(Ed. Note: Welcome to the Puck Daddy 2013 summer project, the National Hockey League of Nations. We’ve recruited 30 writers/blogs to identify the best player in their favorite team’s history for each major nationality that creates the fabric of our beloved NHL: Canada, USA, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland and The Rest of The World. It’s their criteria, as long as they can justify it. Read, debate and enjoy! If you want to do so on Twitter, it's #NHLoN.)

By Stephanni Phillips and Ariana Chapin, A Cup A Bruin

With the 2014 Sochi Olympics coming up, we have compiled a list of all-time Boston Bruins players that best represent each country, or as Puck Daddy called it, a ‘National Hockey League of Nations.'

Since being founded in 1924, the Boston Bruins have produced a number of high quality players, that sported breathtaking moves to becoming legends of the game. Forty-nine men who previously donned the Spoked-B on their chest now call themselves Hall-of-Famers. In addition, they’ve also captured thirteen Hart Trophies, eight Art Ross Trophies, nine Vezina Trophies, fourteen Norris Trophies and six Stanley Cups.

Being one of the only teams to sign more than 900 players in history and the only team to have over 100 goalies ,the Bruins offer diversity. With their hard work, drive and dedication they have helped mold a team that Boston is proud to call their own.

From past to present the Bruins are, and always will, consist of some of the best players in the world.

Canada: Bobby Orr (Bergeron/Esposito/Shore)

There have been so many Canadian hockey players that have come to play for the Bruins, making this decision extremely difficult. In the end, Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, and Patrice Bergeron rank among the top three. After lengthy discussions and going back and forth, when it came down to it, Patrice Bergeron and Bobby Orr came out at the top of the list every time.

Both Orr and Esposito have had their numbers retired for reasons all of their own, helping to build the mold that future Bruins players should strive to fulfill. While Bobby Orr brought the Cup back to Boston in 1970 with his famous goal from Derek Sanderson and Esposito became the first NHL player to score 100 points in a single season, Bergeron has accomplished more in different ways.

Although Bergeron hasn't registered a 100-point season to date, he has been the most valuable player to the organization since he joined in 2003. In his 8 years of playing he has combined for 433 points (153 goals and 280 assists) in 579 regular-season games. Patrice Bergeron may not hold any records for being the best forward, but that’s not all a legend is known for. Bergeron has followed the mold set forth by Orr and Esposito and modified it to fit this generation. He has become the epitome of what a team wants in a hockey player. Someone who is consistent in the faceoff circle and knows how to play solid, two-way hockey, ranking himself among the best in the league. His postseason heroics speak wonders as well as he sustained a multitude of injuries, yet was still able to score 9 goals and 6 assists through the 2013 postseason.

Though only 28, Bergeron has won a Gold medal in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a Gold medal in the 2004 World Championships with the Czech Republic, a Gold Medal in the 2005 World Junior Championships, a Gold Medal for Team Canada in the Spengler Cup, as well as a Stanley Cup in 2011. He embodies an all-around hockey player and is on track to become a legend that could potentially be better than Orr and Esposito. He is a ‘living legend’ and his career is only at the beginning.

However, despite Bergeron’s greatness, the ultimate choice without even really NEEDING a reason or explanation is and will be for some time (if not forever) Bobby Orr.

Orr shattered records in his time with Boston, ranking among the League’s best and remaining there to this day. Currently he holds the franchise’s best plus/minus record of plus-589 and is ranked second in points per game averaging 1.41. In addition to franchise records, he also holds many with the league with his top ranked 139 points by a defenseman in a single season along with his plus/minus of a plus-124 in a single season. Orr was also no stranger to hardware, piling the trophies up and putting Boston on the map single-handed. He was the recipient of eight Norris Trophies, two Art Ross Trophies, three consecutive Hart trophies, a recipient of the Conn Smythe twice as the MVP of the playoffs which he helped Boston win the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972. In 1979 his number (4) was officially retired in Boston and he was inducted to into the Hockey Hall of Fame the same year.

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