Team Righty vs Team Lefty

[Neutrinos]

Team Righty

Ovechkin - Lemieux - Howe
Makar - Chelios


Team Lefty

Bobby Hull - McDavid - Bure
Niedermayer - Orr

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[Phillybean]

Tough one. Went team lefty due to Orr

 

[SillyRabbit]

Coin flip.

Maybe leaning towards Team B because of Orr.

If Team A can catch Team B, they'd definitely wear them down with physicality over a 7-game series. But Team B has some extremely elusive players.

 

[boredmale]

Who is your goaltenders and why no Gretzky?

 

[amnesiac]

Mario>McDavid
Howe>Hull
Ovi>>>Bure
Chelios<Orr
Makar>Nieds (projected)

So Team Righty

 

[Crow]

Left handed people have no soul, so I went with righty

 

[bobholly39]

It's weird how great all these players are - yet how I have so much trouble envisioning any type of chemistry on either side. It just seems like....weird lines/pairings.

I went team A. Their forwards are all better. Close though

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Mario>McDavid
Howe>Hull
OV>Bure
Makar<Orr
Chelios>Niedermayer

Team right is much much better.

 

[Machinehead]

Who is your goaltenders and why no Gretzky?

If you include Gretzky, everyone is just going to take the team with Gretzky on it.

 

[Neutrinos]

Mario>McDavid
Ovie=Hull
Howe>>>Bure
Chelios<Orr
Makar>Nieds (projected)

So Team Righty

Except a RW doesn't line up against the other team's RW, so in a head-to-head comparison, it's more accurate to mirror the teams against each other...

Lemieux vs McDavid
Howe vs Hull
Ovechkin vs Bure
Makar vs Orr
Chelios vs Niedermayer


Also, you have:

Howe >> Bure
Chelios < Orr

But would you take Chelios & Howe over Orr & Bure?

I certainly wouldn't...

 

[Half Clapper]

Two of the top 5 greatest players to ever play the game on team right. Easy one!

 

[amnesiac]

Except a RW doesn't line up against the other team's RW, so in a head-to-head comparison, it's more accurate to mirror the teams against each other...

Lemieux vs McDavid
Howe vs Hull
Ovechkin vs Bure
Makar vs Orr
Chelios vs Niedermayer


Also, you have:

Howe >> Bure
Chelios < Orr

But would you take Chelios & Howe over Orr & Bure?

I certainly wouldn't...

I mean Bure isnt considered a top 100 player off all time, while Orr and Howe are both top 4, and Chelios is certainly in the top 50 or so.

If were just taking players at their peaks, then sure you can make the argument. But if were judging "greatness", Bure is the odd man out here.

Niedermayer vs Makar is kind of an odd comparison since Makar only has 5 years under his belt, but I think Makar is clearly on his way to being in the top 100 while Nieds is not.

 

[Neutrinos]

I mean Bure isnt considered a top 100 player off all time, while Orr and Howe are both top 4, and Chelios is certainly in the top 50 or so.

If were just taking players at their peaks, then sure you can make the argument. But if were judging "greatness", Bure is the odd man out here.

Niedermayer vs Makar is kind of an odd comparison since Makar only has 5 years under his belt, but I think Makar is clearly on his way to being in the top 100 while Nieds is not.

Did you see Bure play hockey?

Whether he's ranked #50 or #150 all-time doesn't change how he impacted games

The poll is about who would win a best of 7 series, so their all-time ranking is entirely irrelevant

Line up 5 Howie Morenzes against 5 Lindroses or Forsbergs, and who do you think wins that game?

Spoiler alert: It ain't the team made up of 5'9, 165lb guys ranked higher on the all-time list

 

[amnesiac]

Did you see Bure play hockey?

Whether he's ranked #50 or #150 all-time doesn't change how he impacted games

The poll is about who would win a best of 7 series, so their all-time ranking is entirely irrelevant

Line up 5 Howie Morenzes against 5 Lindroses or Forsbergs, and who do you think wins that game?

Spoiler alert: It ain't the team made up of 5'9, 165lb guys ranked higher on the all-time list

I did see Bure.... so then you shouldve been clear on how these hypothetical teams work instead of just posting them without context.

So then were actually "transporting" Howe and Hull's bodies and athletic ability from the 50s/60s to today???

Yeah, sorry this is horrible. Mixing players from totally different eras, 60+ years difference. Howe and Hull wouldnt be able to keep up whatsoever. How the hell are we supposed to know how theyd adapt and how fast? Makes no sense.

 

[norrisnick]

Left handed people have no soul, so I went with righty

Players that shoot right are typically left-handed.

 

[amnesiac]

Players that shoot right are typically left-handed.

if youre Canadian.... Americans shoot more right.

Theres a theory behind it.

 

[Neutrinos]

I did see Bure.... so then you shouldve been clear on how these hypothetical teams work instead of just posting them without context.

So then were actually "transporting" Howe and Hull's bodies and athletic ability from the 50s/60s to today???

Yeah, sorry this is horrible. Mixing players from totally different eras, 60+ years difference. Howe and Hull wouldnt be able to keep up whatsoever. How the hell are we supposed to know how theyd adapt and how fast? Makes no sense.

It's a thought exercise which requires imagination...

If you're not equipped to participate, don't blame the creator of the exercise

 

[Golden_Jet]

I did see Bure.... so then you shouldve been clear on how these hypothetical teams work instead of just posting them without context.

So then were actually "transporting" Howe and Hull's bodies and athletic ability from the 50s/60s to today???

Yeah, sorry this is horrible. Mixing players from totally different eras, 60+ years difference. Howe and Hull wouldnt be able to keep up whatsoever. How the hell are we supposed to know how theyd adapt and how fast? Makes no sense.

Then transport the more recent players to wood sticks and leather skates etc.

We already know how dominant Howe and Hull were over their peers.

In other words use your imagination, like most do in these polls.

 

[MessierII]

Howe could play both ways. He could flip to team left mid game.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Bure getting crazy underrated. There's not much separating peak Bure and peak Ovechkin IMO.

McDavid and Bure would absolutely torch.

I still went righty though because of 66.

 

[JPT]

Two of the top 5 greatest players to ever play the game on team right. Easy one!

And arguably the best goal scorer in NHL history

 

[HabzSauce]

if youre Canadian.... Americans shoot more right.

Theres a theory behind it.

What's the theory??

 

[amnesiac]

What's the theory??

basically, at very young age, Canadian infants would naturally pick up a hockey stick with their right hand first (dominant hand), and would be held near the top end. As they gain more dexterity over time (with practice), the left hand would eventually grasp the middle. Et voila.

And I guess for American infants, they grab other kinds of sticks before a hockey stick?

Something along those lines...


or just read this... https://www.purehockey.com/c/why-are-so-many-hockey-players-left-handed#:~:text=Left-Handed Shot in Canada&text=At a young age, it,weak hand down the stick.

 

[Neutrinos]

Bure getting crazy underrated. There's not much separating peak Bure and peak Ovechkin IMO.

McDavid and Bure would absolutely torch.

I still went righty though because of 66.

Agreed

But couldn't the same be said about McDavid and Lemieux?

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Agreed

But couldn't the same be said about McDavid and Lemieux?

No, not in my opinion. McDavid is unbelievable, but Lemieux was just such a mammoth of a man that in a best of 7 I think he'd be too much for 97 to handle at 5v5.

If they were both wingers, I think it'd be a bit closer.