Also the fact that you omitted Ovechkin from #8 is sacrilegious

It's Ovechkin's iconic number but come on let's be real.

Best and 2nd best player per jersey number

#1 – Jeremy Swayman (BOS) HM Casey DeSmith (PIT)
#2 – Artem Zub (OTT) HM Nick Leddy (DET)
#3 – Adam Pelech (NYI) HM John Klingberg (DAL)
#4 – Miro Heiskanen (DAL) HM Neal Pionk (WPG)
#5 – Aaron Ekblad (FLA) HM Connor Murphy (CHI)
#6 – Jakob Chychrun (ARI) HM Ryan Pulock (NYI)
#7 – Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) HM Dougie Hamilton (NJD)
#8 – Cale Makar (COL) HM Zachary Werenski (CBJ)
#9 – Jack Eichel (BUF) HM Filip Forsberg (NSH)
#10 – Artemi Panarin (NYR) HM Brayden Schenn (STL)
#11 – Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) HM Anze Kopitar (LAK)
#12 – Alex DeBrincat (CHI) HM Craig Smith (BOS)
#13 – Mathew Barzal (NYI) HM Johnny Gaudreau (CGY)
#14 – Sean Couturier (PHI) HM Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN)
#15 – Jakub Vrana (DET) HM Alexander Kerfoot (TOR)
#16 – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) HM Mitchell Marner (TOR)
#17 – Alex Killorn (TBL) HM Bryan Rust (PIT)
#18 – Zach Hyman (EDM) HM Anthony Beauvillier (NYI)
#19 – Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) HM Nicklas Backstrom (WSH)
#20 – Sebastian Aho (CAR) HM Brandon Saad (STL)
#21 – Brayden Point (TBL) HM Jason Robertson (DAL)
#22 – Kevin Fiala (MIN) HM Brett Pesce (CAR)
#23 – Adam Fox (NYR) HM Carter Verhaeghe (FLA)
#24 – Roope Hintz (DAL) HM Phillip Danault (LAK)
#25 – Darnell Nurse (EDM) HM Jonas Brodin (MIN)
#26 – Jeff Petry (MTL) HM Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)
#27 – Shea Theodore (VGK) HM Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG)
#28 – Claude Giroux (PHI) HM Elias Lindholm (CGY)
#29 – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) HM Leon Draisaitl (EDM)
#30 – Ilya Sorokin (NYI) HM Ilya Samsonov (WSH)
#31 – Carey Price (MTL) HM Igor Shesterkin (NYR)
#32 – Antti Raanta (CAR) HM Kevin Lankinen (CHI)
#33 – Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) HM Cam Talbot (MIN)
#34 – Auston Matthews (TOR) HM Denis Gurianov (DAL)
#35 – Thatcher Demko (VAN) HM Darcy Kuemper (COL)
#36 – John Gibson (ANA) HM Jack Campbell (TOR)
#37 – Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) HM Patrice Bergeron (BOS)
#38 – Boone Jenner (CBJ) HM Brandon Hagel (CHI)
#39 – Anthony Mantha (WSH) HM Logan Couture (SJS)
#40 – Elias Pettersson (VAN) HM Semyon Varlamov (NYI)
#41 – Mike Smith (EDM) HM Jaroslav Halak (VAN)
#42 – Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) HM Gustav Forsling (FLA)
#43 – Quinn Hughes (VAN) HM Tom Wilson (WSH)
#44 – Morgan Rielly (TOR) HM Maxime Comtois (ANA)
#45 – Jonathan Bernier (NJD) HM Alexandre Carrier (NSH)
#46 – Jared Spurgeon (MIN) HM Trevor Zegras (ANA)
#47 – Hampus Lindholm (ANA) HM Alexander Radulov (DAL)
#48 – Tomas Hertl (SJS) HM Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)
#49 – Samuel Girard (COL) HM Victor Rask (MIN)
#50 – Jordan Binnington (STL) HM Eric Robinson (CBJ)
#51 – Jake Gardiner (CAR) HM Radim Simek (SJS)
#52 – MacKenzie Weegar (FLA) HM Emil Bemstrom (CBJ)
#53 – Bo Horvat (VAN) HM Jeff Skinner (BUF)
#54 – Dylan Samberg (WPG) HM Mattias Samuelsson (BUF)
#55 – Mark Scheifele (WPG) HM Colton Parayko (STL)
#56 – Kailer Yamamoto (EDM) HM Erik Haula (BOS)
#57 – David Perron (STL) HM Dante Fabbro (NSH)
#58 – Kris Letang (PIT) HM David Savard (MTL)
#59 – Roman Josi (NSH) HM Jake Guentzel (PIT)
#60 – Chris Driedger (SEA) HM Alex Barré-Boulet (TBL)
#61 – Mark Stone (VGK) HM Justin Braun (PHI)
#62 – Kevin Labanc (SJS) HM Artturi Lehkonen (MTL)
#63 – Brad Marchand (BOS) HM Jesper Bratt (NJD)
#64 – Mikael Granlund (NSH) HM Tyler Motte (VAN)
#65 – Erik Karlsson (SJS) HM Markus Nutivaara (FLA)
#67 – Max Pacioretty (VGK) HM Rickard Rakell (ANA)
#68 – Mike Hoffman (MTL)
#70 – Patric Hornqvist (FLA) HM Tanner Pearson (VAN)
#71 – Evgeni Malkin (PIT) HM Taylor Hall (BOS)
#72 – Thomas Chabot (OTT) HM Justin Faulk (STL)
#73 – Charlie McAvoy (BOS) HM Tyler Toffoli (MTL)
#74 – Jaccob Slavin (CAR) HM Juuse Saros (NSH)
#75 – Connor Clifton (BOS) HM Evan Bouchard (EDM)
#76 – Brady Skjei (CAR) HM P.K. Subban (NJD)
#77 – Victor Hedman (TBL) HM T.J. Oshie (WSH)
#78 – TJ Brodie (TOR) HM Steven Lorentz (CAR)
#79 – K’Andre Miller (NYR) HM Ross Colton (TBL)
#80 – Daniel Vladar (CGY)
#81 – Kyle Connor (WPG) HM Erik Cernak (TBL)
#82 – Caleb Jones (CHI) HM Jordan Oesterle (DET)
#83 – Matthew Nieto (SJS) HM Karson Kuhlman (BOS)
#84 – Tanner Jeannot (NSH) HM William Lagesson (EDM)
#85 – Mathieu Perreault (MTL) HM Daniel Walcott (TBL)
#86 – Nikita Kucherov (TBL) HM Teuvo Teravainen (CAR)
#87 – Sidney Crosby (PIT)
#88 – Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) HM David Pastrnak (BOS)
#89 – Pavel Buchnevich (STL) HM Alex Tuch (VGK)
#90 – Ryan O’Reilly (STL) HM Tomas Tatar (NJD)
#91 – John Tavares (TBL) HM Steven Stamkos (TBL)
#92 – Gabriel Landeskog (COL) HM Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH)
#93 – Mika Zibanejad (NYR) HM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM)
#94 – Ryan Ellis (PHI) HM Corey Perry (TBL)
#95 – André Burakovsky (COL) HM Matt Duchene (NSH)
#96 – Mikko Rantanen (COL) HM Jack Roslovic (CBJ)
#97 – Connor McDavid (EDM) HM Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)
#98 – Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) HM Victor Mete (OTT)

