Was Mike Gartner underrated?

[namttebih]

Out of curiosity, where did Glen Anderson rank in the top 100 and 200 lists that you guys are referring to?

 

[sr edler]

Is it possible for Canucks fans to discuss players without bringing up Canuck players and/or the tunnel-vision perspective that proves they barely ever watched Eastern conference teams?

Calm down a hectogram, I didn't mean Bondra was a compiler, I just meant he ended up with the numbers he ended up with, because of the circumstances described (playing style). Technically everyone compile their numbers.

 

[Crosby2010]

Let's take a deep dive. Glenn Anderson scored 6 points in the 1994 playoffs. 1 point in each series and then three in the Cup final. Two of them goals. Those goals were both game winners. Game 2 especially was a shorthanded marker to break a tie in the 2nd period. Game 3 was a goal late in the 1st period. Okay look, I am a proponent of Anderson in the HHOF. He belongs in my opinion simply because he has good regular season numbers and of course great playoff numbers that simply can't be ignored. By 1994 he just wasn't scoring as much, and the Rangers had a lot of RW on their team as it was who were ahead of him. My guess is Anderson is brought in for leadership and morale with some of his other Oiler buddies. I'll say what I normally say, you can't argue with results, and since the Rangers were drenched with former Oilers it couldn't hurt having Anderson on there. There were 7 former Oilers from Cup winners on that team. With all due respect to Leetch and Richter and Kovalev and Larmer, you can't ignore that sort of pedigree. So even though Gartner still had some hockey left in him - and more than Anderson - you can't go against a Cup champion.

That being said...................many of their trades did result in the 1994 Cup being a one and done type of thing. Where as guys like Amonte, Gartner, Weight, etc. all help the team well into the 1990s and some even into the 2000s. And Gartner had 16 points in 13 playoff games in 1992. Then in Toronto 11 points in 18 playoff games in 1994. Do they still win the Cup with Gartner? Yeah I think they do absolutely. But I do have to admit I wouldn't trade Anderson "back" just to find out. The results spoke. Unfortunately Anderson was the victim here.

 

[seventieslord]

Out of curiosity, where did Glen Anderson rank in the top 100 and 200 lists that you guys are referring to?

Did not rank.

 

[sr edler]

Gartner was a really good goal-scorer and a really good skater....but, Bure was a lot better at both.

Gartner might have been faster skating around the rink without the puck, in these annual all-star exhibition trials, but the fun kinda ends there. Actual in-game situations, with the puck, there's really no contest. That's the thing with Bure, he almost appeared faster with the puck on his stick, and could just go around you. To make a football analogy, I'm sure there were faster players than Ryan Giggs without the ball, but when that guy had a ball on his feet, down the wing, he could just fly away.