Penguins name all-time team

By Bob Smizik
http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/bobsmizik/default.aspx
Aug 07 2010, Saturday, 10:15 a.m.


Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis
(Photo by Denis Brodeur/NHLI via Getty Images)

The Penguins unveiled their all-time team yesterday at the Consol Energy Center and at first glance it appears the usual controversy that surrounds such subjective selections will be missing.

Looks like the voters did a near-perfect job, if you take into account that current players were not eligible. Pretty hard to keep Sidney Crosby off any type of Penguins team unless he’s not under consideration.

The voters, Trib Total Media readers along with contributions from a panel of former media and team personnel, selected players from across almost the entire history of the team -- from Jean Pronovost and Syl Apps to Jaromir Jagr and Tom Barrasso.

The all-time team, which included five Hall of Famers, with years of play and statistics:

FORWARDS

Mario Lemieux (1984-97, 2000-05): 915 GP, 690 G, 1,033 A, 1,723 P

Jaromir Jagr (1990-2001): 806 GP, 439 G, 640 A, 1,079 P

Ron Francis (1991-98): 533 GP, 164 G, 449 A, 613 P

Kevin Stevens (1988-95): 522 GP, 260 G, 295 A, 555 P

Joe Mullen (1990-97): 379 GP, 153 G, 172 A, 325 P

Rick Kehoe (1974-85): 722 GP, 312 G, 324 A, 636 P

Pierre Larouche (1974-78): 240 GP, 119 G, 134 A, 253 P

Syl Apps (1970-78): 485 GP, 151 G, 349 A, 500 P

Jean Pronovost (1968-78) 753 GP, 316 G, 287 A, 603 P

DEFENSEMEN

Paul Coffey (1987-92): 331 GP, 109 G, 331 A, 440 P

Larry Murphy (1990-95): 336 GP, 78 G, 223 A, 301 P

Ulf Samuelsson (1991-95): 277 GP, 11 G, 83 A, 94 P

Dave Burrows (1971-78): 573 GP, 24 G, 108 A, 132 P (pictured at right)

GOALIES

Tom Barrasso (1988-2000): 460 GP, 226-153-53

Les Binkley (1967-72): 196 GP, 58-94-34

Players receiving honorable mention status were Marty Straka, Rick Tocchet, Randy Carlyle, Lowell MacDonald and Ron Stackhouse.