Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[Island Nucklehead]

Salming? Chara? Kurri? Ovechkin?

Chats for sure, Kurri overrated, Salming too gay (see Per), Ovechkin in there already at #2.

Yeah spotted that OV one, my bad. Hahaha well now that we have the rules...

Will Lundvist get there?

Datsyuk?

[Rumsfeld]

Salming? Chara? Kurri? Ovechkin?

Chats for sure, Kurri overrated, Salming too gay (see Per), Ovechkin in there already at #2.

Yeah spotted that OV one, my bad. Hahaha well now that we have the rules...

Will Lundvist get there?

Datsyuk?

Yeah King Hank is the backup and Datsyuk I considered. He never puts up huge points but he could be a checking centre with sick hands I suppose.

Konstantinov on defence? Karlsson?

[ESQ]

Yeah I think Sundin was pretty overrated. Soft as fuck for a player that huge. Fedorov was a two-way beast and one of the very best of his era IMO.

I dunno about Sundin being overrated, had he played 20 years on any team other than the hated Laffs, he would be far more revered outside of Tdot.

Its shocking to me to read Scotty Bowman's old quotes about how awesome Fedorov was, because I mostly remember how useless he was for the last decade of his NHL career. I wouldn't have wanted him on my team post-1999. But Scotty thought he was the best player in the world in the mid-90s, and that if Fedorov had stayed on D he would have gone down as one of the best defensemen of all time.

[Hockey Widow]

Salming get for sure.

[Rumsfeld]

Salming get for sure.

Fine, Borje gets in.

[Hockey Widow]

Salming get for sure.

Fine, Borge gets in.

Peace offering accepted!

[Rumsfeld]

Salming get for sure.

Fine, Borge gets in.

Peace offering accepted!

[Meds]

What about Forsberg? Or do his foot problems disqualify him from your consideration?

[Rumsfeld]

What about Forsberg? Or do his foot problems disqualify him from your consideration?

He's up there in my initial post bro. One of the best players of his time along with Jags, Lindros and Kariya. Sick ppg and could do it all.

Still remember him chucking them with Shanahan back in the day. So refreshing to watch a Swede who wasn't a bitch.

[Meds]

What about Forsberg? Or do his foot problems disqualify him from your consideration?

He's up there in my initial post bro. One of the best players of his time along with Jags, Lindros and Kariya. Sick ppg and could do it all.

Still remember him chucking them with Shanahan back in the day. So refreshing to watch a Swede who wasn't a bitch.

Right you are. Dunno how I missed seeing his name there.

This is a tough line-up to put together without Red Army players.

I also don't know about Hasek. Elevate the puck more than 2.5 feet and he was doomed. He thrived in the dead puck era where the majority of chances came from right around the net in heavy scrambles and nobody had time to lift the puck with bodies hanging off of them while they were busy playing whack-fuck on skates. He backstopped some decent teams, and needed to land in Detroit to finally lift the Cup.

I really wish he had come along 5-7 years later so that he was closer to his prime years after the 2004 lockout. Hockey opened up for a while and more than a few goaltenders declined sharply. Even his save percentage dropped big time, but he was already 41 years old at that point.

What about Stan Mikita and Peter Stastny?

[Topper]

Ulf Samuelsson, Esa Tikkanen, Darius Kasparaitis

[Rumsfeld]

Ulf Samuelsson

Totes, good call Toppski.

[Meds]

Was just gonna drop Tikkanen's name in the hat.

Also have to consider Peter Bondra and Daniel Alfredsson.

[Island Nucklehead]

Penguins fire Mike Johnston. Mike Sullivan to take over.

[Hockey Widow]

Corrado to get his leaves debut today. The Frankie age in Toronto begins, or not.