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[El Kabong]

Thank GOD the Hawks won that game...had they lost it would have been over

[Beanflicker]

Two nasty series going on. Mario and Wayne together were great but this team had way more depth IMO. Most dominant team in IIHF history.

[El Kabong]

Two nasty series going on. Mario and Wayne together were great but this team had way more depth IMO. Most dominant team in IIHF history.

Forwards and defense: Dale Hawerchuk, Mark Messier, Mike Gartner, Glenn Anderson, Kevin Dineen, Michel Goulet, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet, Brian Propp, Doug Gilmour, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Normand Rochefort, James Patrick, Raymond Bourque, Larry Murphy, Paul Coffey
Goaltenders: Ron Hextall, Kelly Hrudey, Grant Fuhr
Coaches: Mike Keenan, John Muckler, Jean Perron, Tom Watt

...pretty fucking solid team for the '87 Canada Cup

[Beanflicker]

Canada teams are always solid, but I'd take this 2015 team to fuck that 1987 team right in the ass.

That 1987 team was impressive on paper but struggled way more in that tourney than this one did.

[El Kabong]

That 1987 team was impressive on paper but struggled way more in that tourney than this one did.

Look who they were playing against though, massive squads full of hall of famers!

USA
Forwards and defense: Joe Mullen, Curt Fraser, Corey Millen, Aaron Broten, Kelly Miller, Mark Johnson, Bob Brooke, Wayne Presley, Pat LaFontaine, Bobby Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, Chris Nilan, Dave Ellett, Mike Ramsey, Kevin Hatcher, Rod Langway, Phil Housley, Gary Suter, Chris Chelios
Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Bob Mason, John Vanbiesbrouck
Coaches: Bob Johnson, Ted Sator, Doug Woog

USSR
Forwards and defense: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Alexei Kasatonov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Anatoly Semenov
Goaltenders: Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny Belosheikin
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Finland had Esa Tikkanen, Jari Kurri & Teppo Numinnen .


The late 70's to the late 90's produced some of the best hockey players I've ever seen

[El Kabong]

Babcock headed to Toronto, that's a big coup for them to lure him away from Detroit of all places. I certainly hope he can right the ship....especially if he wants to do that trade for Semin lol

[Beanflicker]

Jesus I never knew Tom Barasso was American. I could be wrong but I think it's either him or Grant Furh who has the distinction of being the goalie who scored the most points ever (assists).

I never watched the full 1987 Canada Cup, just the highlights, because I was only a year old. I know that it's more than sticking a bunch of star players on a team to make a winning team, they have to work well together and I've never seen the kind of chemistry that this Canadian team had.

A team I do remember watching was the 1998 Canadian olympic team. They had two of the greatest goalies EVER, Brodeur and Roy. They had Gretzky, Sakic, Lindros, Yzerman, Shanny, Linden, Recchi, ect ect on forward. Stevens, Bourque, Pronger, Al Macinnis, ect on defense. It was such a great mesh of veterans and young super stars, it was an absolute dream team... and they couldn't even medal. It was sickening!