Create an all time great hockey team from the best players in history?

Question

Two defenceman, two wingers (left and right), center and a goalkeeper.

Three lines.

Answer 1

Line 1

C- Gretzky

LW- Ovechkin

RW- Brett Hull

D- Bobby Orr

D- Rod Langway

G- Roy

Line 2

C- Messier

LW- Howe

RW- Lemieux

D- Bourque

D- Lidstrom

G- Brodeur

Line 3

C- Modano

LW- Jarri Kurri

RW- Peter Bondra

D- Rob Blake

D- Sergei Gonchar

G- Hasek

Answer 2

Center...Gretzky

LW.........Messier

RW........Kurri

D...........Leetch

D...........Bourque

G...........Brodeur

then

C.......Lemieux

RW.....Jagr

LW.....Hull

D.......Lidstrom

D.......Coffey

G.......Roy

Answer 3

Forwards

Messier-Yzerman-Howe

Esposito-Gretzky-Richard

Robitaille-Lemieux-Bossy

Bobby Hull-Mikita-LaFleur

Defense

Orr-Fetisov

Harvey-Bourque

Lidstrom-Konstantinov

Goalies

Sawchuk

Brodeur

Answer 4

Orr and Coffey

Mario, Wayne, Sidney

Roy

Answer 5

kinda reminds me of an all-star game jsut with everyone from the history :)

first line

gretzky

messier

lemieux

second line

richard

yzerman

howe

third line

crosby

ovechkin

malkin

fourth line (hey! im a sens fan)

heatley

spezza

alfredsson

first defense

orr

lindstrom

second defense

bourque

leetch

third defense

shore

stevens

fourth defense

campbell

phaneuf

goalie 1: roy

goalie 2: brodeur

goalie 3: luongo

Answer 6

Roy

Orr     Bourque

Hull Yzerman  Wayne

(let those 3 fight over who gets the "C" and the center)

Answer 7

Bobby Orr and Nicklas Lidstrom on defense.

Gordy Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Maurice "Rocket" Richard

Terry Sawchuck in net

Answer 8

Current

Malkin-Crosby-Inginla

Gonchar- Phonoiuf

Lundquivist

Answer 9

Line 1:

C: Wayne Gretzky

LW: Mark Messier

RW: Mario Lemieux

D: Ray Bourque

D: Nicklas Lidstrom

Line 2:

C: Steve Yzerman

LW: Gordie Howe

RW: Mike Bossy

D: Brian Leetch

D: Bobby Orr

Line 3:

C: Joe Sakic

LW: Maurice Richard

RW: Rod Gilbert

D: James Norris

D: Paul Coffey

Goaltenders:

Starter: Patrick Roy

Backup: Martin Brodeur

3rd string: Dominik Hasek

Answer 10

First Line: Mahovlich, Yzerman, Howe.  Note that this is not based on "the very best," but on which of the best would work the best together.

Second Line: Hull, Esposito, Richard.  Not sure if one puck is enough to go around there, but try stopping any of them.

Third Line: Bucyk, Beliveau, Lafleur.  After the Big M and the Golden Jet, the left wing choices get a little slim, but even though he's a Bruin, the Chief should work well with Beliveau and Lafleur.

Fourth Line: Abel, Keon, Lemieux.  Not Mario.  Claude.  I need some toughness outside of Gordie.

First Defense: Harvey and Orr.

Second Defense: Shore and Stevens.  Try getting past those two without a bruise.

Third Defense: Robinson and Potvin -- and the first person who says "Potvin sucks!" serves two minutes for annoying.

Goaltenders: Roy, Sawchuk 2nd, Plante 3rd -- maybe in 2 years, after he's broken the wins and shutouts records, I'll move Brodeur up, but even though I'm a North Jersey native, i can't put him there yet.

You may have noticed two absences.  Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux are ineligible.  They are traitors to the game for siding with the owners in the 2004-05 lockout.  So I'm locking them out.

Head Coach: Scotty Bowman, with Al Arbour and Jacques Lemaire as assistants.  Come to think of it, either Arbour or Lemaire would be a good choice to substitute on this team as a player, too.