HFpapi
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This poll is a great example of when two-way play gets way overrated. Datsuyk - Bergeron - Hossa would indeed be an absurd line and a shut down line like no other but Lafleur is BY FAR the best player in this poll and peak Kariya is the second best.
Also, hot take but I think Kopitar > Bergeron and if they switched localities for their career, no one would doubt that. Kopitar not only played on the Pacific coast (thus less attention from media & fans) but played much of his career under one of the most offensively stifling coaches and still was far more offensively prolific than Bergeron.
I think this poll is heavily influenced by the cult legend status Bergeron and especially Datsyuk have taken on. Datsyuk was amazing and better than his stats suggest but he was never more than a fringe top 10 player, had a very short peak, and was a mediocre at best playoff performer.
Also, hot take but I think Kopitar > Bergeron and if they switched localities for their career, no one would doubt that. Kopitar not only played on the Pacific coast (thus less attention from media & fans) but played much of his career under one of the most offensively stifling coaches and still was far more offensively prolific than Bergeron.
I think this poll is heavily influenced by the cult legend status Bergeron and especially Datsyuk have taken on. Datsyuk was amazing and better than his stats suggest but he was never more than a fringe top 10 player, had a very short peak, and was a mediocre at best playoff performer.
