If you could choose...

On the whole, 12 goals at an ASG isn't a bad showing...

I'd vote for D, then G, then F.
The D is the anchor - all the justification has already been made above.

Goaltending wins Stanley Cups.

The evidence in this decade:

Detroit, 2008, Osgood's phenomenal series stymies his critics.
Anaheim, 2007. Jiggy gets Jiggy with it.
Carolina, 2006. Cam Ward plays out of his mind.
Tampa, 2004. The Bulin Wall.
New Jersey, 2003. Marty! Marty! Marty!
Detroit, 2002. The Dominator.
Colorado, 2001. Patrick, King of Goalies.
New Jersey, 2000. Marty! Marty! Marty!

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davetherave wrote:Goaltending wins Stanley Cups.

The evidence in this decade:

Detroit, 2008, Osgood's phenomenal series stymies his critics.
Anaheim, 2007. Jiggy gets Jiggy with it.
Carolina, 2006. Cam Ward plays out of his mind.
Tampa, 2004. The Bulin Wall.
New Jersey, 2003. Marty! Marty! Marty!
Detroit, 2002. The Dominator. Rat Bastard who shall not be named
Colorado, 2001. Patrick, King of Goalies.
New Jersey, 2000. Marty! Marty! Marty!

:pirat:

I fixed this for you. We don't mention him by name.

All those teams, except Carolina had stud D-men. In most cases, 2 of them.

hemlock wrote:

davetherave wrote:Goaltending wins Stanley Cups.

The evidence in this decade:

Detroit, 2008, Osgood's phenomenal series stymies his critics.
Anaheim, 2007. Jiggy gets Jiggy with it.
Carolina, 2006. Cam Ward plays out of his mind.
Tampa, 2004. The Bulin Wall.
New Jersey, 2003. Marty! Marty! Marty!
Detroit, 2002. The Dominator. Rat Bastard who shall not be named
Colorado, 2001. Patrick, King of Goalies.
New Jersey, 2000. Marty! Marty! Marty!

:pirat:

I fixed this for you. We don't mention him by name.

All those teams, except Carolina had stud D-men. In most cases, 2 of them.

Thank you sir, and yes, you are correctamundo.

PS Senor Hemlock, can you name for us, the studly D-men in question?

Have a great day! The season resumes tonight!!!! Yeah!

08- Lidstrom, Rafalski
07- Neidermayer, Pronger, a case could be made for Beauchemin
06- NOTHING. Cam ward ran away with this one.
04- Danny Boyle, Pavel Kubina (this was the year that got him the contract)
03- The 03 Devils were stacked on D- How about Scott Stevens, Scott Neidermayer, AND Brian Rafalski, with Brodeur bringing up the rear? Forget about it.
02- Lidstrom, Chelios (young version), the franchise Steve Duchesne
01- Ray Bourque, Adam Foote, Rob Blake
00- see 03, add ken daneyko!

Carolina had a lousy defense that year, it's really remarkable that they won a cup with that team. Cam Ward truly deserved the honour.