oh, ****!! i stirred up more of a nest!! Haha, and I have to run to work - so, i can't even witness the rest of it. I think Rhiessan and Tarheel just threw those out there, so obviously there will be quirks.
I guess, also in my mind, I must mean a peak of at least 2 or 3 years. I mean, if you wanted to get ridiculous, you would end up with Martin Gerber in net based off of how he played against Canada in 2006!
Personally, going from around my time period, there are 5 guys who are more or less flawless, and were considered the very best for at least a few years. After that, there are great defenseman with obvious holes, or at least missing parts, in their games who nearly always had one of the 5 greats ahead of them while they played. The 5, for me, would be Orr, Bourque, Potvin, Fetisov, and Lidstrom. After that, I have to start looking at what type of guy I would want. For me, this would be the Stevens-Pronger-Chelios type (yes, I love Vladdy, but I don't want to get called completely insane, so i leave him at the fringe of this), but I also have to allow for the Park-Coffey-Leetch type! in other words, my 6 through 10 are not set in stone!