Vancouver Canucks "all-time" line-up: Post your best line-up

[Horse McHindu]

Edit - feel free to add in your GM and coach!

Vancouver Canucks "all-time" line-up: Post your best line-up

Pretty sure that this has been done before, but it looks like it's been a long time.

Mods - if you see it fit, please amalgamate my post with a past thread of a similar nature.


Anyways - here would be my "all-time" Canucks roster (assume that you are trying to ice the best possible Canucks roster, from any era, and this team of yours had to play a full season).

Here's my team:

GM: Brian Burke
Coach: Pat Quinn

Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi
Gelinas-Kesler-Linden
Roussel-Malhottra-Hansen

Brashear

Erhoff-Edler
Ohlund-Salo
Hamhuis-Bieksa

Hughes

Luongo
McLean

Cliff notes:

1) Guys like Bure and Mogilny wouldn't make my team, because
A) I'm on crack.
B) Although great players, I personally like to go with "proven" line combos, and I believe that the WCE and Sedin-Sedin-Burrows combos were our two greatest scoring lines in history.
c) In a realistic scenario, Bure and Mogilny would likely request trades with 4th line ice-time.

2) Gelinas-Kesler-Linden is the absolute best two-way line that I can think of, and I think this line would absolutely crush it come playoff time. Three guys that consistently elevated their game when it mattered most.

3) Malhottra is our best face-off man in team history and I also suspect that he's Hindu like me and so he makes my team. Roussel and Hansen are and were smart players that can and could play anywhere in the line-up. The are great defensively, and can be relied upon to score key goals.

4) Brashear: A half-decent hockey player that was one of the toughest guys to ever play the game.

5) Hamhuis-Bieksa = best shut down pairing that we've ever had.
6) Erhoff-Edler = quite possibly the best defensive pairing that we've ever had.
7) I love Ohlund, and Quinn Hughes is already one of our greatest defensemen.
8) Luongo gets the nod as the #1 since he is our best goalie (sorry oldschool fans, but the stats don't lie), but good ol' Captain Kirk comes to the rescue if Luongo experiences the playoff yips.

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[dombrova22]

Sedin-Sedin-Pettersson
Naslund-Morrison-Bertuzzi
Burrows-Kesler-Linden
Roussel-Malhotra-Torres

Erhoff-Edler
Ohlund-Hughes *droooooools*
Hamhuis-Bieksa

 

[Canucks1096]

Naslund Pettersson Bertuzzi
Sedin Sedin Burrows
Courtnall Morrison Bure
Cooke Kesler Linden

Ohlund Lumme
Hamhuis Jovo
Hughes Salo

Luongo
McLean

No players before the 90s because I am not too familiar with them

Ehrhoff not need it because of Hughes and Jovo

Morrison over Ronning because he is better defensively and can play on the PK

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Sedin - Sedin - Bure
Naslund - Pettersson - Bertuzzi
Gradin - Ronning - Mogilny
Smyl - Kesler - Linden

Ohlund - Hughes
Lumme - Salo
Edler - Jovanovski

Luongo
McLean

Mulled over Hughes and Pettersson’s inclusion on this list already - but they have already established themselves as stars, and one would hope that they stick around Vancouver for the long haul.

Lot of good players that didn’t make the cut. Courtnall, Burrows, Morrison, Bieksa, Hamhuis, Adams, Fraser, Snepsts, Kearns, Rota, Tanti, Sandstrom...

 

[Intangibos]

Not including Bure and Mogilny is nonsense. Mogilny was absolutely elite and wasn't even an offence only player.

Definitely good to have Burrows though. Criminally underrated even by Canuck fans. In 2009-2010 Ovechkin had 37 ES goals, Burrows had 31. People don't take the fact that he wasn't on the 1st PP unit in those years into account, Burrows was a legitimate star and should have been a Selke candidate.

The Sedins are good but Ovechkin isn't playing with slouches either. Burrows could score.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

sedin sedin linden
bure larionov mogilny
burrows kesler smyl
naslund gradin/petey bertuzzi

hughes ohlund
hamhuis jovanovski
snepsts/mitchell diduck

captain
captain

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Bertuzzi-Pettersson-Bure
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Naslund-Kesler-Boeser
Miller-Horvat-Linden
Rypien

Hughes - Jovanovski
Ohlund - Salo
Edler - Tanev
Lumme
Bourdon

Luongo
McLean

 

[Horse McHindu]

Not including Bure and Mogilny is nonsense. Mogilny was absolutely elite and wasn't even an offence only player.

Definitely good to have Burrows though. Criminally underrated even by Canuck fans. In 2009-2010 Ovechkin had 37 ES goals, Burrows had 31. People don't take the fact that he wasn't on the 1st PP unit in those years into account, Burrows was a legitimate star and should have been a Selke candidate.

The Sedins are good but Ovechkin isn't playing with slouches either. Burrows could score.

Fair enough.

please post your line-up!

 

[Intangibos]

Fair enough.

please post your line-up!

Gelinas Pettersson Bure
Naslund Morrison Bertuzzi
Sedin Sedin Burrows
Courtnall Kesler Mogilny
Linden

Ohlund Jovanovski
Edler Ehrhoff
Lumme Salo
Hamhuis
Hedican

Luongo
Schneider

I'm happy with Linden in over Morrison, I just have BMO there because he was dynamite with those two. A better player might have been even better though. Mogilny could be good with Pettersson but you just know Pettersson would make some pretty slick stretch passes to Bure. Mogilny can play a physical game with Kesler on the 4th line.

