What nhl team has had the best players to ever play on that team?

Question

The Avs franchise have had

Rob Blake

Adam Foote

Paul Kariya

Teemu Salanne

Adam Deadmarsh

Alex Tanguay

Milan Hejduk

Patrick Roy

Ray Bourque

Paul Stastny

Mat Sundin

Peter Stastny

Chris Drury

Peter Forsberg

Joe Sakic

Ryan Smyth

Answer 1

While I can't name for you all the great Canadians and Leafs, I will admit that the probably had more great players because they have more cups, that said:

Players to Wear the Winged Wheel:

GORDIE HOWE

Syd Howe

Ted Lindsay

Sid Abel

Alex Delveccio

Larry Aurie

Marcel Provonost

Red Kelly

Terry Sawchuck

Mickey Redmond

Dino Ciccerelli

Paul Coffey

Bob Probert

Steve Yzerman

Brendan Shanahan

Segei Federov

Igor Larionov

Slava Fetisov

Vladimir Konstantinov

Slava Kozlov

Joe Kocur

Larry Murphy

Nick Lidstrom

Mike Vernon

Dominik Hasek

Chris Osgood

Brett Hull

Chris Chelios

Luc Robitaille

...shall I go on?

Answer 2

Probaly not as much as the Avs or others but Phoenix has had some great players: Jeremy Roenick, Brett Hull, Briere, Doan, Sean Burke, Curtis Joseph, Jokinen, Jovo, Comrie, Daymond Langkow, Owan Nolan, Mike Ricci

Answer 3

Since nobody else will, I offer a brief and partial list of great Leafs. Yes. They were once great.

Darryl Sittler

Lanny MacDonald

Wendel Clark

Doug Gilmour

Frank Mahovlich

Tim Horton

Dave Keon

King Clancy

Ace Bailey

Ted Kennedy

Syl Apps

Joe Primeau

George Armstrong

Red Kelly

Howie Meeker

Borje Salming

Johnny Bower

Curtis Joseph

Bill Barilko

Mats Sundin

Tomas Kaberle

Carl Brewer

Turk Broda

Rick Vaive

Dave Tiger Williams

Babe Pratt

Paul Henderson

Ron Ellis

Answer 4

Red Wings:

Steve Yzerman

Brett Hull

Gordie Howe

Mike Vernon

Dominik Hasek

Nick Lidstrom

Terry Sawchuk

Luc Robitaille

Bob Probert

Dino Ciccarelli

Paul Coffey

Adam Oates

Brendan Shanahan

Marcel Dionne

Francis Mahovlich

Alex Delvecchio

Curtis Joseph

Larry Murphy

Chris Chelios

Ted Lindsay

Sid Abel

You can also make a case for the Rangers, or really any team that has harbored Wayne Gretzky.

Answer 5

The Wings, Oilers, or Habs

Answer 6

dynasty teams monteal,edmonton ,islanders they say Bobby Orr played in a league of his own

Answer 7

Without a doubt the Montrel Canadiens, no one is even close to them

Answer 8

You guys are all forgetting the Kings

Wayne Gretzky

Rob Blake

Jason Allison

Ziggy Pallfy

Adam Deadmarsh

Luc Robataille

Paul Coffey

Marcel Dionne

d**k Duff

Grant Fuhr

Jari Kurri

Terry Sawchuk

Larry Murphy

Craig Conroy

Dave Taylor

Mattais Nordstrom

Anze Kopitar

Jaroslav Modry

Marty McSorely

Rogie Vachon

Bert Wilson

Peter Zezel

Lubomir Visnovsky

Kelly Buckberger

Pavol Demitra

Kelly Rhudy

Ray Ferraro

Tony Granato

Steve Duschene

Jeremy Roenick

Tomas Sandstrom

Martin Straka

Rick Tocchet

Answer 9

I'd have to say Montreal and I'll even ignore all players before 1960.  They would still have Lefleur, Robinson, Shutt, Lemaire, etc and even Patrick Roy.  Which team do you think he would play for?

Answer 10

I'd say the Flames, they've had:

Lanny McDonald

Jarome Iginla

Joe Nieuwendyk

Alex Tanguay

Miikka Kiprusoff

Curtis Joseph

Dion Phaneuf

Robyn Regehr

Matthew Lombardi

Dwayne Roloson

Craig Conroy

Theoren Fleury

Mike Vernon

Owen Nolan

Rob Niederayer

Martin St Louis

Al Mcinnis

Jim Peplinski

Kent Nilsson

Joe Mullen

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Answer 11

Oilers, Bruins, Habs, DUCKS

Answer 12

The Pens are up there in my opinion:

Mario

Paul Coffey

Larry Murphy

Jaromir Jagr

Tom Barrasso

Mark Recchi

Sid Crosby

Geno Malkin

Joe Mullen

Markus Nasland

Bryan Trottier

Sergei Zubov

Ron Francis

Marian Hossa

Rick Tocchet

Alexei Kovalev

Answer 13

So many great players have played for so many different teams. It's hard to choose one team. I'd say... Wings/Habs

Answer 14

I'm a diehard Penguins fan, but it's hard to not go with an original six team. The Habs would be an obvious choice. Even in the modern expansion era they've done really well.

Answer 15

Hi...  My oh my...  Does no one out there believe in "records" and history...

All one has to do is look at the record books and who has won more Stanley Cups... and records aboud aplenty of The Montreal Canadiens...  Go into a few of their web sites and check the stats...

I have been a Canadiens fan since The Pope was an alter boy... Sure there are some good players out there now, but how many of them have won Stanley Cups, and I'm not talking one...  I'm talking back to back to back to back.. Look at some of the "streaks" that Montreal has put together over the years... Next to The New York Yankees, they are the most successful team franchise in all of sports, followed by The Boston Celtics...

I rest my case...

Rachelle In High Heels

Answer 16

I think some of you have a different definition of "best players to every play" than is generally accepted.

Answer 17

The Habs for sure, but im going to throw some of the great Red Wings out there for the h**l of it.

Steve Yzerman

Brett Hull

Gordie Howe

Mike Vernon

Dominik Hasek

Nick Lidstrom

Terry Sawchuk

Luc Robitaille

Bob Probert

Dino Ciccarelli

Paul Coffey

Adam Oates

Brendan Shanahan

Marcel Dionne

Francis Mahovlich

Alex Delvecchio

Curtis Joseph

Larry Murphy

Chris Chelios

Ted Lindsay

Sid Abel

Will likely be know as great players once their careers are done:

Pavel Datsyuk

Henrik Zetterberg

Answer 18

The Wings have had the following:

Gordie Howe

Steve Yzerman

Sid Abel

Ted Lindsay

Terry Sawchuk

Doug Harvey

Slava Fetisov

Paul Coffey

Eddie Giacomin

Larry Murphy

Alex Delvecchio

Darryl Sittler

Red Kelly

Marcel Dionne

Nick Lidstrom

Chris Chelios

and there's so many more.

But I think that the Habs probably had the most.