It's time to get to this!
Last New Years Eve I had you all rank the teams from 1-31 based on the following criteria:
"What would be the better team if they could ice any of the players that once played for them in their prime? If a player played for them, but NOT in their prime, you could include that player on more than one roster, but consider their skill only as strong as it was at the time they played for the team in question. Also, there would have to be at least one player who played in the 2000s for that team."
You ranked the teams as follows...
1. Edmonton
2. Montreal
3. Pittsburgh
4. Detroit
5. NY Islanders
6. Chicago
7. Boston
8. Toronto
9. NJ Devils
10. NY RANGERS
11. LA Kings
12. Philadelphia
13. Colorado
14. Tampa
15. Washington
16. Calgary
17. Anaheim
18. Buffalo
19. St. Louis
20. Dallas
21. Ottawa
22. Vancouver
23. San Jose
24. Nashville
25. Winnipeg
26. Minnesota
27. Carolina
28. Columbus
29. Florida
30. Arizona
31. Vegas
From there a tournament has been set up, and along with my friends at EA sports NHL 20 I have been hard at work creating the players needed to make these rosters a reality. We have also teamed up with my good friend Steve Charendoff, a true hockey historian and writer at fungosports.com, to help formulate teams that I am sure you will all agree 100% with...LOL...
Here are Steve's Lines for his ALL-Time Montreal Canadiens team:
Line #1: Jean Beliveau- Maurice "Rocket" Richard-Howie Morenz
Line #2: Steve Shutt-Jacques Lemaire-Guy Lafleur:
Line #3: Dickie Moore-Henri Richard-Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion
Line #4: Aurele Joliat-Newsy Lalonde-Yvon Cournoyer
D1: Larry Robinson-Serge Savard
D2: Doug Harvey- Sylvio Mantha
D3: Guy Lapointe-PK Subban
G: Jacques Plante/ Ken Dryden
To see Steve's explanations for his picks, Click Here>
Montreal Canadiens All-Time Team loaded with scorers
The Habs, ranked #2 will face the Golden Knights (#31) best...
I am taking offers from any of you out there to run the special teams of the Habs. In the comments give me your PP1, PP2, PK 1 and PK 2 units. The best combo will make you the special team's coach and you will be mentioned when we broadcast the game on Twitch starting this weekend.
So have at it!