Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa vs Kariya - Kopitar - Guy Lafleur

[Coffees]

Bergeron with the legendary two-way beasts, or Kopitar with the highly dangerous forwards ?

Can Bergeron, Datsyuk and Hossa shutdown Guy Lafleur with Kopitar and Kariya ? and score on top of that to defeat them in a best of 7?

My question to you is, who wins in a best of 7 series? (Bottom 3 forward lines and rest of the roster is the current Flames)​

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[Craig Button]

The first line will never lose the puck.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Lafleur n kariya make this very easy

 

[SillyRabbit]

Datsyuk = Kariya
Bergeron < Kopitar
Hossa <<< Lafleur

The second group easily.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Datsyuk = Kariya
Bergeron < Kopitar
Hossa <<< Lafleur

The second group easily.

Idk I go Datsyuk > Kariya, Bergeron > Kopitar, Lafleur >(>) Hossa

Voted for the first but it’s close

 

[JaegerDice]

Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa

With all due respect to Kopitar, he's out-gunned big-time as far as possession monsters. His line might not touch the puck the entire game.

 

[Coffees]

Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa

With all due respect to Kopitar, he's out-gunned big-time as far as possession monsters. His line might not touch the puck the entire game.

How is that with all due respect.

Also it’s just one game, this is a seven game series

 

[x Tame Impala]

Everything that second group can do, the first group does better.

 

[JaegerDice]

How is that with all due respect.

Also it’s just one game, this is a seven game series

Because I think if you had a lineup of 3 Kopitar-caliber possession players, the answer would be different, or at least closer.

Like if this is Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa vs Barkov - Kopitar - Toews, you got yourself a war.

 

[Coffees]

Because I think if you had a lineup of 3 Kopitar-caliber possession players, the answer would be different, or at least closer.

Like if this is Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa vs Barkov - Kopitar - Toews, you got yourself a war.

Makes sense , I misinterpreted that.

And I see your point

 

[bobholly39]

Because I think if you had a lineup of 3 Kopitar-caliber possession players, the answer would be different, or at least closer.

Like if this is Datsyuk - Bergeron - Hossa vs Barkov - Kopitar - Toews, you got yourself a war.

Lol. Toews over Lafleur....

I'd take one Lafleur over 2 Toews. Maybe even 3.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Pretty bizarre poll results. Lafleur was the best forward in the league in his prime, Kopitar was clearly better than Bergeron and Hossa.

 

[JaegerDice]

Lol. Toews over Lafleur....

I'd take one Lafleur over 2 Toews. Maybe even 3.

Ok?

Nobody is arguing who the better scorer is. Lafleur's impact is severely mitigated by never having the puck. Kopitar needs guys who can help him dominate possession against a line of Datsyuk-Bergeron-Hossa.

 

[norrisnick]

Everything that second group can do, the first group does better.

Except score.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Except score.

Datsyuk cranked out two 97 point, Selke-winning seasons. Bergeron is a 70pt Selke dominator. Hossa is in his prime was a 40 goal scorer and later turned into a 60+pt dominant shutdown forward with formidable physical presence.

They'd be shutting down the other line and outscoring them

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Lmao. Barkov n toews over kariya and Guy f***ing Lafleur? One of the funniest posts of all times

 

[norrisnick]

Datsyuk cranked out two 97 point, Selke-winning seasons. Bergeron is a 70pt Selke dominator. Hossa is in his prime was a 40 goal scorer and later turned into a 60+pt dominant shutdown forward with formidable physical presence.

They'd be shutting down the other line and outscoring them

Now do their playoff scoring numbers.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

How on earth is the lafleur group losing? Oh wait this is hf

 

[x Tame Impala]

Now do their playoff scoring numbers.

For expansion era Lafleur playing on a MTL super team? Kariya's are nothing special. I'm a huge Kopitar fan, he was awesome in the playoffs.

Line two has trouble scoring as Line one possesses the puck all series long and shuts Line two down

 

[BraveCanadian]

Kariya - Kopitar - Lafleur would be amazing.

Kopi gives them size, defensive responsibility, and playmaking while Kariya and Lafleur are all around offensive geniuses that would make magic.

The gap in offensive ability between these lines is just too much for the other line being better defensively to overcome.

Lafleur and Kopi bring it big in a playoff too.

 

[Craig Button]

Is Paarl Karita gonna take the puck away from Datsyuk? God no. Bergeron? God no. Hossa? God no.

Is Lafleur gonna take the puck from Datsyuk? Lol hell no. Bergeron? Nope.

Kopitar might be able to kee the puck away for a shift or two but that’s it

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Just imagine the blonde demons hair blowing in the air past lmfao hossa? Ah too much. In fact hossa might switch teams after game 1 to try n win a cup

 

[authentic]

Datsyuk = Kariya
Bergeron < Kopitar
Hossa <<< Lafleur

The second group easily.

Datsyuk is a better player than Kariya, though not a huge gap. I would take Kopitar and Lafleur over Hossa and Bergeron, but that first line would be a pain to get the puck from and manage to keep it for very long either.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Not really any way to evaluate this but Lafleur and Kariya are the best two players out of the 6

 

[authentic]

Kariya - Kopitar - Lafleur would be amazing.

Kopi gives them size, defensive responsibility, and playmaking while Kariya and Lafleur are all around offensive geniuses that would make magic.

The gap in offensive ability between these lines is just too much for the other line being better defensively to overcome.

Lafleur and Kopi bring it big in a playoff too.

Is this generally the way it works out in matchups against two-way beasts with a ton of offensive ability though? Players like Dastyuk and Bergeron generally outplay the opposition even if they have better offensive ability.