If you could start over any player’s career..

[Ace of Hades]

Pavel Bure definitely, he would excel tremendously with these post-lockout new rules and changes. No more two line passes.

 

[majormajor]

Discounting players with injuries because those are all the obvious answer, honestly I'd like to see Nail Yakupov not get introduced to the NHL under Dallas f***ing Eakins. lol

I've always thought this was unfounded. Yakupov's problems are substantial, not the sort of thing that just popped up because of his first NHL coach.

 

[Realgud]

A healthy and happy Johan Franzen.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Brent Seabrook so he'd actually be worth what he's getting paid.

But for retired players, Savard would look good next to Kane.

 

[pbgoalie]

Makarov young in the current NHL

 

[forsbergavs32]

Peter Forsberg. Would have probably had a longer career without the clutch and grab era being a thing.

 

[Semoner403]

Flames fan saying without a doubt a healthy Pavel Bure. I’d hate to see him eat us alive 6 times a year but man he’d be incredible in today’s game. Even a second chance with him being healthy in his day would have been something truly special. (Not that it wasn’t already)

HM: Paul Kariya for obvious reasons

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

Have to echo Bure. Would be great to see his speed and talent in todays game.

 

[StonebeatsMcdavid]

Neely

 

[Brucelenok]

Not gonna say Crosby or Ovy since I've watched them since they started. So as many mentioned here Lindros and Bure. I caught them towards later of their careers. But with today's rules they will absolutely annihilate today's League and probably won't be injured as much

 

[SotasicA]

One of the big hitters like Igor Ulanov, Craig Muni, Darius Kasparaitis, Bryan Marchment or others.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Maybe with the way the game is played today Alexei Morozov could score on more people other than Martin Brouder.

 

[Voight]

Bobby orr and Mario. With how reffing is today, they would be total f***ing beasts and would likely never have the serious injuries that plauged them in their time.

Mario's injuries were due to cancer and his own poor habits. Maybe with his bad back theres been improvements in the chiropractor field and they could do a better job but theres not a whole lot else. He'd undergo the same treatments for his cancer.

 

[ER89]

Pretty simple idea- if you could start over any player’s career in the modern day who would you choose and why? I figure the reasons for selection would be-

1) The player was before your time and you wanna see them.
2) You think their career coulda gone better/differently.
3) You think they’d do well in the modern game.

For me it’s Max Afinogenov. I’m still convinced the right coach coulda made him something special, and he’s definitely built for today’s game. Dude was also just a treat to watch- even if his career went exactly the same id be happy tuning in for it.

HM: Briere, Derek Roy, Orr, Lemieux, although I kinda like having those last two be legends.

As a leaf fan I loveddd watching him play. Before I was old enough to understand stats I always thought he was a superstar from the limited times I watched him

 

[Sting]

Karlsson without Matt Cooke in the NHL.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I think Tim Connolly could have been a special player in today's game.

 

[M88K]

Just off the top of my head

Modano - tailor made for the modern game
Lafontaine
Forsberg
Zubov
Lindros
Lemieux
Coffey
Fedorov
Brett Hull - just to see if his horrendous skating would hinder him (doubt it )
Bure

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Gretzky... with modern rules it would be more of a joke than it was in the 80s

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Peter Stastny coming over younger and me not being like 3-4 when he left the Nordiques.

I do not think he would be better or worse today than he was then, but I want to watch him in his prime.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Peter Forsberg without the injuries

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Let's put Hasek on a bad team but give him a (comfortable) starting job circa '88 or something.

Let's put Theo Fleury in a city with no night life to start his career.

Heck, let's put both those guys in Hartford in 1988.

I would love to see Hasek on last years Detroit team

 

[llwyd]

Saku Koivu. Injury and cancer free with the modern rules - he would be a revelation...

 

[BattleLevel]

Eddie Shore
Charlie Conacher
Syl Apps
Gordie Howe
Bill Cook
Turk Broda
Howie Morenz
Bobby Hull

Just the first few that came to mind.

I vote for Eddie Shore just to see him in post game interviews

Also, Teemu Selanne. Not that I was too young and missed him or that he had a hostile of injury problems, id just like to see him out there again

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

Peter Forsberg. Would have probably had a longer career without the clutch and grab era being a thing.

Custom skate boots would also help him significantly.

 

[joestevens29]

Orr, Lindros, Bure, Lafontaine are a few that instantly come to mind. In today's game and medical technology these guys would've lasted a lot longer.

Brett Lindros and Paul Comrie are two others that had concussion problems that I would've liked to see.

I'd like to say Yakupov as well, but man that guy seems to be his worst enemy. He had his career going in the right direction in the KHL, but somehow ruined that.