All-Time Team

[lmanchur.]

There have been so many great players since the first Stanley Cup was awarded in 1897, and the NHL was formed in the early 1900s. Well what if you could bring back all the players, coaches, and managers; put them all back on skates or behind the benches?

Create your all-time team: 4 scoring lines, 3 defense pairings, 3 goaltenders, 3 coaches, and 1 GM!

Here's mine:

General Manager: Glen Sather
Head Coach: Jack Adams
Assistant Coaches: Toe Blake & Scotty Bowman

1st Line: Bobby Hull-Wayne Gretzky-Maurice Richard
(The Golden Jet-The Great One-The Rocket: whadda line!)
2nd Line: Ted Lindsay-Sid Abel-Gordie Howe
(that is the greatest line ever -- why else would they have called it "The Production Line"?)
3rd Line: Phil Esposito-Mario Lemieux/Le Magnifique-Guy Lafleur
4th Line: Frank Mahovlich/The Big M-Mark Messier-Jaromir Jagr

1st Defense Pairing: Bobby Orr-Denis Potvin
2nd Defense Pairing: Doug Harvey-Ray Bourque
3rd Defense Pairing: Paul Coffey-Red Kelly

Starting Goaltender: Terry Sawchuk
Back-up Goalies: Patrick Roy, Dominik Hasek/The Dominator

Captain: Mark Messier
Alternate Captains: Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe (Mr. Hockey)

[Edited by SC-Lee on 01-05-2001 at 02:31 PM]

[lmanchur.]

No one else has time to make an all-time team? Okay then, just post your number one, all-time line-up of a Center, Left Wing, Right Wing, two Defencemen, and a Goalie!

[Peck]

GM: Glen Sather
Head Coach: Scotty Bowman
Ass. Coaches: Ken Hitchcock, Marc Crawford

Line one: Gordie Howe-Wayne Gretzky-Maurice Richard
Line two: Bobby Hull-Mario Lemieux- Mike Bossy
Line three: Phil Espitio- Howie Morenz- Joe Malone
Line Four: Jari Kurri-Mark Messier-Steve Yzerman
D's:
Line 1: Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque
Line 2: Larry Robinson, Paul Coffey
Line 3: "King" Clancy, Dennis Potivin

Captain: Wayne Gretzky
Ass. Captain: Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux

[lmanchur.]

Some interesting selections, Peck... some more "modern" players (e.g.: played within the last decade or two), but that's fine.

Really, I should have found a place for Steve Yzerman myself, and Larry Robinson as well... I guess they could be my "healthy scratches."

...and Espo-Lemieux-Jagr would be my #2, but I just couldn't resist re-uniting The Production Line! (Sid Abel recently passed away?)

Also, King Clancy actually played?... was he not an owner of one of the the Original 6, or am I off on that? Chicago, maybe?... or was he player-turned-owner?

[Montreal Binz]

G.M. Sam Pollock

Head Coach Scotty Bowman Ass: Toe Blake & Punch Imlack

Attack Lines:

Mario Lemieux Wayne Gretsky Maurice Richard

Bobby Hull Jean Beliveau Guy Lafleur

Frank Mahovlich Gilbert Perreault Yvan Cournoyer

Brendan Shanahan Marc Messier Gordie Howe

Defence:

Bobby Orr Ray Bourque

Larry Robinson Serge Savard

Scott Stevens Paul Coffey

Goalies:

Patrick Roy Ken Dryden Johnny Bower

( At least I tried )

[lmanchur.]

G.M. Sam Pollock

WHO?

Other than that, nice team... Peck and I have chosen relatively the same teams... well, maybe 25-45% of the players are different, but they all have the same core.

"Montreal Binz", you've posted an interesting selection of players... from LONG ago (Bower) and today (Stevens)... nice choices!!

BTW, "Montreal Binz", welcome to the Sport Central message boards!... while Montreal is not my fav team (my fav teams are Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, AND Montreal... yes I am Canadian), I do agree with your signature, "Montreal Canadiens will prevail !"

[Montreal Binz]

Thanks for the welcome ! Hope of having fun answering you guys.
Sorry that you don't know Sam ! He was the GM for the Canadians for at least 15 years I think. Speak to others and probebly he's Sathers favorite choice !

