Hall Or Nash?

[DitchMarner]

Taylor Hall:

Hart Trophy in 2018


Rick Nash:

Rocket Richard Trophy in 2004

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[ESH]

Nash never reached the heights that Hall did, but he was certainly a more consistent scorer year to year, while also being a good PKer and reliable defensive winger.

 

[biturbo19]

Nash at his peak was the better player. I think there's an argument that Hall may have had the "better career". Part of it comes down whether you value one of the "weakest" Hart wins over a Rocket Richard in a pretty tough field. Typically, i'd lean Hart > Rocket. But in this case, i think it's more debatable.

The other aspect is that i think Nash was the bigger, better, more responsible player...and has some bigger international accolades to his name, particularly as a standout on a Gold Medal Olympic team. He was also more consistent throughout, while playing on some bad teams without a lot of help most of the time through his prime.

However, there's also the argument that Hall played more "meaningful" NHL games. Though to me, that's really more of a "team argument" rather than anything to do with the player.



So on balance, i go with Rick Nash. But i can at least see the argument for why someone might plausibly go with Taylor Hall.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Nash better overall, Hall had that one fluke season that was better than any Nash has had