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

[Phil]

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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[Albatrosss]

rangers/oilers is the only ones I can think of

[josh]

Rangers/Bruins

Colton Orr - Ted Donato - Sandy McCarthy

O’Gara-Holden

Alex Auld

[Bugg]

NYR/CBH

Amonte Phil Esposito Larmer

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

Raanta

[Mistercosmic]

NYR/NYI

 

Maloney LaFontaine Straka

 

Malakhov Kasparaitis

 

Vanbiesbrouck

 

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