Name the best overall player from each team?

Question

Long answer but lets see whos got the patience.

THIS IS AN NHL QUESTION

Answer 1

Anaheim Ducks - Scott Niedermayer (Arguably the best defenseman in the league)
Atlanta Thrashers - Marian Hossa (My MVP vote, total two way player.. PK and PP. More points than Kovalchuk at the moment.)
Boston Bruins - Zdeno Chara (Great, solid defenseman. Leader of the team.)
Buffalo Sabres - Daniel Briere (Tough, as there is no ONE superstar on this team, definitely winning by committee.)
Calgary Flames - Jarome Iginla (One of the best North American players who is not a goaltender. Complete player who's not afraid to rough it up when need be.)
Carolina Hurricanes - Eric Staal (Numbers are down from last year, but he's the real deal and I think the best overall player on the Canes.)
Chicago Blackhawks - Martin Havlat (The face of Chicago, for sure. Without injury woes he could be within the top 10 scorers.)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Rick Nash (Young player, has already won a Rocket trophy, could definitely be more to come.)
Colorado Avalanche - Joe Sakic (No brainer, Joe is the man in Denver.)
Dallas Stars - Sergei Zubov (Brutally underrated, one of the best offensive d-men in the league. I'd consider Turco, but he disappears in the playoffs.)
Detroit Red Wings - Nick Lidstrom (If Scott Nidermayer isn't the best defenseman in the league then this guy is... And I think he is.)
Edmonton Oilers - Ales Hemsky (Not a team of superstars, but I think Hemsky stands out a bit. Heaps of talent, and he seems to be getting a little better. Still wastes time with the puck.)
Florida Panthers - Olli Jokinen (Leader of the team, definitely a standout in a team of nobodies.)
Los Angelas Kings - Alexander Frolov (Under-rated player. Definitely the best on the Kings RIGHT NOW... Within 3 years it will be Kopitar, but right now I'm sticking with Frolov.)
Minnesota Wild - Marian Gaborik (Could be on pace for 60 goals this season without the injuries.)
Montreal Canadians - Saku Koivu (An easy pick. I considered Souray, but Souray is a bit too unreliable in his own end. A great PP QB, but I may even take Markov over him in free agency this Summer. Koivu is consistent, reliable, and a great leader.)
Nashville Predators - Peter Forsberg (Can be the most dominant player in the game. A total package. Combines physicality and skill, and never gives up on a play.)
New Jersey Devils - Martin Brodeur (No commentary necessary. Probably the best goalie ever.)
New York Islanders - Ryan Smyth (Blake may have one more goal, and 3 more points, but he's played 10 more games. Smyth is a great player who is not afraid to get gritty. Total heart.)
New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr (One of the best European players ever. Now declining a bit in skill, but still a phenomenal talent.)
Ottawa Senators - Dany Heatley (On the brink of back to back 50 goal seasons.)
Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Gagne (Not a GREAT talent, and will definitely miss Forsberg, but Philly isn't a great team right now and Gags is their best.)
Phoenix Coyotes - Shane Doan (I really like Doan. I think he's a great player, and it was smart of the Coyotes to lock up the face of their franchise for a few more years.)
Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby (The face of the league. Arguably the best there is in the world at the moment. If he isn't yet, he will be in a few years.)
San Jose Sharks - Joe Thornton (Fantastic player. Big, physical, great vision... One of the premier playmakers in the league.)
St Louis Blues - Doug Weight (Getting old, and out of his prime... But he's still the man in St. Louis. There are some young talents who could take over top spots soon enough.)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Vincent Lecavalier (Will most likely with the Richard trophy this year. A very skilled scorer and passer... Backchecking needs a bit of work.)
Toronto Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin (The unquestioned leader, and best player on the Leafs.)
Vancouver Canucks - Roberto Luongo (Second best goalie in the league, has stolen a ton of games for my Canucks)
Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin (No doubt here. One of the most exciting players in the league on a bad team)

Answer 2

Anaheim Ducks: Scott Niedermayer
Atlanta Thrashers: Ilya Kovalchuck
Boston Bruins: Zdeno Chara
Buffalo Sabres: Daniel Briere
Calgary Flames: Jarome Iginla
Carolina Hurricanes: Eric Staal
Chicago Blackhawks: Martin Havlat
Columbus Blue Jackets: Rick Nash
Coloardo Avalanche: Joe Sakic
Dallas Stars: Mike Modano
Detroit Red Wings: Nicklas Lidstrom
Edmonton Oilers: Ales Hemsky
Florida Panthers: Olli Jokinen
Los Angelas Kings: Lubomir Visnovsky
Minnesota Wild: Marian Gaborik
Montreal Canadiens: Saku Koivu
Nashville Predators: Paul Kariya
New Jersey Devils: Martin Brodeur
New York Islanders: Ryan Smyth
New York Rangers: Jaromir Jagr
Ottawa Senators: Dany Heatley
Philadelphia Flyers: Simon Gagne
Phoenix Coyotes: Shane Doan
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby
San Jose Sharks: Joe Thornton
St. Louis Blues: Doug Weight
Tampa Bay Lightning: Martin St. Louis
Toronto Maple Leafs: Mats Sundin
Vancouver Canucks: Roberto Luongo
Washington Capitals: Alexander Ovechkin

