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668710
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: "Give him a chance" -Barnaby36, PA
Joined: 06.25.2011

Aug 3 @ 3:13 PM ET
Here's a better one, make your team out of lines and defense pairs that actually played together. Offensive Lines can be separate from the defense team wise.
Example:
Line 1:
Lemieux-Francis-Jagr (Pens)
Stevens-Niedermayer (Devils)
I have to think about it before setting my whole team haha.
flyersfanman71
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Hatboro, PA
Joined: 11.11.2013

Aug 3 @ 3:15 PM ET
I was in my early to mid twenties when the Legion was formed but have been a hockey and Flyers fan since 1971. I have never seen a line that dominated and played to the strengths of each member more than the Legion of Doom. If they had played today's game with today's rules there is no doubt for me that the Flyers would have added a couple more cups to their history.
Jammerz04
Buffalo Sabres
Location: K, BC
Joined: 01.03.2014

Aug 3 @ 3:17 PM ET
Personally I didn’t watch hockey back in the Gretzky days so honestly best line I’ve seen to date is McDavid Draisaitl and insert name here.

Used to love the Briere Afinogenov line too
668710
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: "Give him a chance" -Barnaby36, PA
Joined: 06.25.2011

Aug 3 @ 3:19 PM ET
If that’s the bar being set then the West Coast Express line of Naslund, Morrison, and Bertuzzi would be in the hunt with 119 goals and 272 points.

But that’s not what’s being talked about here.

- bloatedmosquito

That's a little different than Alfie-Spezza-Heatley. Obviously the glaring hole is Morrison. If you wanna compare that Vancouver line to another similar line it's gotta be Kariya-Rucchin-Selanne. Spezza is clearly a superior center to the other 2 guys.
bluemoon737
Boston Bruins
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Joined: 04.19.2019

Aug 3 @ 3:39 PM ET
You know I was thinking that too! Good call.

Really loved: Lucic-Krejci-Iginla that one time.

- glove_was_stuck

Lucic - Krejci - Horton...killer in the post season.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Aug 3 @ 3:44 PM ET
Here's a better one, make your team out of lines and defense pairs that actually played together. Offensive Lines can be separate from the defense team wise.
Example:
Line 1:
Lemieux-Francis-Jagr (Pens)
Stevens-Niedermayer (Devils)
I have to think about it before setting my whole team haha.

- 668710


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Captain Kirk
Tomahawk
Location: Driver's Seat: Mitch Marner bandwagon. Grab 'em by the Corsi.
Joined: 02.04.2009

Aug 3 @ 3:57 PM ET
I was in my early to mid twenties when the Legion was formed but have been a hockey and Flyers fan since 1971. I have never seen a line that dominated and played to the strengths of each member more than the Legion of Doom. If they had played today's game with today's rules there is no doubt for me that the Flyers would have added a couple more cups to their history.
- flyersfanman71


The '97 Finals would like to have a word with you. The way the Wings defended as a 5-man unit, with active sticks and blocking every lane. Quick retrievals and exits. LOD had no answer for any of that. And the entire league plays like that now.

LOD would also have a hell of a time trying to navigate the modern NZ with LeClair lumbering down the wing and 88 carrying the puck w/ his head down. And getting into the zone would be more difficult since the effectiveness of dump and chase is mitigated by the mobility and puck-skill of defenders these days. And they were never very good defensively as a line, but without the two-line pass, they'd get stretched like crazy.

I'm saying all this as a Flyers fan, btw.

LOD was the best line in their specific era, but they wouldn't be as effective in today's open skating/skill game.
Cooleus
Joined: 04.13.2021

Aug 3 @ 3:59 PM ET
Here's a better one, make your team out of lines and defense pairs that actually played together. Offensive Lines can be separate from the defense team wise.
Example:
Line 1:
Lemieux-Francis-Jagr (Pens)
Stevens-Niedermayer (Devils)
I have to think about it before setting my whole team haha.

- 668710


Lidstrom-Konstantinov

They actually didn't play together that long. But we might not ever see a better d-pairing than that. I would also take Lidstrom-Murphy, Lidstrom-Rafalski, or Lidstrom-Shorthanded over basically any other pair since Bobby Orr. The end.
Cooleus
Joined: 04.13.2021

Aug 3 @ 4:01 PM ET
The '97 Finals would like to have a word with you. The way the Wings defended as a 5-man unit, with active sticks and blocking every lane. Quick retrievals and exits. LOD had no answer for any of that. And the entire league plays like that now.

