is the best? Would any of them even have a shot at Canada 2 (let alone 1)? Who should be in/out?