P.S. Hoping that Montreal Canadiens will prevail !

Again thank you for the welcome committee !

[lmanchur.]

...no.. I've never heard of him... I would consider myself pretty knowledgeable about the history of hockey, but I can't know EVERY GM and Head Coach ;)

[dragons]

Alright here we go, some names I may forget.

GM : Pierre Lacroix or Lou Lamoriello WHY? Both of them can pick out amazing talent better than Sather can I feel.

Head Coach : Pat Quinn
Assistant Coach: Scotty Bowman
Assistant Coach: Toe Blake

Scoring Lines
1: Wayne Gretzky, Marcel Dionne, Pavel Bure (gotta put Pavel there :)
2: Mario Lemieux, Maurice Richard, Bobby Hull
3: Gordie Howe, Mike Bossy, Jean Beliveau
4: Mark Messier, Guy Lafleur, Joe Sakic

Defensive Pairings:
Bobby Orr Paul Coffey
Denis Potvin Larry Robinson
Scott Stevens (BEST HITTER EVER) Doug Harvey


GOALTENDERS:
1. Can't remember his name, played for the Flyers in the 80's and was killed in a car accident, that guy was unbelievable, french name I think
2. Patrick Roy
3. Terry Sawchuck

[lmanchur.]

Originally posted by dragons
1. Can't remember his name, played for the Flyers in the 80's and was killed in a car accident, that guy was unbelievable, french name I thinkhmmmmm..... only "old" Flyers goalies I can remember is Esposito... and I don't think that's French... that would have been TONY Esposito... his brother, Phil, didn't cut it for your line-up, Steve?

[dragons]

They were good but no didn't cut it, also Esposito isn't the guy I was thinking of. He was a Flyers goalie in the 80's and his name was either french or swedish. It's bugging the hell outta me now that I can't remember it.

[dragons]

I think I was totally wrong, I think the guys name was something like Peri Lindbergh

[Ravyn]

That Flyers goalie's name was Pelle Lindbergh. He had the potential to become a great and quite possibly even a legendary
goaltender. Unfortunately, his intelligence and instinct for the game did not translate to life off the ice. He was killed in an auto accident where alcohol and speeding played a major part. If I remember correctly his blood alcohol was so high no one could figure out how he could stand, let alone get behind the wheel of a car. Everyone (including myself) who counted themselves among the Flyers faithful were devastated by this tragedy but no one (besides his family) was affected more than Bernie Parent. He took this kid under his wing and I would even go so far as to say he loved him like a son. Geez, we all loved him; he was not only a fantastic goalie but was a hell of a nice guy off the ice to boot. He's an apt choice for the ultimate line up.

[lmanchur.]

Originally posted by Ravyn
That Flyers goalie's name was Pelle Lindbergh. He had the potential to become a great and quite possibly even a legendary
goaltender. Unfortunately, his intelligence and instinct for the game did not translate to life off the ice. He was killed in an auto accident where alcohol and speeding played a major part. If I remember correctly his blood alcohol was so high no one could figure out how he could stand, let alone get behind the wheel of a car. Everyone (including myself) who counted themselves among the Flyers faithful were devastated by this tragedy but no one (besides his family) was affected more than Bernie Parent. He took this kid under his wing and I would even go so far as to say he loved him like a son. Geez, we all loved him; he was not only a fantastic goalie but was a hell of a nice guy off the ice to boot. He's an apt choice for the ultimate line up. Wow... thanks for the info! Quite impressive!

STEVE: Is this the guy you were thinking of!?

Also, Ravyn, welcome to the SC Message Boards!!... Hopefully you stay a long time and give us more of your hockey input. We need more NHL guys around here! ;)

[Ravyn]

Thanks for the welcome, will try to be around for a while. I'm quite impressed with the knowledge all you guys have, I just hope I can keep up! I've been into the NHL since the expansion when my Flyers came into being and have been a long suffering fan ever since, lol. My opinion--hockey rules, all other sports are secondary! Thanks again for the welcome.

P.S. With apologies to Montreal Binz--Hoping the Flyers will prevail! (Although I think I will continue to have a long wait!)

[Marc]

Howdy, Ravyn! Glad to have you here, look forward to your future posts. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. And don't be intimidated how it's kind of slow in this board during the offseason. ;)