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

[RebuildinVan]

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

Gudbranson-Myers
Bartkowski-Pouliot
Sbisa-Del Zotto

Miller
Nilsson

No love for Mark Chouinard?

 

[y2kcanucks]

No love for Mark Chouinard?

Chouinard and Santala were beauties

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Chouinard and Santala were beauties

If I recall right, Chouinard holds the distinction of being the first Canuck ever to have his contract bought out.

“Tommy-Gun” Santala is definitely a member of the all-name Canucks’ squad.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Don't forget Dave Richter you guys.

Never forget Big Dave

 

[y2kcanucks]

If I recall right, Chouinard holds the distinction of being the first Canuck ever to have his contract bought out.

“Tommy-Gun” Santala is definitely a member of the all-name Canucks’ squad.

I believe you are correct. And Santala is the greatest 4th liner in NHL history.

 

[sting101]

D.Sedin H.Sedin Bure
Naslund Pettersson Bertuzzi
Adams Kesler Mogilny
Courtnall Ronning Linden

Burrows Gradin Smyl Tanti

Ohlund Lumme
Edler Jovanovski
Hughes Salo

Hamhuis Bieksa Babych

Luongo
Mclean

Markstrom

 

[sting101]

Would love to have watched a season of this team 15 years ago.

Burrows Kesler Bertuzzi
Fraser Linden Smyl
Momesso Williams Neely
Odjick Walker Sandlak

Coxe May Brashear

Snepsts Butcher
Jovanovski Bieksa
Babych Diduck

Dailey Dirk Richter

Cloutier
Snow

Hanlon

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

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

Bartkowski Krajicek
Weinrich Larsen
Brookbank McCarthy

Noronen
Sabourin

all opb team (other ppl's busts)

todd warriner - linden vey - vadim sharifijanov
fedor fedorov - brandon convery - jose charbonneau
jeff tambellini - kris beech - emerson etem
nikolai goldobin - mats lindgren - jozef balej

nolan baumgartner - adam clendenning
cam barker - derick pouliot
chris joseph - ryan parent
but let's keep this going because this defence is the gift that keeps on giving
luca sbisa - lukas krajicek
drake berehowsky - steve mccarthy

omelette

 

[ChilliBilly]

Sedin Sedin Boeser
Bure Larionov Mogilny
Naslund EP Bertuzzi
Neely Linden Kesler

Hughes Reinhardt
Ohlund Salo
Lumme Bourdon

Luongo

I agree with Letang - Bourdon was going to be a stud.

 

[huntison]

Sedin - Sedin - Bertuzzi
Naslund - Pettersson - Bure
Burrows - Kesler - Mogilny
Odjick - Linden - Boeser

Ohlund - Edler
Hughes - Salo
Jovo - Bieksa

Luongo
Mclean

 

[Grape]

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

Think Team 1 is better by a good margin. However, goaltending makes a big difference. No knock on Kirk but goalies back then weren't on the same level as goalies now. Gun to my head though I'm still picking Team 1 given this is everyone at their best.

 

[hockeyisgud]

huge lol at any list with Bure not on the 1st line

 

[Horse McHindu]

huge lol at any list with Bure not on the 1st line

Create your team good sir!

show us how it’s done big man.

 

[settinguptheplay]

Need I remind folks that the legendary Pat Quinn and current wonder GM Jim Benning both patrolled the illustrious blue line of the Canucks? I suspect some of you may want to change things up a bit.

 

[Horse McHindu]

feel free to add in your coach and GM:

Hey guys,

Feel free to add in your GM and coach to your line-ups.

Brian Burke would be my GM, while Pat Quinn would be my coach.

 

[Intangibos]

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

Gudbranson-Myers
Bartkowski-Pouliot
Sbisa-Del Zotto

Miller
Nilsson

I'm lookin', and I'm likin'

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

feel free to add in your coach and GM:

Hey guys,

Feel free to add in your GM and coach to your line-ups.

Brian Burke would be my GM, while Pat Quinn would be my coach.

I think I would go Quinn as GM, Vigneault as Coach. Burke would be my AGM.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

in honour of him being waived today,

kariya fedorov granlund
benn pronger

i still regret not giving subban a real chance

 

[xtra]

Sedin - Sedin - Moginly - the rw that could finish the twins plays

Naslund - kesler - bertuzzi - not sure if this line would work with kes lack of playmaking but if naslund moves to more a playmaker then it woudl be great.

Burrows - Peca - malhotra 2 way line if peca counts that would shut players down

Torres - walker - Hansen

Ohlund-salo
Edler - tanev
Lynne-Aucoin

Luongo
Schneider

I clearly have a style of play I prefer lol.

GM: Mike Gillis (most successful gm)
AGM: Pat Quinn

coach: AV - this team could play AVs style.

I tried to put players (save for peca) in the position they played their role on the canucks

 

[David Bruce Banner]

I feel like I do this about once a year... and although it's early on Petey and Hughesy, screw it, I like 'em.

