With Chara finishing 2nd in Norris voting and getting another 1st team all-star nod, I wonder whether this bumps him over Stastny as the best Slovak player of all time. Not counting Mikita (Slovak born but Canadian trained), these two are clearly above the rest and until this point most ranked Peter Stastny over Chara (a poll on this board in January 2013 had Stastny 1st with 64% over Chara with 22%). With Chara adding to his already very impressive resume, is there a chance that he will finish his career as the best Slovak player of all time?
Some notes:
Chara
- 1 x Norris Trophy (Norris finishes 1-2-3-1-1, only 5 Dmen in history have more top-5 finishes)
- 3x 1st team all-star, 4x 2nd team all-star, 1x 3rd team all-star
- 1132 games, 161 goals, 357 assists, 518 points, +188
- (Plus minus award, Messier Award, Hardest shot)
- Stanley Cup
- 141 playoff games - 15 goals, 43 assists, 58 points, +37
- International - 2x Silver WHC (Best Defenseman in 2012), 4th and 5th place in the Olympics, 76 games (OG, WC, WHC) and 22 points
Stastny
- Calder Trophy (Rookie scoring record until Selanne)
- no 1st and 2nd team all-stars, 3x 3rd team all-star
- Scoring finishes - 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 6 (seven 100+ points seasons)
- 977 games, 450 goals, 789 points, 1239 points (1.27 PPG - 6th of all time)
- (2nd only to Gretzky in scoring during the 80s decade)
- Playoffs - 93 games, 33 goals, 72 assists, 105 points
- International - 2 x gold WHC, 2 x silver WHC, Canada Cup - silver with Czechoslovakia, gold with Canada, 66 points in 66 games (WC, OG, Canada Cup)
Whose career is better?
(feel free to rank other Slovak players too, quite curious to see how Hossa, Gaborik, Bondra, Palffy, Demitra rank in relation to each other)
Some notes:
Chara
- 1 x Norris Trophy (Norris finishes 1-2-3-1-1, only 5 Dmen in history have more top-5 finishes)
- 3x 1st team all-star, 4x 2nd team all-star, 1x 3rd team all-star
- 1132 games, 161 goals, 357 assists, 518 points, +188
- (Plus minus award, Messier Award, Hardest shot)
- Stanley Cup
- 141 playoff games - 15 goals, 43 assists, 58 points, +37
- International - 2x Silver WHC (Best Defenseman in 2012), 4th and 5th place in the Olympics, 76 games (OG, WC, WHC) and 22 points
Stastny
- Calder Trophy (Rookie scoring record until Selanne)
- no 1st and 2nd team all-stars, 3x 3rd team all-star
- Scoring finishes - 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 6 (seven 100+ points seasons)
- 977 games, 450 goals, 789 points, 1239 points (1.27 PPG - 6th of all time)
- (2nd only to Gretzky in scoring during the 80s decade)
- Playoffs - 93 games, 33 goals, 72 assists, 105 points
- International - 2 x gold WHC, 2 x silver WHC, Canada Cup - silver with Czechoslovakia, gold with Canada, 66 points in 66 games (WC, OG, Canada Cup)
Whose career is better?
(feel free to rank other Slovak players too, quite curious to see how Hossa, Gaborik, Bondra, Palffy, Demitra rank in relation to each other)