Marian Hossa Or Brad Marchand?

[DitchMarner]

Who's the better player (full career)?


Marian Hossa:

Brad Marchand:

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[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Hossa by a significant margin.

 

[hamzarocks]

Marchand for peak, prime and probably career now

From 2017 to 2021 (5 years) he was the 2nd best winger overall after Kucherov in the NHL. He drove the bruins top line and was constantly the best bruin in leaf series in 2018, 2019 and even in 2024 this year despite the falloff in play

2017 - 2nd best winger
2018 - 3rd best winger, 4th if including OV for playoffs after Hall, Kucherov and maybe OV
2019 - 2nd best winger after Kucherov
2020 - 3rd best winger after Panarin and Pastranak
2021 - best winger due to kucherov not playing

2022 - 2024 he fell off pretty quickly and now is a good 1st liner but not a star playey anymore

That 5 year peak with 2019 season peak is better than any 5 year period for Hossa career

 

[Golden_Jet]

Hossa, as someone who saw him play around 200 games live, it’s not close for me, as good as Hossa was on offense, was just as good defensively. Every team he went to, coaches and players alike were, I knew he was real good, but had no idea this good. First ballot HHoF.

One of the best 2-way players to play.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

Hossa, as someone who saw him play around 200 games live, it’s not close for me, as good as Hossa was on offense, was just as good defensively. Every team he went to, coaches and players alike were, I knew he was real good, but had no idea this good. First ballot HHoF.

One of the best 2-way players to play.

Yah, as Bruins fan I agree. Hossa was a tank.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Pretty close in my mind but leaning Hossa as a bit better

 

[Imgoingtowork]

Hossa

 

[Mrfenn92]

Hossa for me

 

[pi314]

Hossa, as someone who saw him play around 200 games live, it’s not close for me, as good as Hossa was on offense, was just as good defensively. Every team he went to, coaches and players alike were, I knew he was real good, but had no idea this good. First ballot HHoF.

One of the best 2-way players to play.

Marchand is a great defensive player too.

I lean Hossa but it’s far from a landslide.

 

[Sheppy]

Big Marchand fan, but I think it's Hossa here.

 

[njdevils1982]

hossa was an elite cup chaser

 

[Evergreen]

Hossa

 

[Machinehead]

I don't think the gap is necessarily huge but it's clearly there.

 

[JaegerDice]

Peak? Hossa.

Career? Hossa.

Likeability? Hossa.

Fashion? Hossa.

Looks? Hossa.

Don't see an argument for Marchand here.

I mean hell, they even went head to head in the 2013 SCF, and Hossa outperformed Marchand in fewer games when Hossa couldn't even feel one of his feet.

 

[wetcoast]

Pretty close in my mind but leaning Hossa as a bit better

This was my thought as well and Marchand has had an excellent under rated prime.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Peak? Hossa.

Career? Hossa.

Likeability? Hossa.

Fashion? Hossa.

Looks? Hossa.

Don't see an argument for Marchand here.

I mean hell, they even went head to head in the 2013 SCF, and Hossa outperformed Marchand in fewer games when Hossa couldn't even feel one of his feet.

Marchand has the better peak and arguably career.

Hossa cup chased and was a role player in Chicago

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Hossa and it's not even close.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Marchand is a great defensive player too.

I lean Hossa but it’s far from a landslide.

Marchand also became a much higher risk player offensively, which cuts into a lot of his defensive value.

 

[wetcoast]

Marchand has the better peak and arguably career.

I'll agree on the peak but hossa's career is going to be very hard to top.

Hossa cup chased and was a role player in Chicago

Yes he was a role player in his last 2 seasons in Chicago but he was easily a top 6 forward his first 6 seasons in the windy city starting at age 31.

As a "role player" those first 6 seasons age 31-37 he was 30th in NHL scoring while getting some really great Selke results for a winger over that time period.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I'll agree on the peak but hossa's career is going to be very hard to top.


Yes he was a role player in his last 2 seasons in Chicago but he was easily a top 6 forward his first 6 seasons in the windy city starting at age 31.

As a "role player" those first 6 seasons age 31-37 he was 30th in NHL scoring while getting some really great Selke results for a winger over that time period.

Role player in the sense that he was at best 4th on the importance chart on the Cup teams behind Kane, Toews and Keith.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Hossa by a country mile. Had great size, hands, speed, 2 way game. Dude was the complete package.

 

[JaegerDice]

Role player in the sense that he was at best 4th on the importance chart on the Cup teams behind Kane, Toews and Keith.

By that measure Krejci was a ‘role player’ for the Bruins.

Hossa is a member of the Blackhawks core along with Toews, Kane, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook and Hjalmarsson. The guys around those seven 3-cup winners were ‘role players’ of varying levels of importance.

 

[Killer Orcas]

Role player in the sense that he was at best 4th on the importance chart on the Cup teams behind Kane, Toews and Keith.

You could probably say Marchand was the 5th best player in their cup win as well. He was 3rd in points but I'd say Chara and Thomas were more valuable to Bruins.

 

[Sheppy]

You could probably say Marchand was the 5th best player in their cup win as well. He was 3rd in points but I'd say Chara and Thomas were more valuable to Bruins.

He was also a rookie.

 

[Hippasus]

Hossa was a puck possession monster, along with a good shot. Pretty close to an ideal winger in his prime.