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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Yeah you might be right about Bourque. I think Chopper makes the mountain for the Blues though but it’s not a sure thing
Which brings me back to what players would be on more than one Rushmore
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As others mentioned, Messier and Roy jump out.
Messier is 5th all time in pts for NYR; 14th in gp. If that era only has one slot, it's probably Leetch (Conn Smythe, most gp, 2nd most pts).
Rod Gilbert has most points and goals (only 406 goals though...gotta be lowest amongst original 6 teams)
Jean Ratelle. Andy Bathgate. Gump Worsley. Lundqvist. Richter. Alan Fox.
The tough thing with them is you have to go back to 1940 and earlier for their other championships, but there aren't even any standout names there.
It would probably be practical to do it from '67 on, in which case there should be at least 2 players from the '94 team...so the natural pick would be their regular season leading scorer: Sergei Zubov.
Gilbert and Ratelle both started in 1960, but I think you'd still have one of them:
Leetch
Lundqvist
Messier
Ratelle/Gilbert
If we do MTL since '67, I think Roy is probably there, though Carey Price may have an argument at this point...but they both might even make it:
Lafleur
Dryden
Roy
Price
Larry Robinson would probably have the strongest case, but he might bump Dryden since it doesn't make much sense to have 3 guys from the same decade.
As an aside, it's kinda crazy how good MTL's all-time goalie only Rushmore would be: Plante/Dryden/Roy/Price.