article: Which Two NHL Franchises Would Hold the League?s Tag Team Championship?

In other words, which two teams could produce the best starting lineup entirely out of players who played for both of them?

 

This idea comes to me from a reader who pointed out a weird fact: You could build an entire 20-man roster just using players who played for the Islanders and the Oilers within a few years of each other. That seems like an extreme example, but we can certainly find a few combos that will give us a strong starting six. So let?s do that. Come on, it?s not like you wanted to work today.

 

As always, let?s lay out some ground rules:

 

? For each combo, we?re looking to build a six-man starting roster of players who played for both franchises. That means a minimum of one game ? players who were technically acquired but never suited up do not count.

 

? We want each lineup to have three forwards, two defensemen and one goalie, but other than that position doesn?t matter.

 

? Here?s the important part that will mess up the people who don?t read it: For these rosters, you get credit for everything a player did on those two teams only. That doesn?t mean that a player had to have been a superstar for both teams ? Gordie Howe only scored 15 NHL goals in Hartford, but he?d did still be a monster for a Whalers/Red Wings tag team. But Eric Lindros on a Leafs/Stars team? Not great.

A few examples from DGB to get us started:

Flyers/Penguins

Forwards: Jaromir Jagr, Mark Recchi, John Leclair

 

Defensemen: Paul Coffey, Kjell Samuelsson

 

Goaltender: Ken Wregget

Canucks/Panthers

Forwards: Pavel Bure, Todd Bertuzzi, Igor Larionov

 

Defensemen: Ed Jovanoski, Bret Hedican

 

Goaltender: Roberto Luongo

Oilers/Rangers

Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri

 

Defensemen: Kevin Lowe, Jeff Beukeboom

 

Goaltender: Cam Talbot

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Rangers/Bruins

Colton Orr - Ted Donato - Sandy McCarthy

O’Gara-Holden

Alex Auld

NYR/CBH

Amonte Phil Esposito Larmer

Rosival Tim Erixon (good luck here:Clendening?!)

Raanta

NYR/NYI

Maloney LaFontaine Straka

Malakhov Kasparaitis

Vanbiesbrouck

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