There is talk about Shane Doan considering leaving Phoenix (barring the organizations money problems) after 17 years
The Predators are retaining Weber (If he plays out his full contract), he would be there for 21 seasons in Nashville.
Daniel Alfredsson is coming back for his 17th year as a Senator.
Marty Brodeur is going on 22 seasons with the Devils.
Sidney Crosby (insert Flyers fan joke about him here) is pretty much locked up for his career. (would be 19 years with Pitt)
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EDIT 8-01-12
I wasn't trying to say just pick guys who only played for one team throughout their career, because the list would be too short. That IS the general idea of what I was getting at though.
Maybe this will clear it up:
Pick a player who never left their one and only team = Bulls eye!!
Pick a player who maybe left at the tail end of their career to try and win a Cup (Ray Bourque) = Still A Lifer
Pick a player who spent a few years with one team and then went to another for the rest of their career = Ehhh I don't think so, wrong idea there.
Pick a player who is a career journeyman = No, just no.
Pick a player who isn't classified as a "lifer" but you WISH they would have spent their entire career playing for the Flyers (W. Gretzky, K. Primeau) = All you gotta do is say so.
Last edited by deftones1986: 08-01-2012 at 04:32 PM.
Reason: Clarification
Yeah we could go into the what ifs and the butterfly effect of putting these players on the Flyers and taking them away from their actual realistic teams (creating all sorts of different and alternate outcomes).
But let's not try to dwell TOO deep into all of that and keep it lighthearted, I mean it can be fun to think of what would happen to the other team without the "lifer", maybe they never become a dynasty, maybe their team has to move, maybe they get a crack at a different superstar in the draft instead......make it FUN to think of the aftermath of the player being on the Flyers!!!
If by lifer you mean a player that has or had played their whole career with one team, then I think I'd have to go with Martin Brodeur... Blasphemous answer, I know, but I picked Brodeur mainly because I'd have likely seen a couple cups in my lifetime so far.
I was thinking of Chris Pronger, but thats not what the OP was asking.
I guess I would go with Patrick Roy.
Roy played for two teams so he was never a lifer, neither was Bourque (as per OP's example).
Hands down I would have to say Marty. Not only did we, and many other teams, pass on him in the draft, having a consistent record-setting goalie would be the best thing to happen to this team since he was drafted. Followed by Yzerman - great leader, player, and GM.
Crosby