Answer 3

Devils: Martin Brodeur
Islanders: Jason Blake
Rangers: Jaromir Jagr
Flyers: Simon Gagne
Penguins: Sidney Crosby
Bruins: Marc Savard
Sabres: Daniel Briere
Canadiens: Saku Koivu
Senators: Dany Heatley
Maple Leafs: Bryan McCabe
Thrashers: Marion Hossa
Hurricanes: Ray Whitney
Panthers: Olli Jokinen
Lightning: Vincent Lecavalier
Capitals: Alexander Ovechkin
Blackhawks: Martin Havlat
Blue Jackets: Adam Foote
Red Wings: Nicklas Lidstrom
Predators: Tomas Vokoun
Blues: Eric Brewer
Flames: Miikka Kiprusoff
Avalanche: Joe Sakic
Oilers: Jason Smith
Wild: Brian Rolston
Canucks: Roberto Luongo
Ducks: Scott Neidermeyer
Stars: Marty Turco
Kings: Sean Avery
Coyotes: Shane Doan
Sharks: Patrick Marleau

Answer 4

Anaheim Ducks - Scott Niedermayer

Atlanta Thrashers - Marian Hossa

Boston Bruins - Marc Savard

Buffalo Sabres - Daniel Briere

Carolina Hurricanes - Rod Brind'Amour

Calgary Flames - Jarome Iginla

Chicago Blackhawks - Martin Havlat

Columbus Blue Jackets - Sergei Federov

Colorado Avalanche - Joe Sakic

Dallas Stars - Mike Modano

Detroit Red Wings - Nicklas Lidstrom

Edmonton Oilers - Petr Sykora

Florida Panthers - Olli Jokinen

Los Angeles Kings - Alexander Frolov

Minnesota Wild - Brian Rolston

Montreal Canadiens - Saku Koivu

Nashville Predators - Paul Kariya

New Jersey Devils - Martin Broduer

New York Islanders - Ryan Smyth

New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr

Ottawa Senators - Dany Heatley

Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Gagne

Phoenix Coyotes - Shane Doan

Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby

San Jose Sharks - Patrick Marleau

St. Louis Blues - Doug Weight

Tampa Bay Lightning - Vincent Lecavalier

Toronto Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin

Vancouver Canucks - Roberto Luongo

Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin

Answer 5

Anaheim Ducks - Teemu Selanne
Atlanta Thrashers - Ilya Kovalchuck
Boston Bruins - Zdeno Chara
Buffalo Sabres - Daniel Briere
Calgary Flames - Jarome Iginla
Carolina Hurricanes - Brind'Amour
Chicago Blackhawks - Martin Havlat
Columbus Blue Jackets - David Vyborny
Colardo Avalanche - Joe Sakic
Dallas Stars - Jere Lehtinen
Detroit Red Wings - Nickals Lidstrom
Edmonton Oilers - Fernando Pisani
Florida Panthers - Olli Jokinen
Los Angelas Kings - Anze Kopitar
Minnesota Wild - Marian Gaborik
Montreal Canadians - Saku Koivu
Nashville Predators - Paul Kariya
New Jersey Devils - Martin Brodeur
New York Islanders - Jason Blake
New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr
Ottawa Senators - Jason Spezza
Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Gagne
Phoenix Coyotes - Ed Jovanovski
Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby
San Jose Sharks - Joe Thornton
St Louis Blues - Eric Brewer
Tampa Bay Lightning - Vincent Lecavalier
Toronto Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin
Vancouver Canucks - Roberto Luongo
Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin

Answer 6

Anaheim Ducks - Chris Pronger
Atlanta Thrashers - Marian Hossa
Boston Bruins - Marc Savard
Buffalo Sabres - Thomas Vanek
Calgary Flames - Miikka Kiprusoff
Carolina Hurricanes - Ray Whitney
Chicago Blackhawks - Martin Havlat
Columbus Blue Jackets - Sergei Fedorov
Colorado Avalanche - Joe Sakic
Dallas Stars - Sergei Zubov
Detroit Red Wings - Dominek Hasek
Edmonton Oilers - Petr Sykora
Florida Panthers - Joe Nieuwendyk
Los Angeles Kings - Lubomir Visnovsky
Minnesota Wild - Pavol Demitra
Montreal Canadiens - Cristobal Huet
Nashville Predators - Peter Forsberg
New Jersey Devils - Patrik Elias
New York Islanders - Alexei Yashin
New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr
Ottawa Senators - Jason Spezza
Philadelphia Flyers - Joni Pitkanen
Phoenix Coyotes - Ed Jovanovski
Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby
San Jose Sharks - Joe Thornton
St Louis Blues - Manny Legace
Tampa Bay Lightning - Brad Richards
Toronto Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin
Vancouver Canucks - Roberto Luongo
Washington Capitals - Alexander Ovechkin

