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Alex116
PickupHockey Legend
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 Posted - 04/19/2011 : 20:19:54
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Cut and pasted from round 1.........
Coach: Al Arbour (sneakiest pick of the draft )
GM: Glen Sather
FORWARDS
Kariya / Forsberg / Jagr
Leclair / Sundin / Perry
Staal / Datsyuk / Toews
M.Richards / Bergeron / Madden
DEFENSE
Pronger / Doughty
Weber / Foote
Whitney / Kronwall
GOALIES
Khabibulin
Ward
Can you imagine Forsberg and Jagr on the same line??? Throw in a finisher like Kariya, (former 50 goal scorer) and i see magic! Two former 50 goal guys playing with the guy who ranks 4th all time behind only Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr in career assists per game is pretty much unstoppable!
How 'bout that 2nd line? Imagine trying to handle them? Approx sizes, Sundin 6'5" 230lbs, Perry 6'3" 205lbs, Leclair 6'3"235lbs. If Pierre called these guys "monsters", he wouldn't be wrong! Think of how good Sundin's numbers were throughout his career and then think how good they'd be playing with a guy like Lecair who scored 50+ three straight years and Perry who is doing everything he can to join the 50 goal club this season (has 47 now).
Now, if you can have Datsyuk as your 3rd line center, you must be deep. Yeah, i could have had him as my 2, but i feel he'd fit better here with his 2 way play as he, along with Staal and Toews are 3 of the most "responsible" players in the league as far as being able to play a 2 way game. Datsyuk has absolutely owned the Selke these past few years and Toews is in the mix for it this year.
Speaking of depth, any team with Mike Richards on a 4th line has to be extremely deep! With him, former Selke winner Madden (1 Selke and 3 runner ups for it) and Bergeron, who we all know relished and exelled at his role as a defensive / PK specialist for Team Canada 2010 and you have a pretty good 4th line.
On D, a great mix of offense, defense and grit. Oh, and some nastiness (Pronger). Weber and Doughty on the point (if i didn't just throw out 5 of my awesome forwards) on the PP with Pronger and Whitney on the 2nd unit? Pretty nice. Defensive specialists in Foote and Kronwall round out a pretty impressive 6!
My goalies, while not as impressive as some teams, have both proven they can win when it counts as they both are proud owners of cup rings!
As for numbers, I don't have the time to collect them all, and frankly they don't really tell the whole story in a draft like this seeing as i have only 5 guys who've retired (and therefore likely played fewer games) compared to 10 (12 including goalies) on my competitions team. For example, i may only have 1 Norris trophy, but given i have Doughty and Weber, that's likely to increase in the future!
I do know this though, of my 20 players i have:
- 15 different guys with Olympic Gold medals (inc. 8 from Canada 2010)
- 13 different guys with at least 1 cup ring (inc both goalies)
- 6 of the 24 members of the Triple Gold Club
- 5 players who currently captain their NHL clubs (talk about leadership!)
I'm sure there's more i could list, but this is good enough for now.
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