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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Maybe Kucherov and Hedman at some point in the last 5 years...probably the closest.
But best Center and best Dman in the league...
McDavid...nope
Crosby...nope
Lemieux...don't think so
Gretzky...only if you consider Coffey the best dman in the league at the time as they were the only guys to win Hart and Norris for the same team in the same season since 1980.
In terms of in the last 30 years it might only be the Red Wings teams...were Fedorov/Yzerman + Lindstrom the closest to best center in the league + best dman.
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Yeah maybe Yzerman and Lidstrom, but at that time Yzerman started to become a more defensive player.
Having the 2 best players at the 2 most important positions is rare.
That is why the Colorado model is one you cannot duplicate outside of building a team with speed.