What is your top line? ESPN has narrowed it down to 50 players.

First a foremost, there's some fantastic non-hockey related news in Boston tonight. Dice-K and Mr. Boras have landed in Boston and are very close, if not done concluding a deal with Boston that will make their new ace the winner of a 6-year, 52 million dollar deal. At that figure, it is safe to say the Red Sox upped the ante, Boras caved a bit as expected, and Dice-K wanted a deal now.

Back to hockey. Selanne could have made ESPN's top 50 players of all time list, but I suppose he was never on one of the top lines of all time...the chosen 50 are listed at Vote for your top line. This is a tough exercise to do for someone born in 1985, like myself. Sometimes stats can speak for themselves, but for other players, take Bob Gainey for example, stats are not half the battle.

Without doing too much research or watching old game film or deliberating for hours, my four lines go something like this:

Crosby-Gretzky-Lafleur
Jagr-Lemieux-Richard
Cournoyer-Howe-Bossy
Forsberg-Messier-Ovechkin.

I really wanted to include Bobby Hull or Mikita - but Crosby and Ovechkin will someday be right behind Gretzky and Lemieux - and Forsberg, throughout my childhood and to this day, is the best all-around player when healthy. This is one tough exercise - and I would like to hear what everyone else has to say about it. Especially those who have a better knowledge of pre 90s - or even better pre 80s hockey.

Also, where is Cam Neely on this list? Jarome Iginla is a great player - but has lacked consistency throughout his career and has yet to really establish himself as one of the game's top 5 or so players year in and year out.