P.Datsyuk vs P.Forsberg

[Ghetty Green]

Forsberg kept me up at night, pause

 

[Xspyrit]

Crazy how underrated Forsberg is. There's still so many people who don't understand how high he would be on the all-time list if he played 1200 NHL games instead

Most of his career was in the dead puck era and he still has some crazy numbers. If he was just elite offensively, maybe people would have a point but he's probably the most complete player I have ever seen, a force of nature, just as good in any facet of the game. This guy would most likely be seen as a top-10 guy if he didn't have to deal with so many injuries

From 1995-96 to 2005-06 (which is pretty much the whole DPE minus 2005-06), Forsberg had the 3rd best PPG (1.29 PPG) behind only Mario Lemieux (1.62 PPG) and Jagr (1.39 PPG). Mario only played 316 games though and those 2 guys are Top-3 and Top-10 players of all-time.

He had an higher PPG than Sakic, Gretzky, Lindros, Kariya, Palffy, Bure, etc