Best Two-Way Season Since 1967 Expansion - #10

[DitchMarner]

Vote for the best overall combination of offense and defense.

Note: These are not necessarily the best overall seasons since '67. If Gretzky has a 200+ point season where his contributions are 90-95% offensive and 5-10% defensive, his season can be better in terms of net impact than any seasons listed as options. However, the spirit of these polls is to vote for the best combination of offense and defense from forwards and to consider seasons where offensive and defensive contributions are both very high.


Results:

#1. Sergei Fedorov 1994 (33.3%)
#2. Bobby Clarke 1975 (47.1%)
#3. Bobby Clarke 1976 (70.6%)
#4. Sergei Fedorov 1996 (beat Joe Sakic 2001 in a run-off)
#5. Joe Sakic 2001 (50%)
#6. Bryan Trottier 1979 (50%)
#7. Doug Gilmour 1993 (beat Pavel Datsyuk 2009 in a run-off)
#8. Pavel Datsyuk 2009 (beat Kopitar 2018 in a run-off)
#9. Anze Kopitar 2018 (27.3%)

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[buffalowing88]

Went with Datsyuk in 08 since he was just regularly swiping the puck from bigger guys with the flick of a wrist and still a dynamo offensively.

The homer in me wants to see 1998 Peca added, he was a physical SOB for a smaller guy and compared to most of his teammates on a very good squad, was competent offensively and has the Selke to show for it.

 

[Albatros]

Kurri '85, scored 71 goals in 73 games while being as good as anyone defensively.