LOD would also have a hell of a time trying to navigate the modern NZ with LeClair lumbering down the wing and 88 carrying the puck w/ his head down. And getting into the zone would be more difficult since the effectiveness of dump and chase is mitigated by the mobility and puck-skill of defenders these days. And they were never very good defensively as a line, but without the two-line pass, they'd get stretched like crazy.

I'm saying all this as a Flyers fan, btw.

LOD was the best line in their specific era, but they wouldn't be as effective in today's skating/skill game.

- Tomahawk


Lidstrom-Murphy faced the LOD in the Finals. They were on the ice for ZERO goals against in the entire series. LOD had no answer.
RaleighHawk
Joined: 03.29.2016

Aug 3 @ 4:03 PM ET
MPH Line
Martin Pappin Hull
Tomahawk
Location: Driver's Seat: Mitch Marner bandwagon. Grab 'em by the Corsi.
Joined: 02.04.2009

Aug 3 @ 4:07 PM ET
Lidstrom-Murphy faced the LOD in the Finals. They were on the ice for ZERO goals against in the entire series. LOD had no answer.
- Cooleus


Yeah, it was a galaxy brain move by Bowman to put Lidstrom/Murphy on the LOD instead of big/physical Konstantinov/Fetisov like everybody was expecting.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Aug 3 @ 4:08 PM ET

The A Line from the Juggernaut Devils Teams was underrated, IMO

Elias Arnott Sykora
Delios001
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 01.16.2009

Aug 3 @ 4:13 PM ET
Maybe not NHL, but consider:

Krutov - Larionov - Makarov

as deployed by coach Tichonov for Red Army & USSR.

Blink twice and you were 3-0 behind after 10 minutes of play. They dominated any opposition for a decade.
warsawkid
Buffalo Sabres
Location: west seneca, NY
Joined: 07.02.2006

Aug 3 @ 4:14 PM ET
the french connection....enough said...7 11 14
Sats Mundin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 09.05.2020

Aug 3 @ 4:21 PM ET
Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk, obviously

It’s a shame what happened to them.
Rinosaur
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somewhere, NJ
Joined: 01.21.2016

Aug 3 @ 4:21 PM ET
Trio Grande: Bossy - Trottier - Gillies!

RIP Boss & Jethro

- HolyDiver83


I was too young to have seen them play, but just based on numbers it's hard to argue they aren't in the top five best lines of all time. Bossy, like Lemieux, would have shredded other records if they had healthier careers.
BiggE
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: SELL THE DAMN TEAM!
Joined: 04.17.2012

Aug 3 @ 4:23 PM ET
Hard to top Tikanen-Gretzky-Kurri
BiggE
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: SELL THE DAMN TEAM!
Joined: 04.17.2012

Aug 3 @ 4:25 PM ET
If you want to go back further, when I was a kid, old timers told me the Production line of Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe and Sid Abel and later Alex Delvecchio was as good as it gets.
77emac77
Boston Bruins
Location: Duct tape cant fix stupid but it can muffle the sound, MA
Joined: 04.22.2010

Aug 3 @ 4:35 PM ET
Espo Hodge Cashman, different era, but guys like Gretzky would have been kneecapped the way Orr was back then.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Aug 3 @ 4:36 PM ET
Hard to top Tikanen-Gretzky-Kurri
- BiggE


Ogrodnick McKechnie Gare would beg to differ.
77emac77
Boston Bruins
Location: Duct tape cant fix stupid but it can muffle the sound, MA
Joined: 04.22.2010

Aug 3 @ 4:38 PM ET
The A Line from the Juggernaut Devils Teams was underrated, IMO

Elias Arnott Sykora

- DrunkenCanuck


defense, shirt grabbing and Brodeur was their game, not scoring.
77emac77
Boston Bruins
Location: Duct tape cant fix stupid but it can muffle the sound, MA
Joined: 04.22.2010

Aug 3 @ 4:39 PM ET
I was too young to have seen them play, but just based on numbers it's hard to argue they aren't in the top five best lines of all time. Bossy, like Lemieux, would have shredded other records if they had healthier careers.
- Rinosaur


4 cups in a row says a lot.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Aug 3 @ 4:40 PM ET
defense, shirt grabbing and Brodeur was their game, not scoring.
- 77emac77





Fair, but they were all clutch players.
Sharks77
Season Ticket Holder
San Jose Sharks
Location: San Bruno, CA
Joined: 06.08.2013

Aug 3 @ 4:41 PM ET
Trio Grande: Bossy - Trottier - Gillies!

RIP Boss & Jethro

- HolyDiver83



bjphawkfan
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Woodridge, IL
Joined: 07.02.2016

Aug 3 @ 4:43 PM ET
MPH Line
Martin Pappin Hull

- RaleighHawk

Secord-Savard-Larmer
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