Was Mike Gartner Underrated

[Golden_Jet]

Not sure how they compare to today is really relevant to my point...

Well the first part is if you don’t like the second part.

 

[Albatros]

Larry Murphy has 18 40 point seasons

Bobby Orr only has 10 20 point seasons

Murphy also way ahead in career points.

Larry Murphy is also underrated, played for very good teams late in his career but was also a very good player. Played a big role behind each of the four cups he won. Orr won two in 12 years while also playing for very good teams.

 

[Run the Gauntlet]

Larry Murphy has 18 40 point seasons

Bobby Orr only has 10 20 point seasons

Murphy also way ahead in career points.

Are you trying to say that Orr was a 'flash in the pan' type player?

 

[Dingo]

Are you trying to say that Orr was a 'flash in the pan' type player?

no, i was using the same argument the guy above me was for why Gartner was a better goalscorer than Bure.... at least at the time i thought he was saying that. He has since clarified a bit.

 

[seventieslord]

How many other players have their career rank in a major category (goals - 8th all time) higher than all but one single season finish (5th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 10th are best finishes).

That would have to be extremely rare and make a clear comparable difficult.

Ron Francis retired 18th in career goals, never finished higher then 37th in a season.

 

[PrimumHockeyist]

He was very consistent in his career and was just shy of being a PPG player. Still put 1300+ pts. He was never a teams superstar but he was such a well rounded player. So was he underrated?

Yes and No.

Gartner was the Invisible Man during his era. He played in the shadows of so many headline-grabbing players. He was 'underrated' in the sense that he didn't get the limelight that he deserved. However, anyone who followed NHL hockey during his era knew that he was one of the best players- fans, and NHLers alike.

I remember him talking about this point you brought up once. To paraphrase, he said, "As long as I have the respect of my peers, the way things are is okay with me."