Anton Volchenkov vs Marc Methot

[Agent Zub]

Who would you take on your team.

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[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Volchenkov, as he is one of my favorite sens of all time. An absolute warrior and shot-blocking machine.

 

[bicboi64]

Volchenkov. He's the best stay at home defender we've ever had. Hit like a train, blocked shots like a beast, and never took a shift off. I don't ever recall watching a game where he played and ever thinking "damn, Volchenkov needs to step up"

 

[BigRig4]

We could really use a guy like him on next years' team.

 

[jbeck5]

Volchenkov was better defensively but methot was a better skater and could break the puck out better either with his skating or passing.

Volchenkov was a second goalie out there.

Depends what you want or need. I couldn't say one had more value though.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Toss up. Volchenkov was more punishing but Meth's mobility (and size) meant he could matchup with speedy forwards as well as heavier players.

I'll go Volchenkov I guess.

 

[Emerica]

From what i can remember, Methot was a better skater and definitely puck handler (although Meth wasn’t the greatest puck handler, Volchenkov handled the puck like it was a live grenade).

I distinctly remember Volchenkov for his massive hits and being an absolute machine at blocking shots.

Maybe its recency bias but i’d got with Methot personally

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Methot was much better with the puck on his stick, but Volchenkov was a boss. Too tough to place a vote for me.

 

[Knave]

I like Volchenkov more but Methot was more well rounded.

 

[Micklebot]

Tough question as they had very different roles.

Methot was paired with Karlsson, while Volchenkov was with Phillips mostly. The roles were polar opposite, one guy is being the defensive conscious of his line, the other was shutting down the oppositions elite.

Methot did fantastic against guys like Crosby in our ECF run, but Volchenkov was tasked with that every game

Both guys are great, and we could use a RH version ASAP.

 

[dumbdick]

A-Train, natch.

 

[SpezDispenser]

A-Train. Not close

 

[Daffy]

Methot was a very good player, but Volchenkov and it's not close.

 

[JackieDaytona]

Wow great off-season thread, such a tough question!

Meth's hipchecks were a thing of beauty, he seriously had a few of them over his career here that were alltime poster-worthy. I remember being so pumped when he flipped Crosby like a lil' bitch. That was awesome.

But the a-train was a friggin wrecking ball. He and phillips were the best shutdown pairing we've ever had, and I think they were probably the best defensive pair in the league for a short time. Volchnkov would have had a longer career if he'd not been a shot-blocking machine and played all out all the time the way he did.

Meth was probably the better overall player though, especially because he and Karlsson had great chemistry and each understood their roles and how to play off each other. But I'd imagine there were others who could have done something similar paired with prime EK.

f*** it, I'd rather have the A-Train, dude was a non-stop beast. Pretty special player, especially these days. If we had that on our team now, everyone else would play 2 inches taller and 20 lbs heavier.

 

[Masked]

Methot almost singlehandedly carried the Sens' D to the playoffs when Cooke sliced Karlsson's achilles. Volchenkov, while good, was never a #1 here.

 

[Agent Zub]

Methot almost singlehandedly carried the Sens' D to the playoffs when Cooke sliced Karlsson's achilles. Volchenkov, while good, was never a #1 here.

Idk felt like Gonchar was the mvp that season.

 

[Micklebot]

Methot almost singlehandedly carried the Sens' D to the playoffs when Cooke sliced Karlsson's achilles. Volchenkov, while good, was never a #1 here.

That's really underselling Gonchar who led the team in TOI and assists (was 2nd in scoring behind Turris).

Gonchar was really solid and people tend to forget about him.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Volchenkov would have played through a game with a severed pinky finger

 

[Masked]

That's really underselling Gonchar who led the team in TOI and assists (was 2nd in scoring behind Turris).

Gonchar was really solid and people tend to forget about him.

Methot led the team in ES TOI and was paired with Gryba. While Gonchar did step up that season, he at least had Phillips on his pairing.

 

[Agent Zub]

Volchenkov would have played through a game with a severed pinky finger

I remember when he took that point blank Malkin slap shot to the face and was bleeding all over the place.

I think he only missed 1 shift!

 

[Micklebot]

Methot led the team in ES TOI and was paired with Gryba. While Gonchar did step up that season, he at least had Phillips on his pairing.

Phillips wasn't exactly a spring chicken at that point, he'd been roundly criticized for a number of years prior for his decline.

The point is your claim was Methot single-handedly carried the Sens D which is laughably false given Gonchar clearly played a significant role. Methot was great, but he didn't carry anything, he stepped up, sure, but so did Gonchar,

I think it's also fair to note, Methot still spent a lot of time with Karlsson, only 70 mins 5v5 less than he did with Gryba.

 

[Daffy]

Remember the game Volchenkov blocked a shot with his head and left the game and he wanted to come back and play but the helmet wouldn't fit back on properly because of the swelling lol

 

[bicboi64]

I remember when he took that point blank Malkin slap shot to the face and was bleeding all over the place.

I think he only missed 1 shift!

How on earth did Volchenkov skate at all given the size of his balls?

 

[SensFactor]

Volchenkov all day, every day

 

[JungleBeat]

Methot almost singlehandedly carried the Sens' D to the playoffs when Cooke sliced Karlsson's achilles. Volchenkov, while good, was never a #1 here.

No. The goalies played at an elite level and Gonchar was solid.

Methot must be the most overrated Sen ever, his slap pass off the boards still irk me. Got carried by EK his whole career here.

Volchenkov not close.