My boy Seguin got snubbed. I'd probably take him over Tavares tbh.

My boy Seguin got snubbed. I'd probably take him over Tavares tbh.

Best and 2nd best player per jersey number

#1 – Jeremy Swayman (BOS) HM Casey DeSmith (PIT)
#2 – Artem Zub (OTT) HM Nick Leddy (DET)
#3 – Adam Pelech (NYI) HM John Klingberg (DAL)
#4 – Miro Heiskanen (DAL) HM Neal Pionk (WPG)
#5 – Aaron Ekblad (FLA) HM Connor Murphy (CHI)
#6 – Jakob Chychrun (ARI) HM Ryan Pulock (NYI)
#7 – Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) HM Dougie Hamilton (NJD)
#8 – Cale Makar (COL) HM Zachary Werenski (CBJ)
#9 – Jack Eichel (BUF) HM Filip Forsberg (NSH)
#10 – Artemi Panarin (NYR) HM Brayden Schenn (STL)
#11 – Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) HM Anze Kopitar (LAK)
#12 – Alex DeBrincat (CHI) HM Craig Smith (BOS)
#13 – Mathew Barzal (NYI) HM Johnny Gaudreau (CGY)
#14 – Sean Couturier (PHI) HM Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN)
#15 – Jakub Vrana (DET) HM Alexander Kerfoot (TOR)
#16 – Aleksander Barkov (FLA) HM Mitchell Marner (TOR)
#17 – Alex Killorn (TBL) HM Bryan Rust (PIT)
#18 – Zach Hyman (EDM) HM Anthony Beauvillier (NYI)
#19 – Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) HM Nicklas Backstrom (WSH)
#20 – Sebastian Aho (CAR) HM Brandon Saad (STL)
#21 – Brayden Point (TBL) HM Jason Robertson (DAL)
#22 – Kevin Fiala (MIN) HM Brett Pesce (CAR)
#23 – Adam Fox (NYR) HM Carter Verhaeghe (FLA)
#24 – Roope Hintz (DAL) HM Phillip Danault (LAK)
#25 – Darnell Nurse (EDM) HM Jonas Brodin (MIN)
#26 – Jeff Petry (MTL) HM Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)
#27 – Shea Theodore (VGK) HM Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG)
#28 – Claude Giroux (PHI) HM Elias Lindholm (CGY)
#29 – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) HM Leon Draisaitl (EDM)
#30 – Ilya Sorokin (NYI) HM Ilya Samsonov (WSH)
#31 – Carey Price (MTL) HM Igor Shesterkin (NYR)
#32 – Antti Raanta (CAR) HM Kevin Lankinen (CHI)
#33 – Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) HM Cam Talbot (MIN)
#34 – Auston Matthews (TOR) HM Denis Gurianov (DAL)
#35 – Thatcher Demko (VAN) HM Darcy Kuemper (COL)
#36 – John Gibson (ANA) HM Jack Campbell (TOR)
#37 – Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) HM Patrice Bergeron (BOS)
#38 – Boone Jenner (CBJ) HM Brandon Hagel (CHI)
#39 – Anthony Mantha (WSH) HM Logan Couture (SJS)
#40 – Elias Pettersson (VAN) HM Semyon Varlamov (NYI)
#41 – Mike Smith (EDM) HM Jaroslav Halak (VAN)
#42 – Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) HM Gustav Forsling (FLA)
#43 – Quinn Hughes (VAN) HM Tom Wilson (WSH)
#44 – Morgan Rielly (TOR) HM Maxime Comtois (ANA)
