Niedermayer also played on the NJ trap teams which slowed the game to a crawl. On some level I'm sure that hurt his offensive production. It's not a surprise his offensive numbers increased in his early to mid 30s when he went to the Ducks and he should have been declining there instead of scoring more. Nonetheless, Leetch was the more offensively gifted player. He was a master at the point of keep ins and had great vision. Hard to say how things would be different if you asked Leetch to play in a similar system with more grinders and mind numbing structure and less skill in the lineup. Niedermayer was also the better skater to my eyes. I can easily justify picking Leetch. That said, Denis Potvin was better than Leetch.