CC97 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 If the NHL only had 6 teams today we would see some amazing hockey with rosters stacked with talent.Anybody ever take a shot at what the 6 rosters would look like today?I guess an easy format would be to take the top 72 forwards, 36 defencemen, and 12 goaltenders and distribute them. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Going by Sportsline's Player Rankings...Top 24 Centres:1. Joe Thornton, BOS2. Joe Sakic, COL3. Olli Jokinen, FLA4. Robert Lang, DET5. Mats Sundin, TOR6. Brad Richards, TB 7. Sergei Fedorov, ANA 8. Daymond Langkow, PHO9. Brian Rolston, BOS 10. Brendan Morrison, VAN 11. Pavol Demitra, STL12. Vincent Lecavalier, TB 13. Doug Weight, STL14. Michal Handzus, PHI15. Rod Brind'Amour, CAR 16. Bobby Holik, NYR 17. Slava Kozlov, ATL 18. Todd Marchant, CLB 19. Steve Rucchin, ANA 20. Mike Ribeiro, MON 21. Kris Draper, DET 22. Mike York, EDM 23. Jason Arnott, DAL24. Daniel Briere, BUFTop 24 Right Wingers:1. Martin St. Louis, TB2. Jarome Iginla, CGY 3. Glen Murray, BOS 4. Todd Bertuzzi, VAN 5. Milan Hejduk, COL6. Steve Sullivan, NSH 7. Shane Doan, PHO8. Daniel Alfredsson, OTT9. Jaromir Jagr, NYR 10. Shawn McEachern, ATL11. Marian Hossa, OTT 11. Bill Guerin, DAL 13. Scott Walker, NSH14. Miroslav Satan, BUF15. David Vyborny, CLB 16. Valeri Bure, DAL17. Alexei Kovalev, MON 18. Martin Havlat, OTT 19. Petr Sykora, ANA 20. Peter Bondra, OTT 21. Brett Hull, DET 22. Radek Dvorak, EDM 23. Erik Cole, CAR 24. Owen Nolan, TORTop 24 Left Wingers:1. Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL 2. Patrik Elias, NJ 3. Cory Stillman, TB 4. Markus Naslund, VAN 5. Alex Tanguay, COL 6. Keith Tkachuk, STL 7. Ryan Smyth, EDM 8. Brenden Morrow, DAL 9. Mike Knuble, BOS 10. Fredrik Modin, TB 11. Mark Recchi, PHI 12. Brendan Shanahan, DET 13. Martin Rucinsky, VAN 14. Jason Blake, NYI 15. Richard Zednik, MON 16. Ladislav Nagy, PHO 17. Vaclav Prospal, ANA 18. Oleg Kvasha, NYI 19. Alexander Frolov, LA 20. Gary Roberts, TOR 21. Steve Konowalchuk, COL 22. Luc Robitaille, LA 23. Ryan Malone, PIT 24. Kirk Maltby, DETTop 36 Defecemen1. Zdeno Chara, OTT 2. Adrian Aucoin, NYI 3. Wade Redden, OTT 4. Scott Niedermayer, NJ 5. Mathieu Schneider, DET 6. Nicklas Lidstrom, DET 7. Bryan McCabe, TOR 8. Kim Johnsson, PHI 9. Kenny Jonsson, NYI 10. Dan Boyle, TB 11. Marek Malik, VAN 12. Steve Staios, EDM 13. Jaroslav Modry, LA 14. Lubomir Visnovsky, LA 15. Brad Lukowich, TB 16. Rob Blake, COL 17. Adam Foote, COL 18. Patrice Brisebois, MON 19. Nick Boynton, BOS 20. Tomas Kaberle, TOR 21. Karlis Skrastins, COL 22. Mattias Ohlund, VAN 23. Janne Niinimaa, NYI 24. Mike Rathje, SJ 25. Robyn Regehr, CGY 26. Glen Wesley, CAR 27. Chris Pronger, STL 28. Chris Phillips, OTT29. Philippe Boucher, DAL 30. Pavel Kubina, TB 31. Eric Weinrich, STL 32. Jordan Leopold, CGY 33. Jason Smith, EDM 34. Scott Hannan, SJ 35. Sergei Zubov, DAL 36. Willie Mitchell, MINTop 12 Goaltenders:1. Martin Brodeur, NJ 2. Marty Turco, DAL 3. Roberto Luongo, FLA 4. David Aebischer, COL5. Jose Theodore, MON 6. Evgeni Nabokov, SJ 7. Ed Belfour, TOR 8. Kevin Weekes, CAR 9. Andrew Raycroft, BOS10. Tomas Vokoun, NSH 11. Chris Osgood, STL Fun! --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfannova Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Ya see, this is the kinda league Gordie, Maurice, and the Golden Jet played in. It is amazing when you think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 The Canadiens would have like 40 cups by now I think they would have Brodeur and would have another dynsaty with Mario Lemeiux in the 90s.The Leafs would have had a dynsaty in the 80s with Gretzky. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 A lot of the great french players in the league would play in montreal, as would a lot of the ontario players would be playing for toronto.I believe they had territorial rights back then, which is why a lot of western canadian players played for american teams. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 If the NHL only had 6 teams today we would see some amazing hockey with rosters stacked with talent. If the lockout lasts long enough, this may become reality again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 ok, I have a problem with sportsline on the Dman thing...Scott Hannan is by far a better Dman then Mike "Tree" Rathje US state flag concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Chris, I have to disagree about you defensmen list. I think you skipped a few, probably becuase they are hurt right. Although he has a concussion right now and is out I think you put Scott Stevens up on that list, he may be back for the playoffs this year. Also, I would Put Brian Rafalski on that list too, he was an all-star this year, I think he was an all-star last year. Plus he was an olympian for the US in 2002. Both of them are certaintly in the top 36 defensemen. Other than that your list look pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 i'm sorry, but i don't think steve yzerman would be out of a job. LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 We're leaving out a huge factor here. If there were still only 6 teams it's unlikely that the talent pool would be so rich because a lot of the players on these lists would have never taken up hockey having not been exposed to it and the Europeans likely would have never made it over here because there would be no market for them. There would be plenty of Canadian and American talent to fill 6 rosters and there would likely be no reason for worldwide scouting.Alas, I don't mean to be a wet blanket on this otherwise fun discussion. Having been formally trained to think pragmatically these things just eat at me and thus I must share the discomfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -*CC97*- Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 read my list again, then apologise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I have to agree with YH. You would probably have to eliminate a lot of the European talent from the pool. Also, if the NHL was still a 6-team league, I think the WHA would still be around, possibly as the dominant league. They'd attract a lot of Western Canadian and US talent that would have the opportunity to play in from of their 'home' fans, and would have a greater geographic reach, contributing to a wider fan base.The Leafs and Canadians would rule the NHL, but the the Oilers, Jets and Fighting Saints would be WHA dyansties, particularly if the WHA had the same territorial rights that the NHL used to enjoy. We'd also still have the Nordiques and Whalers to enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 How come the NHL did the territorial rights? I know they did, but that seems really bogus to me. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfannova Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 It's just the way things were back then. Montreal got first shots at the Quebecois, mainly because of the ethnic conection. Toronto got most of Ontario, although I do think that Detroit got some of South Ontario(Correct me if I'm wrong). New York, Boston, and Chicago relied on trades, westerners, and the players that fell through the cracks (Jean Ratelle comes to mind). Of course, this all had to change with Expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 That seems real fair...I still think they're on of the best franshises, maybe the best, i terms of tradition, but the fact that they played vs. only five teams and had free shots at the best talent coming outta that area kinda takes away from some of those cups IMO. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfannova Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 The Yankees pretty much bought whoever they wanted. Does that tarnish their legacy?Also, many coaches didn't like having French-Canadian players anyway (Thought it disrupted the locker room). It was kinda an us-against-the-world feeling in Montreal: Nos hommes. Most scouts also looked for home town players to try to bring more fans to the building, which was the major factor in the decision to have it. And since the American cities weren't producing players, it was thought of as unfair by Canadian teams that they should be able to get talent produced near them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckguy14 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Mike Rathje ranked #24? You gotta be joking. Where's Patrick Marleau? And Stevie Y? Come on Sportsline!!! 2004 San Jose Sharks 7th Man Fan of the Year San Jose Gold Miners - 4x Lombardi Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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