Paul Kariya vs Pavel Bure

[Garbageyuk]

Whoosh.

Sure buddy.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

I'd pick Bure over Kariya but Selänne over Bure.

 

[authentic]

I'd pick Bure over Kariya but Selänne over Bure.

Kariya was basically as good as Selanne, although perhaps a slight edge to Selanne at his peak. Either way all 3 are extremely close.

 

[Rorschach]

I'd pick Bure over Kariya but Selänne over Bure.

Pre-skate through Achilles, I think Selanne would have been top 5 of all time.

Kariya was basically as good as Selanne, although perhaps a slight edge to Selanne at his peak. Either way all 3 are extremely close.

Selanne’s rookie season was unfortunately his peak season.

 

[authentic]

Pre-skate through Achilles, I think Selanne would have been top 5 of all time.


Selanne’s rookie season was unfortunately his peak season.

You think Selanne would’ve been a top 5 player of all time?

 

[Plural]

You think Selanne would’ve been a top 5 player of all time?

Or that his peak season was his rookie season.

 

[authentic]

Or that his peak season was his rookie season.

Yeah that’s for sure but just was he really going to top that again without injury? Hard to say really maybe he could’ve but I don’t know if he would’ve been a top 10 player of all time and almost certainly not top 5. Then again he did age unbelievably well considering all the injuries he overcame at different stages of his career so who knows really.

 

[Plural]

Yeah that’s for sure but just was he really going to top that again without injury? Hard to say really maybe he could’ve but I don’t know if he would’ve been a top 10 player of all time and almost certainly not top 5. Then again he did age unbelievably well considering all the injuries he overcame at different stages of his career so who knows really.

Absolutely not top-5. With perfect health and luck, I guess something like top-30 is possible.

 

[trentmccleary]

Kariya.
There's not much separating them offensively. Kariya played the scarce position, was more durable and a lot fewer goals were scored against him when he was on the ice.

Selanne was clearly better than either one of them. They combined 12 full PPG seasons, Selanne had 11 by himself. If you add up each of their 10 best together and compare it to Selanne's entire career, it's not far off. If you compare the 5 best seasons of all 3 players, Selanne blows them out of the water (5 best seasons PPG = 1.24 Bure, 1.23 Kariya and 1.38 Selanne).