Is Peter Forsberg underrated?

[Albatros]

So the best players from the late '70s should not have had any success in the '80s if their stats were inflated by the weaker competition in the 70s right?

It gradually became more difficult over the 1980s, the 1970s and the 1990s are two different worlds in the NHL. When Clarke won back-to-back Harts, the league had three Swedes as its international contingent while some prominent Canadians like Bobby Hull were in the WHA.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I think in general, every numbered list is made with the intention of generating discussion, more than ranking things. That being said, 48th best player of all time is one hell of a player

At his peak, Peter was arguably the best overall player in the NHL but his peak did not last as long as others, due to injury

 

[Rorschach]

Look at the 1OA picks the last 15+ years. I'd take Forsberg over all of them except McDavid and excluding McD, I'd take Forsberg almost 90+% of them quite easily.

 

[Crow]

Highest ability obviously

I’d rather just look at peak than best. Best ability is far too subjective to have any importance to me. Theoretically they should have shown their best ability at their peak.

 

[gritdash60]

I guess it depends who you ask, in here people might understand the greatness, some average (especially north-american) fan probably wont.

Like Kimmo Timonen said "I cant pick one out of Sakic and Forsberg, Sakic was so skilled and scores all the time, but Forsberg was so strong and you couldn't get the puck from him and was also mean."