I also didn't watch enough of 90s Canucks to feel confident with Gelinas and Courtnall, but I'm drawing blanks for LW. Imagine if we could slot Neely in on LW and Peca in at C!

I think you have 3 or 4 legitimate #1 lines there and I have no doubt the Sedins and Burrows could be effective defensively if they were deployed in that type of role. They just weren't because they were the scoring.

On D we have 3 pretty balanced pairings that can play some defence, score some points, and throw some hits.

Also Luongo

Edit: I would like to drop Gelinas and add Smyl, sorry Marty but this roster is full steam ahead

 

[VintageBure]

Naslund - Petey - Bure
Sedin - Sedin - Bertuzzi
Smyl - Linden - Mogilny
Miller - Kesler - Burrows
Horvat

Ohlund - Jovo
Hughes - Salo
Lumme- Mitchell
Hamhuis
Edler

Luongo
Miller

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

D Sedin-H Sedin-Bure
Mogilny-Pettersson-Neely
Bertuzzi-Sundstrom-Linden
Naslund-Gradin-Vaive

Ohlund-Hughes
Jovonovski-Edler
Tallon-Dailey

Luongo
McLean

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

rypien kurtenbach odjick
fraser brashear keane
tiger coxe smyl
momesso walker hunter

mcilhargey bieksa
snepsts delorme
richter butcher

clouts

coach: quinn

man, no room for ronnie stern, diduck, jovo, anton, bert, young cam neely...

 

[jonnygf40]

Sedin Sedin Tanti
Mogilny Pettersson Bure
Naslund Morrison Bertuzzi
Smyl Linden Burrows

Ohlund Jovanovski
Hughes Bieksa
Hamhuis Ehrhoff
Salo

Luongo
McLean

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

rypien kurtenbach odjick
fraser brashear keane
tiger coxe smyl
momesso walker hunter

mcilhargey bieksa
snepsts delorme
richter butcher

clouts

coach: quinn

man, no room for ronnie stern, diduck, jovo, anton, bert, young cam neely...

If you’re building an all tough guy team, I would have Diduck on there over Butcher. Butch was willing, game and an agitating presence, but Diduck was the more fearsome fighter.

 

[forty47seven]

Isbister Ritchie Cowan
Prust Vey Skille
Sestito Cracknell Megna
Langdon Volpatti Hordichuk

Bartkowski Krajicek
Weinrich Larsen
Brookbank McCarthy

Noronen
Sabourin

 

[RebuildinVan]

Sundin Messier Bure
Sedin Sedin Neely
Vaive Petterson Mogilny
West Coast Express

Rienhart Ohlund
Jovo Edler
Hughes Bieksa

Luo
Capt Kirk

 

[RebuildinVan]

rypien kurtenbach odjick
fraser brashear keane
tiger coxe smyl
momesso walker hunter

mcilhargey bieksa
snepsts delorme
richter butcher

clouts

coach: quinn

man, no room for ronnie stern, diduck, jovo, anton, bert, young cam neely...[/QUOT

Oops, edit

 

[Nucks for the Cup]

Isbister Ritchie Cowan
Prust Vey Skille
Sestito Cracknell Megna
Langdon Volpatti Hordichuk

Bartkowski Krajicek
Weinrich Larsen
Brookbank McCarthy

Noronen
Sabourin

Garbage team........Need to fit Chaput in somewhere then its a playoff caliber

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I’ll have a little fun with this - which team wins?

Team 1:

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Smyl - Linden - Bure
Courtnall - Ronning - Adams
Rota - Larionov - Fraser

Ohlund - Salo
Ehrhoff - Snepsts
Hamhuis - Babych

McLean

vs.

Team 2:

Naslund - Morrison - Bertuzzi
Mogilny - Pettersson - Tanti
Gradin - Kesler - Boeser
Gelinas - Sandstrom - Skriko

Jovanovski - Hughes
Bieksa - Lumme
Edler - Brown

Luongo

 

[RobertKron]

Robert Kron - Kyle Wellwood - Craig Janney

Nobody else matters.

 

[Motte and Bailey]

Mogilny Pettersson Bure
Naslund Morrison Bertuzzi
Sedin Sedin Gradin
Brashear Rypien Odjick

Hughes Reinhart
Ohlund Salo
Edler Tanev

Luongo
Schneider

 

[xtra]

I’ll do my team but are taking players as they played on our team?

aka peca as a canuck or peca as a saber/isle?

 

[UK Canuck]

Going with players I've actually seen, so......mid-90's onwards

D. Sedin---H. Sedin---Bure
Naslund--Kesler--Bertuzzi
Mogilny--Pettersson--Boeser
Burrows--Morrison--Linden

Edler--Salo
Hughes--Jovanovski
Ohlund--Bieksa

Luongo

Hughes makes it already because I've never seen anything like him in 25 years of watching the Canucks, he's incredible and IMO already the best player on the current roster.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

If you’re building an all tough guy team, I would have Diduck on there over Butcher. Butch was willing, game and an agitating presence, but Diduck was the more fearsome fighter.

very true. i thought about diduck, jovo, and robert dirk over butcher for fighting ability. i remember butcher get punched a lot. but i had to give him props for probably fighting as much in a year as those three guys combined, even if he was just trying to hold on a lot of the time.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Megna-Chaput-Eriksson
Motte-Sutter-Cramarossa
Prust-Beagle-Schaller
Spooner-Burmistrov-Granlund

Gudbranson-Myers
Bartkowski-Pouliot
Sbisa-Del Zotto

Miller
Nilsson