Franchise History: #32 Forward & #16 Defenseman

[Elvs]

If you've missed the "rules", the original thread can be found here.

In this poll - vote for one forward AND one defenseman = two votes in total.

NOTE: In a couple of posts below, you'll find links to the stats (Eliteprospects) of each player in the polls. Those currently in the mix are highlighted in jade colors. It might be helpful for anyone who doesn't remember some of these players, or who wants to refresh their memory.

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Final rankings:

Forwards:
1.

Teemu Selanne
2.

Ryan Getzlaf
3.

Paul Kariya
4.

Corey Perry
5.

Andy McDonald
6.

Steve Rucchin
7.

Ryan Kesler
8.

Bobby Ryan
9.

Samuel Pahlsson
10.

Jakob Silfverberg
11.

Chris Kunitz
12.

Rickard Rakell
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13.

Andrew Cogliano
14.

Rob Niedermayer
15.

Saku Koivu
16.

Petr Sykora
17.

Adam Henrique
18.

Matt Cullen
19.

Todd Marchant
20.

Joffrey Lupul
21.

Travis Moen
22.

Nick Bonino
23.

Mike Leclerc
24.

George Parros
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25.

Dustin Penner
26.

Matt Beleskey
27.

Kyle Palmieri
28.

Marty McInnis
29.

Ondrej Kase
30.

Joe Sacco
31.

Patrick Maroon

 

[Elvs]

Defensemen:
1.

Scott Niedermayer
2.

Chris Pronger
3.

Francois Beauchemin
4.

Hampus Lindholm
5.

Cam Fowler
6.

Lubomir Visnovsky
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7.

Ruslan Salei
8.

Keith Carney
9.

Josh Manson
10.

Toni Lydman
11.

Sami Vatanen
12.

Oleg Tverdovsky
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13.

Niclas Havelid
14.

Fredrik Olausson
15.

Sean O'Donnell

Goaltenders:
1.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2.

John Gibson
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3.

Guy Hebert
4.

Jonas Hiller
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5.

Frederik Andersen

 

[Elvs]

Team A

Kariya -

Rucchin -

Selanne
Ryan -

Getzlaf -

Perry

McDonald -

Kesler -

Rakell

Kunitz -

Pahlsson -

Silfverberg

Beauchemin -

Niedermayer

Fowler -

Pronger
Lindholm -

Visnovsky

Giguere

Gibson

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Team B

Henrique -

Koivu -

Sykora

Leclerc -

Cullen -

Niedermayer

Cogliano -

Bonino -

Lupul

Moen -

Marchant -

Parros

Salei -

Manson

Carney -

Vatanen

Lydman -

Tverdovsky

Hebert

Hiller

 

[Elvs]

Team C

Penner -

McInnis -

Palmieri

Beleskey - X -

Kase

Maroon - X -

Sacco
X - X - X

Havelid -

Olausson

O'Donnell - X
X - X

Andersen
X

 

[Elvs]

Here's every player who meets the criterias (in order of games played).

Egg plant = already ranked
Jade = currently in the polls
Black = can be nominated

Forwards:
Ryan Getzlaf (1053)
Corey Perry (988)
Teemu Selanne (966)
Steve Rucchin (616)
Paul Kariya (606)
Andrew Cogliano (584)
Samuel Pahlsson (527)
Jakob Silfverberg (510)
Rickard Rakell (447)
Matt Cullen (427)
Todd Marchant (421)
Andy McDonald (391)
Rob Niedermayer (382)
Bobby Ryan (378)
George Parros (356)
Ryan Kesler (346)
Joe Sacco (333)
Saku Koivu (332)
Matt Beleskey (329)
Chris Kunitz (313)
Mike Leclerc (291)
Nick Ritchie (287)
Marty McInnis (272)
Travis Moen (261)
Garry Valk (246)
Ted Drury (232)
Stu Grimson (231)
Adam Henrique (210)
Dan Bylsma (209)
Joffrey Lupul (205)
Patrick Maroon (204)
Kyle Palmieri (198)
Ondrej Kase (198)
Petr Sykora (197)
Jeff Nielsen (191)
Nick Bonino (189)
Shaun Van Allen (174)
Bob Corkum (168)
Nate Thompson (159)
Marc Chouinard (159)
Todd Ewen (153)
Peter Douris (151)
Antti Aalto (151)
Dustin Penner (150)
Patrik Carnback (148)
Jason Krog (147)
Jason Blake (147)
Derek Grant (146)
Patric Kjellberg (141)
Tony Hrkac (140)
Ryan Carter (138)
German Titov (137)
Antoine Vermette (136)
Stanislav Chistov (136)
Tomas Sandstrom (135)
Chris Wagner (133)
Warren Rychel (133)
Carter Rowney (133)
Devante Smith-Pelly (129)
Ladislav Kohn (128)
Daniel Winnik (124)

Defensemen:
Cam Fowler (679)
Ruslan Salei (594)
Francois Beauchemin (592)
Hampus Lindholm (503)
Vitaly Vishnevski (416)
Josh Manson (385)
Scott Niedermayer (371)
Jason Marshall (370)
Oleg Tverdovsky (324)
Pavel Trnka (322)
Niclas Havelid (310)
Bobby Dollas (305)
Sami Vatanen (280)
Keith Carney (271)
Dave Karpa (245)
Fredrik Olausson (244)
Luca Sbisa (227)
Chris Pronger (220)
Sheldon Brookbank (215)
Kevin Bieksa (211)
Randy Ladouceur (188)
Toni Lydman (187)
Sean O'Donnell (182)
Joe DiPenta (171)
Brandon Montour (169)
Jason York (168)
Lubomir Visnovsky (165)
Ben Lovejoy (150)
Kevin Haller (149)
Korbinian Holzer (145)
Kent Huskins (142)
Pascal Trepanier (139)
Kurt Sauer (135)
Clayton Stoner (133)
Dmitri Mironov (128)

Goaltenders:
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (446)
Guy Hebert (441)
Jonas Hiller (326)
John Gibson (287)
Frederik Andersen (125)
Mikhail Shtalenkov (122)
Ilya Bryzgalov (77)
Ryan Miller (71)
Martin Gerber (54)
Dominic Roussel (51)

 

[Elvs]

There's appearntly a limit of 50 images per post. Thus, because of the flags, I'm gonna have to seperate the ranking and teams into a couple of extra posts.

 

[Paul4587]

Dollas and Corkum. I barely remember Corkums time here but I remember him in Arizona being a really good defensive C and he put up good point totals here so I went with him.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I have held off from voting for Vishnevsky for awhile here as it has always seemed like there was still some dmen on the list who had a notably greater impact albeit in a shorter tenure. At this point that no longer seems the case, and I think his longevity should win out.

Still going with Grimson up front, no one there was better at filling their respective role in our lineup.

 

[JabbaJabba]

How come a star first line center like Grant hasn't been an option before?

 

[Elvs]

How come a star first line center like Grant hasn't been an option before?

No one nominated him, and frankly I don't see what he did to earn being ranked above the other centers in this poll.

Van Allen averaged nearly half a point per game and was a +9 over three seasons in Anaheim, during years when the team sucked nonetheless.

Corkum had a 50+ point season in Anaheim.

Drury didn't score much, but played in the Olympics (though it was before NHL'ers participated) as well as in three World Championships for team USA, because he was a defensively responsible center.

I know you used the sarcasm emoji, but with Grant running away with this poll I felt I needed to explain why I added these other centers before him. And I say this as the biggest Grant fan.

 

[Paul4587]

Grant winning this is a clear example of recency bias. I don’t even think there’s a case for him being top 3 out of who is left.