Throughout the middle of the season, the NHL is unveiling Quarter-Century Teams for all 32 franchises, plus the now-defunct Coyotes. Each club is represented by a first and second team of six players – three forwards, two defensemen and one goalie – who played for the franchise after Jan. 1, 2000. The first and second teams were selected by broadcasters and national, local, and NHL.com writers who covered the respective teams and some former players. The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All-Quarter-Century Team and will be chosen via a fan vote starting in February.
Last month, PHR’s Josh Erickson took a crack at predicting how each franchise’s teams would shake out. You can cross-check his projections against the actual results.
Buffalo Sabres (Jan. 15)
First Team
F Daniel Brière
F Jason Pominville
F Thomas Vanek
D Brian Campbell
D Rasmus Dahlin
G Ryan Miller
Second Team
F Chris Drury
F Derek Roy
F Jack Eichel
D Jay McKee
D Tyler Myers
G Dominik Hašek
Boston Bruins (Jan. 14)
First Team
F Patrice Bergeron
F David Krejčí
F Brad Marchand
D Zdeno Chára
D Charlie McAvoy
G Tim Thomas
Second Team
F Milan Lucic
F David Pastrňák
F Joe Thornton
D Torey Krug
D Dennis Seidenberg
G Tuukka Rask
Philadelphia Flyers (Jan. 13)
First Team
F Simon Gagné
F Claude Giroux
F Mike Richards
D Éric Desjardins
D Kimmo Timonen
G Roman Čechmánek
Second Team
F Daniel Brière
F Sean Couturier
F Jakub Voráček
D Chris Pronger
D Ivan Provorov
G Brian Boucher
Calgary Flames (Jan. 11)
First Team
F Johnny Gaudreau
F Jarome Iginla
F Matthew Tkachuk
D Mark Giordano
D Robyn Regehr
G Miikka Kiprusoff
Second Team
F Mikael Backlund
F Craig Conroy
F Sean Monahan
D Rasmus Andersson
D Dion Phaneuf
G Jacob Markstrom
Winnipeg Jets (Jan. 10)
First Team
F Ilya Kovalchuk
F Mark Scheifele
F Blake Wheeler
D Dustin Byfuglien
D Josh Morrissey
G Connor Hellebuyck
Second Team
F Kyle Connor
F Nikolaj Ehlers
F Bryan Little
D Toby Enström
D Jacob Trouba
G Ondřej Pavelec
Pittsburgh Penguins (Jan. 9)
First Team
F Sidney Crosby
F Jake Guentzel
F Evgeni Malkin
D Sergei Gonchar
D Kris Letang
G Marc-André Fleury
Second Team
F Phil Kessel
F Chris Kunitz
F Mario Lemieux
D Brian Dumoulin
D Brooks Orpik
G Matt Murray
Minnesota Wild (Jan. 7)
First Team
F Marián Gáborík
F Kirill Kaprizov
F Mikko Koivu
D Jonas Brodin
D Jared Spurgeon
G Niklas Bäckström
Second Team
F Andrew Brunette
F Joel Eriksson Ek
F Zach Parise
D Nick Schultz
D Ryan Suter
G Devan Dubnyk