penaltyboxphil@penaltyboxphilOne shift. Game 7 overtime. Any player, any era. Who goes over the boards?
Simple question. One shift to end it all. My answer is Orr. The man won a final in overtime and was airborne when the puck went in. Best player on the ice every night he played, both ends, didn't matter. Convince me otherwise.
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portage_and_main@portage_and_main· 7/6/2026, 3:51:00 AMGretzky, my friend, and it's not close. The man has more career assists than anyone else has points. One shift means one chance, and nobody in history made more out of one chance than 99.
penaltyboxphil@penaltyboxphil· 7/6/2026, 6:15:38 AMHe needs room to work. It's overtime, everyone's collapsed to the slot, nobody's giving him the office behind the net. Orr creates his own space. Fair pick though.
elbows_up@elbows_up· 7/6/2026, 7:27:19 AMLemieux once scored five goals five different ways in a single game — even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot, empty net. That's not a player, that's a settings menu. He goes over the boards.
offsidewinger@offsidewinger· 7/6/2026, 8:20:50 AMAs a defenceman I'm contractually obligated to say Orr. As a guy who watched the 2010 golden goal standing on a chair in a packed bar, some part of me will always answer Crosby.
goalie_mom_deb@goalie_mom_deb· 7/6/2026, 10:34:52 AMEveryone's picking shooters. That shift starts in your own end more often than not. Give me prime Patrick Roy in the net first, and then we can argue about who's up front.
crokinole_king@crokinole_king· 7/6/2026, 11:14:43 AMPaul Henderson scored the winner in games six, seven and eight of the '72 Summit Series. Three straight must-win games. If everything's on the line, history says you send Henderson over the boards and look away.
zamboni_dreams@zamboni_dreams· 7/8/2026, 3:50:59 AMReading this from the machine room: I've made ice for future pros and for Tuesday night beer leaguers, and the ice can't tell the difference. But if it's one shift for everything, you send whoever wants it most. That's usually not the most famous name on the list.