Contract considerations aside.....I'm removing who I think are the twelve most obvious players in the league......from that point, I wanna know who you want most. Any one uneducated hockey "guru" can claim they want Crosby, Malkin and Ovie......


The idea is to debate who are the best players in the NHL that people DO NOT straight blow everytime their names come up in conversation.....

Who would you want 1st overall if all of these guys were gone? And if this experiment works.....we'll do Defense next....


Off Limits

Offense:

1. Crosby
2. Ovechkin
3. Malkin
4. Kane
5. Kovalchuk
6. Datsyuk
7. Zetterberg
8. Toews
9. Stamkos
10. Kopitar
11. Sedins (count as one person)
12. Nash

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

Dustin Brown, no doubt. Can build around the guy. He has good scoring ability and can bring a good amount physically to the game.

I would choose Iginla. A lot of others come to mind (Thornton, Gaborik, Parise...)

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"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

Steve Shields.

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Elias, Parise, Chris Simon, Gaborik, Carter, Kessel, Semin, Backstrom, Lecavelier, Duchene to name a few.

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Hartnell, Carcillo, Boogard.

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Doan, Parise, Iginla, Brown. My top 4 in no particular order. These guys have some form of ability in both ends of the rink, and you can build a team around them.

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"Grier coming in over the line. He leaves it to Gaustad. The shot. THEY SCOOOREE!! RING UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE GOOSE!!! HONK IF YA HEAR THE GOOSE!! 3-0 BUFFALO!"

Darren Helm, Iginla and/or either one of Michalek brothers.

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Aside from all the superstars we will never get, I actually want Kennedy from Pittsburgh. He shows real hustle, has a bit of a dangler side, and can really skate. He reminds me of a taller Ennis with more experience and point totals.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I wouldn't mind a Doughty and Myers pair at all.

As much as we hate him, imagine a shutdown line of Chara and Myers, the two tallest players in the league and both can score and defend. Oh what a pair that could be.

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If I could turn back tiiiimmmme..........

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Nicklas Backstrom please. He's overshadowed in Washington due to the presence of Ovechkin, but he is so dynamic offensively and does all the little things right as well.

luke schenn. hes going to be a shut down guy to the max. myers will be better overall, but i believe schenns defense will be the best in the NHL.

id also kill for milan lucic. hes what? 21?

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Duchene, Mikko Koivu, Evander Kane (Assuming you mean Patrick Kane), Nicklas Backstrom, Gaborik, Statsny, Kessler and Eric Staal, as much as I hate him.

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id also want steve mason. sophmore slump be dammed, this guy is special.

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I'd have Turco as a backup and because we need a REAL fighter I'd love to have Derek Boogaard as an enforcer.

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