Bests, whether of all-time, right now or the decade, always make for fun debates.
NHL Tonight had analyst Mike Johnson name his all-decade first and second teams — plus, just to make things interesting — his first team for the next 10 years. The Lightning made a couple of appearances, but perhaps not where expected.
No one from Tampa Bay cracked the first team and it’s hard to argue there.
All-decade first team
• LW: Alex Ovechkin, Washington
• C: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
• RW: Patrick Kane, Chicago
• LD: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa/San Jose
• RD: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles
• G: Henrik Lundqvist, NY Rangers
Ovechkin and Crosby are the top players at left wing and center in the past decade without question.