Sedins- Bure
Naslund - Pettersson - Mogilny
Gelinas - Linden - Bertuzzi
Schmautz - Kesler - Burrows

HM: Smyl

Ohlund - Hughes
Tanev - Jovo
Lumme - Edler

HM: Reinhart

McLean
Luongo

HM: Smith

Coach: Quinn
GM: Quinn

I kind of hate Bure with the Twins, because (IMHO) the Twins really needed a big front of net garbage goal scoring presence that they (and the Canucks) never really had... and Bure wasn't really a cycler, he needed a breakout pass guy on D like Brown... although I'm sure Hughes (or Reinhart) would do just fine. That said, any All-Time Canucks 1st line that doesn't have Bure on it is just wrong.

 

[Horse McHindu]

huge lol at any list with Bure not on the 1st line

Alright, this post has gotten in my head: :angry:

Here’s my alternate team:

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

Erhoff-Edler
Ohlund-Salo
Hamhuis-Bieksa

Hughes

Luongo
McLean

GM: Brian Burke
Coach: Pat Quinn

 

[Regal]

huge lol at any list with Bure not on the 1st line

Why? He's not a great fit with the twins imo, and usually lines are written based on the best centers. There wouldn't be a true top line with this kind of talent anyway

 

[Ace of Hades]

Best.
Gonna leave Sundin out of this one.

Naslund-Pettersson-Bure
D.Sedin-H.Sedin-Bertuzzi
Mogilny-Linden-Kesler
Burrows-Morrison-Tanti/Gradin
Ronning, G.Courtnall, Adams

Ohlund-Lumme
Hughes-Salo
Edler-Jovanovski
Snepsts, Reinhart, Babych

Mclean/Luongo/Markstrom

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

other than adding hughes almost as soon as he entered the league, my all time canucks team hasn’t changed in a long time. but man i think it’s time to change it.

mogilny pettersson bure
sedin sedin miller
naslund linden bertuzzi
burrows kesler smyl

hughes ohlund
hamhuis jovanovski
snepsts salo

luongo
demko

demko replaces mclean finally

petey’s datsyukian abilities make him the perfectred army style center between mogilny and bure (think: larionov or fedorov)

and i think i now have to have miller as the burrows with the sedins. i have never liked him but dialed in jtm would be great as an alex burrows puck retrieval hound: smart enough to play off the sedins, high enough motor and good enough defensively to get back and cover for them, and what you lose on the downgrade from burrows’ all time hockey iq and defensivel ability you get back with superior offence.

my only thing is i DO NOT trust a team with both jtm and bertuzzi on it. but if my coach and GM are big pat quinn, and tocch is an assistant, maybe that’s enough of a threat of taking them into the tunnel for fistfight to keep them in line

on d, hamhuis maximizes jovo like he did with casual kev, and you have to have salo for the slapshot on the pp. could have gone with several guys as to form a shutdown pair with salo: snepsts, my fav gerald diduck, or mitchell, who with salo briefly was the best canucks shutdown pair i’ve ever seen. but f*** willie mitchell. but if not for the slapshot i would have gone snepsts with diduck as my big snarly shutdown third pair

 

[Shareefruck]

Admittedly did not favor the older rosters.

Mogilny - Miller - Bure
Naslund - Pettersson - Bertuzzi
Sedin - Sedin - Linden
Burrows - Kesler - Hansen

Hughes - Salo
Hamhuis - Jovanovski
Ohlund - Tanev

Luongo
Demko

Reasoning:
* The temptation may be to put Pettersson on the first line with the other top tier skill guys, but no other star Canuck can play the thankless Morrison defensive role better than he can while enhancing the WCE's offense and doing so without needing the puck all the time, IMO. Put Miller/prime Linden there and it'd be a defensive trainwreck. Put Kesler there and the other two wouldn't have the puck as often as you'd want them to (Kesler's puck hog/tunnel-vision tendencies do not suit their offensive game at all).
* I have always said that prime Linden was the perfect Sedin winger. He checks off every box. (honestly, a lot of star players as the Sedin Linemate probably wouldn't be as good of a fit as Burrows)
* I don't think a better shutdown line can be formed than the those three. Insane chemistry and relentlessness all over the ice.
* With Miller on the first line, you have a tenacious power-forward on every line instead of just unrealistic pure skill lines.
* Hamhuis is the perfect Jovanovski partner, can't get more stifling than Ohlund - Tanev
* Chose Salo to round out the D because it was the only way you got 4 top-tier PK specialists and 3 top-tier PP weapons that are all essential in their own way. Plus, could you imagine his 5-on-5 production with Hughes tilting the ice and feeding his bombs all day? I think Hughes style of play would keep him from being injured all the time, too. Was tempted to put Hronek here, but it's so hard to be confident in what level he's actually at.