Then I would say you could argue these players above him:
Alfredsson
Kovalchuk
Heatley
There are some other forwards in the conversation, some young players that need to be more consistent like E. Staal, Getzlaf, Spezza, Kopitar, Richards, etc...
I said top 15, but I could understand people thinking he's at the end of the top 10
Well apparently, Datsyuk and Zetterberg only appear so good because of the system they play in. So that would mean, if Hossa was already top 15 before Detroit, well then he must be at least top 8 or so in Detroit.
Then I would say you could argue these players above him:
Alfredsson
Kovalchuk
Heatley
There are some other forwards in the conversation, some young players that need to be more consistent like E. Staal, Getzlaf, Spezza, Kopitar, Richards, etc...
I said top 15, but I could understand people thinking he's at the end of the top 10
I agree. Last season his offensive production dropped a bit from the previous couple of seasons(although he was still basically a point per game player), but he showed in the postseason that he's still a threat offensively. And defensively speaking, he might be the 4th best 2-way forward in the league right now(Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Alfredsson).
Towards the bottom of the top 10. It's his all-around play that puts him up there. He's better than guys like Lecavalier and Malkin, IMO.
well considering malkin is a top 5 forward, it's not likely. watching them both play for a while, when malkin is not completely gassed like he was in the finals, he completely blows hossa away. hossa's all around game is better, but he cannot control a game like malkin can. not even close.
malkin is a dominant superstar that can carry his own line, and heck an entire team like he showed when crosby went down. hossa is more of a complimentary star.
Last edited by Luigi Lemieux: 07-20-2008 at 11:14 PM.
I've held that view long before he became a Wing. I've always thought of him as a bigger, faster, stronger natural winger version of Zetterberg.
That I'm not really all that impressed with Vinny or Malkin. They're good, but not nearly as good as they could and should be with their physical attributes. We'll see how Evgeny does as he's still very young.
I've held that view long before he became a Wing. I've always thought of him as a bigger, faster, stronger natural winger version of Zetterberg.
That I'm not really all that impressed with Vinny or Malkin. They're good, but not nearly as good as they could and should be with their physical attributes. We'll see how Evgeny does as he's still very young.
Not as good as he should be? Malkin was a Hart candidate! What the hell did Hossa do this year before he was traded to Pittsburgh?
You're choosing a great complementary player over one who carried his injury-decimated team on his back to the top of the division, and was indisputably the better player in the playoffs until injury/flu struck.
But it's your twisted prerogative.
Hossa > Malkin: that's when you know you're in norrisnick's funhouse mirror world.
Last edited by Rowdy Roddy Peeper: 07-21-2008 at 09:32 AM.
What the hell did Hossa do this year before he was traded to Pittsburgh?
