All-time NHL left wings bracket

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Round of 16

1Doug Gilmour
16Barney Stanley
8Cooney Weiland
9Bun Cook
4Václav Nedomanský
13Reg Noble
5Bud Poile
12Newsy Lalonde
2Joe Mullen
15Johnny Gaudreau
7Bob Pulford
10Hooley Smith
3Roy Conacher
14Justin Williams
6Frank Boucher
11George Hay

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Seeds

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1
Doug Gilmour
2
Joe Mullen
3
Roy Conacher
4
Václav Nedomanský
5
Bud Poile
6
Frank Boucher
7
Bob Pulford
8
Cooney Weiland
9
Bun Cook
10
Hooley Smith
11
George Hay
12
Newsy Lalonde
13
Reg Noble
14
Justin Williams2001–2020
15
Johnny Gaudreau2014–2024
16
Barney Stanley
–
Jack Walker
–
Didier Pitre
–
Frank Foyston
–
Sam Bennett2015–2027
–
Patrik Eliáš1996–2016
–
Clint Smith
–
Jimmy Gardner
–
Butch Goring
–
Mats Zuccarello2011–2027
–
John Tavares2010–2027
–
Mitchell Marner2016–2027
–
Bobby Ryan2007–2022
–
Robert Lang1993–2010
–
Ryan Smyth1995–2014
–
Mark Johnson
–
Mikael Granlund2013–2027
–
Keith Tkachuk
–
Marián Šťastný
–
Patrick Thoresen
–
BS
Bobby Smith
–
Milan Michálek
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David Krejčí2007–2023
–
Robert Reichel
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Chandler Stephenson2016–2027
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Chris Kelly2004–2018
–
John Scott
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Josh Bailey2009–2023
–
Jiří Hrdina
–
Jiří Hudler2004–2017
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William Karlsson2015–2027
–
Kent Nilsson
–
Alexandre Texier2019–2027
–
JD
Jiří Dopita
–
IL
Igor Liba
–
Johnny Wilson
–
John MacLean
–
Rob Niedermayer1994–2011
–
Ed Litzenberger
–
Viktor Stålberg
–
Tanner Pearson2013–2026
–
PS
Petri Skriko
–
CN
Chris Nilan
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AS
Anatoli Semenov
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Drew Miller2007–2017
–
John McKenzie
–
Ab McDonald
–
Petr Klíma
–
KK
Kelly Kisio
–
Ville Leino
–
Ken Hodge
–
Marcel Bonin
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PT
Paul Thompson
–
Paul MacLean
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Eric Vail1973–1982
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DM
Don Maloney
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MM
Mike McPhee
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RK
Rick Kehoe
–
Don McKenney
–
Nick Kypreos
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RM
Randy McKay
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LJ
Larry Jeffrey
–
Robbie Ftorek
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MI
Miroslav Ihnačák
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George McPhee
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RB
Randy Burridge
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DV
Dennis Ververgaert
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Craig Simpson
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Pentti Lund
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MK
Mike Krushelnyski
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KK
Kris King
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Christian Bordeleau
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Mattias Ritola
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Ivan Hlinka
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Leon Rochefort
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DP
Dušan Pašek
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Milan Nový
–
Mika Pyörälä
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Linden Vey
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EK
Esa Keskinen
–
Janne Ojanen
–
Ben Smith
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Jaroslav Pouzar
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Jack Hughes2020–2027
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Jim Peplinski

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