Merger Teams

[Josh]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was a cool idea. You take the 1st place team and mash them with the 30th place team, the 2nd with the 29th, and so on.

Who can make a case for the best merger team?

Boston - Buffalo
Anaheim - Florida
Colorado - Edmonton
St. Louis - Calgary
San Jose - Islanders
Pittsburgh - Vancouver
Chicago - Carolina
Tampa Bay - Toronto
Montreal - Winnipeg
Los Angeles - Ottawa
Minnesota - New Jersey
Rangers - Nashville
Philadelphia - Arizona
Columbus - Washington
Detroit - Dallas

[Josh]

Re: Merger Teams

Dallas/Detroit would have the strongest offese, but they'd have 9 NHL defensemen who shoot left and not one proven right-handed shooter. But check out the forward corps:

Benn – Seguin – Nyquist
Zetterberg – Datsyuk – Franzen
Tatar – Spezza – Sceviour
Garbutt – Helm – Nichushkin

Overall, I think Chicago - Carolina makes the best merger:

Sharp – Staal – Hossa
Skinner - Toews – Kane
Tlusty - Richards – Semin
Saad - Staal – Morin
Teravainen/Lindholm

Keith – Seabrook
Sekera – Faulk
Hjalmarsson – Murphy

Crawford/Ward

[Josh]

Re: Merger Teams

Ottawa - LA would be amazing, just a little weak on the left side:


MacArthur - Carter - Ryan
Michalek - Kopitar - Gaborik
King - Turris - Brown
Greening - Zibanejad - Williams
Lazar/Pageau/Toffoli


Muzzin - Karlsson
Methot - Doughty
Cowen - Greene
Ceci

Quick
Anderson
Lehner

[Sara]

Re: Merger Teams

There's my pipedream of seeing Stamkos in a Leafs jersey LOL

But ya, Dallas and Detroit would be pretty lethal!

[Josh]

Re: Merger Teams

van Riemsdyk - Stamkos - Kessel
Lupul - Bozak - Callahan
Palat - Kadri - Kucherov
Booth - Johnson - Clarkson
Drouin/Nylander

Hedman - Gudas
Phaneuf - Franson
Carle - Robidas
Gardiner/Rielly

Bernier/Bishop

[Sara]

Re: Merger Teams

^ that top line has me drooling!