OT: NHL All-Time Draft

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Hello from the NYR Boards. Life without hockey's been somewhat boring lately, as I'm sure you're all aware, so I decided to do something to pass the time. Namely, an All-Time draft. The rules of such a draft are as follows:

1. Every team gets a single pick, and the draft order follows the standings as of 3/20/2020 (the first day of the draft), which will be posted in a follow-up post in the thread below. So even if a team traded its 1st Round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, they still get a choice in this draft.
2. All retired/inactive NHL players are considered eligible for this draft (including guys playing overseas like Jagr). All active NHL players, as well as players whose rights are owned by an NHL team, are ineligible
3. It is assumed that player abilities are "up-to-date" with the modern game, so a player like Eddie Shore who played in a far different NHL will not be at a disadvantage compared to say Wayne Gretzky or Jaromir Jagr
4. All players will be drafted into the organization at the age of 18, similar to the NHL Entry Draft
5. It is assumed that players will have a similar ceiling to during their playing career, and have the ability to reach said ceiling, although this is not guaranteed
6. I'll give 2-3 days for votes to come in before the next team goes on the clock.
7. In the event of a tie, I will set up a tiebreaker poll
8. Bonus points for explaining how this might affect the team's present and future, though this is by no means obligatory

Los Angeles, you are now on the clock with the 4th pick in the 2020 NHL All-Time Draft!

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1. Detroit Red Wings- Wayne Gretzky
2. Ottawa Senators- Mario Lemieux
3. San Jose Sharks- Bobby Orr
4. Los Angeles Kings- On the Clock
5. Anaheim Ducks-
6. New Jersey Devils-
7. Buffalo Sabres-
8. Montreal Canadiens-
9. Chicago Blackhawks-
10. Arizona Coyotes-
11. Minnesota Wild-
12. Vancouver Canucks-
13. Nashville Predators-
14. Florida Panthers-
15. Calgary Flames-
16. New York Rangers-
17. Winnipeg Jets-
18. New York Islanders-
19. Columbus Blue Jackets-
20. Toronto Maple Leafs-
21. Carolina Hurricanes-
22. Dallas Stars-
23. Edmonton Oilers-
24. Vegas Golden Knights-
25. Pittsburgh Penguins-
26. Philadelphia Flyers-
27. Washington Capitals-
28. Tampa Bay Lightning-
29. Colorado Avalanche-
30. St Louis Blues-
31. Boston Bruins-

 

[Telos]

Rich Peverley

 

[KINGS17]

Crosby, would be the choice I think.

 

[UnSandvich]

Crosby, would be the choice I think.

He's still an active player, and therefore ineligible. Also, you'd take him over Howe or Lidstrom, to name a few?

 

[Bandit]

Rene Chapdelaine

 

[kingsboy11]

Randy Jones

actual vote would be Messier

 

[RocketKing]

Gordie Howe

 

[FrozenKing18]

Gordie Howe

 

[KINGS17]

He's still an active player, and therefore ineligible. Also, you'd take him over Howe or Lidstrom, to name a few?

Sorry, going with Jean Beliveau then.

