Grading The Best Taxi Squads in History

Photo by Noam Galai/Getty ImagesThe NHL has adopted taxi squads this season to help with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As Sarah described in this excellent piece, the taxi squad can consist of 4-6 players that can travel and practice with team, and allows for extra bodies to be available if there are injuries or players are placed on the COVID protocol list.

While this is a new concept for most hockey fans, taxi squads have been around for decades, and today I’d like to grade some of the most famous - or infamous - in history.

Taxi Driver (film) - 1976

Members: Robert DeNiro, Cybill Shepherd and Jodie Foster

Grade: B

Robert Deniro in “Taxi Driver” Photograph courtesy Everett Perhaps one of the…