#45 – Jonathan Bernier (NJD) HM Alexandre Carrier (NSH)
#46 – Jared Spurgeon (MIN) HM Trevor Zegras (ANA)
#47 – Hampus Lindholm (ANA) HM Alexander Radulov (DAL)
#48 – Tomas Hertl (SJS) HM Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)
#49 – Samuel Girard (COL) HM Victor Rask (MIN)
#50 – Jordan Binnington (STL) HM Eric Robinson (CBJ)
#51 – Jake Gardiner (CAR) HM Radim Simek (SJS)
#52 – MacKenzie Weegar (FLA) HM Emil Bemstrom (CBJ)
#53 – Bo Horvat (VAN) HM Jeff Skinner (BUF)
#54 – Dylan Samberg (WPG) HM Mattias Samuelsson (BUF)
#55 – Mark Scheifele (WPG) HM Colton Parayko (STL)
#56 – Kailer Yamamoto (EDM) HM Erik Haula (BOS)
#57 – David Perron (STL) HM Dante Fabbro (NSH)
#58 – Kris Letang (PIT) HM David Savard (MTL)
#59 – Roman Josi (NSH) HM Jake Guentzel (PIT)
#60 – Chris Driedger (SEA) HM Alex Barré-Boulet (TBL)
#61 – Mark Stone (VGK) HM Justin Braun (PHI)
#62 – Kevin Labanc (SJS) HM Artturi Lehkonen (MTL)
#63 – Brad Marchand (BOS) HM Jesper Bratt (NJD)
#64 – Mikael Granlund (NSH) HM Tyler Motte (VAN)
#65 – Erik Karlsson (SJS) HM Markus Nutivaara (FLA)
#67 – Max Pacioretty (VGK) HM Rickard Rakell (ANA)
#68 – Mike Hoffman (MTL)
#70 – Patric Hornqvist (FLA) HM Tanner Pearson (VAN)
#71 – Evgeni Malkin (PIT) HM Taylor Hall (BOS)
#72 – Thomas Chabot (OTT) HM Justin Faulk (STL)
#73 – Charlie McAvoy (BOS) HM Tyler Toffoli (MTL)
#74 – Jaccob Slavin (CAR) HM Juuse Saros (NSH)
#75 – Connor Clifton (BOS) HM Evan Bouchard (EDM)
#76 – Brady Skjei (CAR) HM P.K. Subban (NJD)
#77 – Victor Hedman (TBL) HM T.J. Oshie (WSH)
#78 – TJ Brodie (TOR) HM Steven Lorentz (CAR)
#79 – K’Andre Miller (NYR) HM Ross Colton (TBL)
#80 – Daniel Vladar (CGY)
#81 – Kyle Connor (WPG) HM Erik Cernak (TBL)
#82 – Caleb Jones (CHI) HM Jordan Oesterle (DET)
#83 – Matthew Nieto (SJS) HM Karson Kuhlman (BOS)
#84 – Tanner Jeannot (NSH) HM William Lagesson (EDM)
#85 – Mathieu Perreault (MTL) HM Daniel Walcott (TBL)
#86 – Nikita Kucherov (TBL) HM Teuvo Teravainen (CAR)
#87 – Sidney Crosby (PIT)
#88 – Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) HM David Pastrnak (BOS)
#89 – Pavel Buchnevich (STL) HM Alex Tuch (VGK)
#90 – Ryan O’Reilly (STL) HM Tomas Tatar (NJD)
#91 – John Tavares (TBL) HM Steven Stamkos (TBL)
#92 – Gabriel Landeskog (COL) HM Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH)
#93 – Mika Zibanejad (NYR) HM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM)
#94 – Ryan Ellis (PHI) HM Corey Perry (TBL)
#95 – André Burakovsky (COL) HM Matt Duchene (NSH)
#96 – Mikko Rantanen (COL) HM Jack Roslovic (CBJ)
#97 – Connor McDavid (EDM) HM Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)
#98 – Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) HM Victor Mete (OTT)

