I decided to go the way of controversey when I asked this question: If you were to go up and down the rosters of NHL history, what players could be truly called franchise players? What players could a team simply build around and win? The inspiration of this question comes from a baseball magazine I bought ten years ago. This mag outlined the league's franchise players for each team (up to 1996). I decided to come up with my own team-by team list...let the debates begin!
Anaheim- None
Boston- Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque
Buffalo- Gilbert Perrault
Calgary- Brett Hull
Chicago- Phil Esposito, Dominik Hasek, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Tony Esposito
Columbus- c'mon now...
Colorado- Joe Sakic, Peter Statsny
Detroit- Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom
Dallas- None
Edmonton- Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri
Florida- None
Los Angeles- None
Montreal- Maurice Richard, Georges Vezina, Jean Beliveau, Patrick Roy, Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden
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2007-08-20
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