Conn Smythe Tournament (1977-00) Round 2: 1985 Gretzky vs 1977 Lafleur

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #6 (Round 2): Wayne Gretzky (1985) vs Guy Lafleur (1977)

Wayne Gretzky (1984-85):
18 GP 17 G 30 A 47 Points

Guy Lafleur (1976-77):
14 GP 9 G 17 A 26 Points

Round 2 Matchups:
Yzerman 98 vs Ranford 90 (Still Active) Thread
Sakic 96 vs Roy 86 (Still Active) Thread
Leetch 94 vs MacInnis 89 Thread
Roy 93 vs Lemieux 92 Thread
Lemieux 91 vs Gretzky 88 Thread
Gretzky 85 vs Lafleur 77

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[DitchMarner]

The answer to this one seems very obvious. I don't think there's any strong argument to be made for Lafleur.

 

[bobholly39]

Technically - Trottier won the first round matchup vs Lafleur 18-15. So it should be Trottier vs Gretzky

doesn't matter - this is #99 unanimously.

 

[DitchMarner]

Technically - Trottier won the first round matchup vs Lafleur 18-15. So it should be Trottier vs Gretzky

doesn't matter - this is #99 unanimously.

Apparently Lafleur had one more voted when Blundluntman decided on a winner...

Conn Smythe Tournament (1977-00) Round 1 Results

For those who missed Round 1 of the Tournament, here are the results: Round 1 Matchups: Stevens 00 vs Leetch 94 (38/43 Votes | 88.5%)Thread Nieuwendyk 99 vs Roy 86 (32/37 Votes | 86.5%Thread Yzerman 98 vs Gainey 79 (30/39 Votes | 76.9%Thread Vernon 97 vs Gretzky 88 (53/55 Votes | 96.4%) Thread...

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However, Trottier has received votes since then.