Answer 7

Anaheim- Teemu Selanne/Scott Niedermeyer
Atlanta- Marian Hossa/Ilya Kovalchuk
Boston- Marc Savard/Patrice Bergeron
Calgary- Jarome Iginla
Carolina- Rod Brindamour
Colorado- Joe sakic
Dallas- tough one...probably Phillipe Boucher
Detroit- Nikals Lidstrom
Edmonton- was Ryan Smyth, now...probably Dwayne Rolosson
Florida- Oli Jokinen
Los Angeles- Rob Blake (honourable mention to Sean Burke)
Montreal- Sheldon Souray
Buffalo- Just one? Probably Daniel Briere or Chris Drury
New Jersey- Martin Brodeur
New York Islanders- Jason Blake
New York Rangers- Brendan Shanahan
Pittsburgh- Sidney Crosby
Philadelphia- Simon Gagne
San Jose- Patrick Marleau/Joe Thornton
St Louis- was Bill Guerin, now Doug Weight
Phoenix- Shane Doan
Columbus- Sergei Fedorov/Rick Nash (both are underachieving this year)
Nashville- Paul Kariya/Peter Forsberg/Steve Mason
Tampa Bay- Vincent Lecavalier
Toronto- Mats Sundin
Vancouver- Markus Naslund/Henrik/Daniel Sedin
Washington- Alexander Ovechkin
Ottawa- Dany Heatley
Chicago- Martin Havlat
Minnesota- Marian Gaborik

Answer 8

New Jersey- Brodeur
New York- Blake
New York- Shanahan
Philadelphia- Gange
Pittsburgh- Crosby
Boston- Murray
Buffalo- Tallinder =]
Montreal- Koivu
Ottawa- Heatley
Toronto- Sundin
Atlanta- Hossa (this year)
Carolina- Brind'Amour
Florida- Jokinen
Tampa Bay- St. Louis
Washington- Ovechkin
Chicago- Havlat
Columbus- Nash
Detroit- Zetterberg
Nashville- Erat
St. Louis- Weight
Calgary- Kiprusoff
Colorado- Sakic
Edmonton- Hemsky
Wild- Gaborik
Vancouver- Luongo
Anaheim- Selanne =]
Dallas- Morrow
Los Angeles- Blake
Phoenix- Doan
San Jose- Thorton

Answer 9

Okay, heres my list, i'd give reasons but then i'd be sitting here for a couple hours :P
Anaheim Ducks - Teemu Selanne
Atlanta Thrashers - Ilya Kovalchuck
Boston Bruins - Zdeno Chara
Buffalo Sabres - Ryan Miller
Calgary Flames - Miikka Kiprusoff
Carolina Hurricanes - Cam Ward
Chicago Blackhawks - Martin Havlat
Columbus Blue Jackets - Rick Nash
Colardo Avalanche - (tough one) Paul Sakic
Dallas Stars - Marty Turco
Detroit Red Wings - Henrik Zetterberg
Edmonton Oilers - (would have gone with Smyth but..) Shawn Horcoff
Florida Panthers - Olli Jokinen
Los Angelas Kings - Rob Blake
Minnesota Wild - Marian Gaborik
Montreal Canadians - Saku Koivu
Nashville Predators - Tomas Vokoun and Chris Mason
New Jersey Devils - Martin Brodeur (easy one)
New York Islanders - Mike Sillinger
New York Rangers - Jaromir Jagr
Ottawa Senators - Dany Heatley
Philadelphia Flyers - Simon Gagne
Phoenix Coyotes - Shane Doan
Pittsburgh Penguins - Sidney Crosby (tough call)
San Jose Sharks - Jonathon Cheechoo
St Louis Blues - Eric Brewer
Tampa Bay Lightning - Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier (its a tag team)
Toronto Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin
Vancouver Canucks - Roberto Luongo
Washington Capitals - Alex Ovechkin or Alexander Semin(surprised?)

Okay I think thats all of them, their was a lot of close calls their and the captains pretty much cleaned house but most of them deserve too. You probably won't agree with some of my choices, but thats why there MY choices :)

Hockeyguru

Answer 10

tough ? to begin with do you like point getters or guys that play roles on there such as defensive forwards point getters here my list
Atl. hossa
ANH selanne
BOS savard
BUF drury
COL sakic
COl nash
Chi havlat
CAl iginla
DAl modano
Det lidstom
Edm rolston
FLA jokkinen
LA camellari
MIN rolston
MON sourey
NJ brodreu
NYR jagr
NYL smyth
OTT heatley
PHO doan
Pitt crosby
PHI gagne
NAs karyia
SAN thorton
STL brewer
TOR tucker
Tampa lecavillier
VAN luongo
WASH ovechkin
CAR brindamour