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!