Team
Owen Nolan
Mike Ricci
Kyle McLaren
Arturs Irbe
League Wide
Scott Stevens
Peter Forsberg
Mike Modano
Sergei Fedorov
Theo Fleury
Paul Kariya
Chris Pronger(Before the Ducks)
Eric Lindros
Patrick Roy
Pavel Bure
Steve Yzerman
Own Team
Pavel Bure
Scott Mellanby
Ed Jovanovski
Brian Skrudland
Mikhail Shtalenkov
Sandis Ozolinsh
League Wide
Felix Potvin
Mario Lemieux
Tomas Sandstrom
Eric Desjardins
Eric Lindros
Mikael Renberg
John LeClair
Teemu Selanne
Paul Karia
Oleg Tverdovsky
Calle Johansson
Curtis Joseph
Darius Kasparaitis
the Mironovs
Marcus Ragnarsson
Tom Barrasso
J-S Aubin, who ironically had his career ruined by the guy above him
Really too many to list, I can't go further because I know I'll just forget several. I was so in love with the game from 1995-lockout that it's ridiculous. I know most of the guys here hate the dreaded "Dead Puck Era" but to me that's my golden age from when i first fell in love with the game and was actively playing.
my team (The Islanders)
Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter & Kelly Hrudey
league Wide
Doug Gilmour (St. Louis)
Denis Savard (Chicago) (at the time probably my favorite player not on the islanders, i thought the spin-o-rama was the best thing since sliced bread!)
Dave Poulin (flyers, even though i hated the team)
Kevin Dineen (right up there with Savard for me)
Own team: Stevens, Daneyko, Niedermayer, Andreychuk, McKay, Rafalski, Mogilny (retired players, obviously Marty is way up there)
League wide: Theo Fleury, Petr Nedved, Mike Richter (all Rangers at one point, ugh, but I loved them), Tony Amonte, Mike Modano, Pavol Demitra, Keith Tkachuk, Owen Nolan
Been through this a few times. In no particular order: Mark Messier, Cam Neely, Chris Chelios, Patrick Roy (in Montreal), Brendan Shanahan (before he came to Detroit yes). My favorite Wing as a kid was Dino. By the time Shanahan and Chelios came to Detroit I wasn't a kid anymore.
Gretzky (by far my least favoritre player ever. However, D.Sedin is making his run),whatever goon "protected" Gretzky at this time, Kariya, Selanne, Oates, Modano.
Never had "my team". I just watch the game.
When other kids were dreaming about being scorer, Vezina-calliber goalie goalie or ass-kicking enforcer, I always wanted to be an agitator.
Pre-Canes:
Ron Francis, Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Arturs Irbe, Pavel Bure, Kirk McLean, Tom Barrasso, Paul Coffey, Alexei Kasatonov, Joe Mullen, Chris Chelios, Rod Brind'Amour, Doug Weight, Keith Tkachuk, Jeremy Roeneck, Mike Liut, Gary Roberts, Theo Fleury, Paul Kariya
Like a lot of kid, Peter Forsberg probably as number one.
Other than that:
Saku Koivu
Joe Sakic
Mario Lemieux
Steve Yzerman
Brendan Shanahan
Ray Bourque
Ed Belfour
Doug gilmour (played the leaf a bit on NHL 1994)
Al Macinnis (played also the flames).
Scott Stevens
Martin Brodeur
Oh, Kariya and Niedermayer too.
