My original pick remains. The greatest captian to play the game, the curse killer, the NHL's 2nd all time leading scorer, and lays spokesman...
Not to be confused with Marc Messier, an actor from Quebec.
Mark John Douglas Messier (born January 18, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is widely considered among the best NHL players of all time[2] as well as among the greatest leaders in the game's history. He won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers and one with the Rangers, and is the only professional athlete to captain two different teams to championships. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Games Played - 1756 (2nd)
- 11 back of Gordie Howe, which I thought was classy, that he could have had this record, but walked away.
Goals - 694 (7th)
Assists - 1193 (3rd)
Points - 1887 (2nd)
PIM - 1910 (59th)
Guy Lafleur on the Bruins? Sacrilege. Good one. Reading that bio -- he could have gone in the top 5. Why didn't I take him?
That's 6 Habs in the top 20.
When you win 24 cups, you have a few good players. Lafleur is still my favourite player of all time. My Dad is in his 60's and still says he was by far the most exciting player he ever saw. Always took you out of your seat. We all fought over the number 10 when we were kids in minor hockey.
Doug Harvey is amazing. I'm sad I only ever got to read about him. He was quite the baseball player as well. So sad he never managed his illness until it was too late. Manic depression is a brutal thing.
His number, 2, was retired by the Boston Bruins in 1947.
Shore was also the owner of the legendary Springfield Indians, the Sibera of minor hockey teams. Don Cherry and Brian Kilrea both played for him there.
With my second round pick, twenty sixth overall, the team who has yet to be named selects Vladislav Tretiak as their first goaltender.
I'm just headed out for the day so I'll get a card and whatnot up later
I was thinking of him but this draft as I believe is based on NHL play and well he has none so I left him alone. IMO he is the best goalie in the hockey history but with no NHL experience I had to look elsewhere.
With my second round pick, twenty sixth overall, the team who has yet to be named selects Vladislav Tretiak as their first goaltender.
gah...screw you!
actually really solid pick, and if he was still around for mine he is who i would have taken
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Originally Posted by Superflyer
I was thinking of him but this draft as I believe is based on NHL play and well he has none so I left him alone. IMO he is the best goalie in the hockey history but with no NHL experience I had to look elsewhere.
I was hoping more people were thinking the same way, but its all time hockey, not all time NHL
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gah...screw you!
actually really solid pick, and if he was still around for mine he is who i would have taken
Yeah it was between him and Sawchuk for me this round.
Anyways, here's the stuff on Tretiak...
In his ridiculously low crouch:
Tretiak backstopped the Soviet national team to 10 World Championship gold medals and three Olympic gold medals. The legendary Russian goaltender also made his mark as the starting goalie for the USSR in all eight games of the history-making 1972 Summit Series versus Canada. He helped the USSR earn an 8-1 victory in the final of the 1981 Canada Cup. He became the first Soviet-trained player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
First All-Star in the Soviet League consecutively each year from 1971 until 1984. In those fourteen years, Tretiak won thirteen league titles with the Red Army team, and was named MVP of the league five times.
There's a bunch more stuff that he's won or been inducted into, but I don't wanna make a gigantic post. However, one thing I think that's pretty significant is that he was voted the best Russian player of the 20th century in 2000.
Career Stats:
1968-1969 (16): 03 GP | 0.67 GAA
1969-1970 (17): 34 GP | 2.24 GAA
1970-1971 (18): 40 GP | 2.03 GAA
1971-1972 (19): 30 GP | 2.60 GAA
1972-1973 (20): 30 GP | 2.67 GAA
1973-1974 (21): 27 GP | 3.48 GAA
1974-1975 (22): 35 GP | 2.97 GAA
1975-1976 (23): 33 GP | 3.03 GAA
1976-1977 (24): 35 GP | 2.80 GAA
1977-1978 (25): 29 GP | 2.48 GAA
1978-1979 (26): 40 GP | 2.78 GAA
1979-1980 (27): 36 GP | 2.36 GAA
1980-1981 (28): 18 GP | 1.78 GAA
1981-1982 (29): 41 GP | 1.59 GAA
1982-1983 (30): 29 GP | 1.38 GAA
1983-1984 (31): 22 GP | 1.82 GAA
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Darn you Proto!!!! 