Seguin missed almost the entire year and even when healthy hasn’t been able to keep up with the production of Tavares or Stamkos.

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Gibson
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Offence is terrific, they got depth all around and they’ve got Point and Marchand who’re some of the best playoff performers in the league. The goaltending is also good with Gibson who’s a top 10 goalie and Halak who’s a pretty good backup. Defence is alright, Chabot is a number one, but after that there isn’t much to it. Bottom parring is an average bottom parring, but the problem is that Cernak, Severson and Edmundson aren’t number 2’s.

I still think they’re cup contenders because they’ve got way more pros than cons.

Severson and Cernak are both second pairing defencemen

So is Edmundson.

Severson and Cernak are both second pairing defencemen

I see him as a number 4 or a number 5 if he’s on a good team

Well he was the second best defenseman on a top 5 defense core. He was stellar this season and much better than people want to give him credits for. Heck he was even better than Cernak and Severson.

He’s great defensively but be paired with an offensive defence man like Petry because he isn’t as dynamic offensively as a lot of top pairing defence men

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He’s great defensively but be paired with an offensive defence man like Petry because he isn’t as dynamic offensively as a lot of top pairing defence men

He’s great defensively but be paired with an offensive defence man like Petry because he isn’t as dynamic offensively as a lot of top pairing defence men

Dillon Dubé 3 x $2.3M AAV #Flames

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Hard to keep up offensively in the all out defense system. Injuries are a different case.

If I had a choice between healthy Seguin and healthy Tavares, I'd pick Seguin. That's just my two cents on it.

I'd probably take Stammer ahead both of them though.

Offence is terrific, they got depth all around and they’ve got Point and Marchand who’re some of the best playoff performers in the league. The goaltending is also good with Gibson who’s a top 10 goalie and Halak who’s a pretty good backup. Defence is alright, Chabot is a number one, but after that there isn’t much to it. Bottom parring is an average bottom parring, but the problem is that Cernak, Severson and Edmundson aren’t number 2’s.

I still think they’re cup contenders because they’ve got way more pros than cons.

How far do they go and what do these players have in common?

T.Tatar--M. Necas--O. Bjorkstrand
T.Bertuzzi--T.Johnson--J. Carter
M. Perreault--R. Faksa--A. Kempe
T.Nosek--J. Beagle--D. Grant

Z. Werenski--F. Hronek
J.Oleksiak--C. Miller
D. Forbort--R. Gudas

C. Price
B. Holtby

Extras: R. Sheahan, M. Borowiecki