1950-51	19	MTL	NHL	2	1	1	2		0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1952-53	21	MTL	NHL	3	5	0	5		0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
1953-54	22	MTL	NHL	44	13	21	34		22	10	3	0	1	9	12	0
1954-55	23	MTL	NHL	70	37	36	73		58	23	14	0	7	24	12	0					AS-1,Byng-4,Hart-4
1955-56	24	MTL	NHL	70	47	41	88		143	28	19	0	8	20	20	1					AS-1,Hart-1,Ross-1
1956-57	25	MTL	NHL	69	33	51	84		105	21	12	0	4	33	18	0					AS-1,Hart-2
1957-58	26	MTL	NHL	55	27	32	59		93	21	6	0	5	15	17	0					AS-2
1958-59	27	MTL	NHL	64	45	46	91		69	32	13	0	7	28	17	1					AS-1,Hart-3
1959-60	28	MTL	NHL	60	34	40	74	20	57	22	12	0	10	24	16	0	285	11.9			AS-1,Hart-4
1960-61	29	MTL	NHL	69	32	58	90	10	57	19	13	0	11	38	20	0	324	9.9			AS-1
1961-62	30	MTL	NHL	43	18	23	41	10	36	10	8	0	4	17	6	0	149	12.1
1962-63	31	MTL	NHL	69	18	49	67	5	68	9	9	0	1	36	13	0	241	7.5
1963-64	32	MTL	NHL	68	28	50	78	9	42	15	13	0	2	31	19	0	228	12.3			AS-2,Hart-1
1964-65	33	MTL	NHL	58	20	23	43	-15	76	11	9	0	1	14	9	0	185	10.8			Smythe-1
1965-66	34	MTL	NHL	67	29	48	77	10	50	16	13	0	8	32	16	0	267	10.9			AS-2,Hart-2
1966-67	35	MTL	NHL	53	12	26	38	3	22	10	2	0	0	13	13	0	166	7.2
1967-68	36	MTL	NHL	59	31	37	68	25	28	22	9	0	3	24	13	0	206	15.0			Hart-2
1968-69	37	MTL	NHL	69	33	49	82	15	55	26	7	0	5	36	13	0	235	14.0			AS-2,Hart-2
1969-70	38	MTL	NHL	63	19	30	49	1	10	16	3	0	1	12	18	0	169	11.2
1970-71	39	MTL	NHL	70	25	51	76	24	42	18	7	0	4	34	17	0	172	14.5			Hart-

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[ru4reals]

Gonna have to say the great Chris Snell for me. But knowing our draft history we'll take the bust Gordie Howe over Snell so I'm gonna have to go with Howe.

 

[Legionnaire]

Hasek.

 

[Herby]

I'm taking Hasek. I can find more good forwards later on. Hasek was a once in a lifetime goaltender. This locks you down with the best ever to play the most important position in the sport.

Hasek in the late 90's might have been the most dominant hockey player I ever saw, those Sabres teams were not good at all.

 

[apadilla]

Gordie Howe.

 

[Butch 19]

Rene Chapdelaine

LOL - did you just watch the 1991(?) Las Vegas pre-season game vs the NYR today? I haven't seen Chapdelaines names in many years....

 

[Jericho111091]

Dave "The Hammer" Schultz
Edit: on a more serious note I'd probably vote Dionne

 

[Legionnaire]

I'm taking Hasek. I can find more good forwards later on. Hasek was a once in a lifetime goaltender. This locks you down with the best ever to play the most important position in the sport.

Hasek in the late 90's might have been the most dominant hockey player I ever saw, those Sabres teams were not good at all.

Right. Gretz, Lemieux, Fedorov 94', Roy 86' & 93'. That's all I've seen that is anywhere close.

 

[yankeeking]

Marcel Dionne .......top 3 player in his time and 2nd to none on long time kings players

 

[Herby]

Right. Gretz, Lemieux, Fedorov 94', Roy 86' & 93'. That's all I've seen that is anywhere close.

98 Olympics was special, allowed 2 goals in 3 games in the medal round against the three best hockey countries in the world. Think about how many HOF players were on Team Canada, Team Russia and Team USA.

I think he is one of the most criminally underrated players in NA sports, atleast since I've been following sports.

 

[verbalkint47]

 

[kilowatt]

its a toss up between bud holloway and scott parse at this point

 

[TruKingFan]

Hasek is very tempting but I have to go with Gordie Howe.

 

[KINGS17]

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Interesting fact: Howe still holds the record for most goals ever scored in professional hockey with 975 goals vs Gretzky's 940 goals.

 

[Rorschach]

Gord Howe.

 

[Herby]

What has happened to all of you, the same board that had members who said they'd never draft a winger in round 1 and insisted the best way to build was from the net out are going to choose a winger over the greatest goalie you've ever seen play?

I thought you were Lombardi disciples, he'd be disappointed in this pick.