Pick a shooter; pick a goalie...who are the players you would pick to win a game for you with the Stanley Cup final on the line? What shooter would you trust with the puck on their stickblade in a critical shootout or penalty shot, or what goalie would you lean on to make the save on said shooter?
2007-09-28 13:00:55 · 23 answers · asked by Snoop 5 in Sports ➔ Hockey
The little bit I have seen of Mario Lemuiex, Amazing, I would go with him.
Hasek would be in the net. He can pull off some ridiculous shat.
Like Fugutastic said about Hasek, I would agree with him. Hasek is a legend as is, imagine if he played with the Wings his whole career, you wouldn't even be able to say Patrick Roy in the same breath as Hasek.
2007-09-28 19:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by Wings Fan! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shooter--Gretzky. I was leaning the Rocket's way but Gretzky seems to turn it up just a tad more when the series is on the line ('93 hat trick vs. Laffs, '88 slapper over Vernon, that 7-pt game in '85 Final, Canada Cups, etc.).
Goalie--Hasek or Bower. Yeah, yeah, yeah, people are gonna go Roy or sawchuk or Hall. But playoff-wise those guys came up HUGE on often overmatched teams. I bet you put Hasek on Detroit his entire NHL career and Roy would be a CuJo afterthought.
Bower has an unreal .923 save pct. in the playoffs (ref.: Klein & Reif Hockey Compendium)--'nuff said
Since shootouts are not used in the playoffs at all, it's kind of irrelevant. Also, no Stanley Cup Final will end on a penalty shot. Refs are too gutless but right now.
2007-09-28 13:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What shooter would you trust with the puck on their stickblade in a critical shootout or penalty shot- Lemieux
or what goalie would you lean on to make the save on said shooter? Roy or Luongo
2007-09-28 16:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Ilmari_Karjalainen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bobby Orr
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Messier
Steve Yzerman
Mario Lemeiux
Jarimor Jagr
Martin Broadur
2007-09-28 13:15:19 · answer #4 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Players in their prime-I'd pick Mark Messier-(name someone else who said we will win game 6 and net a hat trick) and this next choice is not because I'm a Ranger fan but in his prime which was *94 he made a penalty shot save on one of the best in the game at the time Mike Richter. If I have to go by today's players, I'd have to pick Alex Ovechkin-(he's better than Crosby but Crosby has more support so thats why Crosby has the better numbers) and Martin Brodeur-hate him to death but he keeps his team in every game because the Devils offence isn't all that scary
2007-09-28 15:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by cja61389 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wayne Gretzky/Patrick Roy
Mario Lemieux/Dominik Hasek
Today----
Sidney Crosby/Roberto Luongo
2007-09-29 04:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by Martino782 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take Patrick Roy in goal. As far as who's shooting on the other team's goalie, I'd take Mario Lemieux. Sakic is a very close second though, he has never missed a penalty shot in his career (excluding shootouts).
2007-09-28 13:08:59 · answer #7 · answered by N/A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You wanna win? Put me in goal. Too bad, for me, we're not on the same team.
For a shooter, I'd play Sundin in overtime, not if its a shootout. Then give me Mario.
For a real goalie, Plante.
2007-09-28 16:14:09 · answer #8 · answered by cme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would definitely go with Mats Sundin for shooter. Not only his he like the greatest leaf ever- he has the most ever overtime goals. He's even sick at penalty shots. He goes roof daddy or dekes the goalie.
for goalie- pratick roy- its pretty obvious
2007-09-28 13:15:51 · answer #9 · answered by haran_hockey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hasek because he is so great in those situations and Peter Forsberg because he was unstoppable in breakaways and penalty shots and shootouts. I went with more recent players because of the changes in the game the last 20 years.
2007-09-28 14:50:29 · answer #10 · answered by Doc Hollywood 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