Markus Naslund Versus Daniel Sedin

[GlitchMarner]

Just vote for the better player, taking into account peak, prime, longevity, talent, accomplishments, awards etc.




Bracket B:

Naslund (4-2: defeated Bondra, Bertuzzi, Kovalev and Demitra; lost to Alfredsson and Elias in round one. 4-3: defeated Palffy, Weight, LeClair and Brind'Amour; lost to Mogilny, Shanahan and Fleury in round two. 0-1: lost to Kariya in round three)
Daniel Sedin: (0-1: lost to Alfredsson in round three)

Henrik Sedin (0-1: lost to Sundin in round three)
Turgeon (0-1: lost to Roenick in round three)

Elias (4-1: defeated Hejduk, Naslund, Tkachuk and Recchi; lost to Alfredsson in round one. 4-2: defeated LeClair, Palffy, Damphousse and Bondra; lost to Fleury, Shanahan in round two. 0-1: lost to Hossa in round three)
Robitaille (4-0: defeated Hossa, Palffy, Recchi and Brind'Amour in round one. 3-2: lost to Shanahan and Alfredsson; defeated Mogilny, LeClair and Fleury; received two byes in round two. 0-1: lost to Modano in round three)

Alfredsson (4-0: defeated Naslund, Hejduk, Elias and Marleau in round one. 4-0: defeated Hossa, Robitaille, Palffy and Mogilny in round two.)
LeClair (4-3: defeated Nolan, Amonte, Brind'Amour and Roberts; lost to Mogilny, Fleury and Tkachuk in round one. 4-3: defeated Weight, Damphousse, Kovalev and Bondra; lost to Elias, Robitaille and Naslund in round two. 0-1: lost to Shanahan in round three)





Eliminated players rankings:



Recchi (1-4: defeated Mogilny; lost to Shanahan, Robitaille, Hossa and Elias.)

[Mogilny is grouped ahead of Palffy/Kovalev/Brind'Amour. Mogilny lost Brind'Amour but defeated three opponents that Brind'Amour lost to (LeClair, Kovalev and Naslund). Mogilny lost to Brind'Amour whereas Kovalev beat him, but Mogilny defeated Naslund, whom Kovalev lost to, and beat Kovalev head-to-head. Mogilny beat Naslund, whom Palffy lost to.]

Mogilny (4-3: defeated Whitney, LeClair, Marleau and Tkachuk; lost to Recchi, Shanahan and Hossa in round one. 3-4: defeated Kovalev, Naslund and Bondra; lost to Robitaille, Alfredsson, Brind'Amour and Fleury in round two.)

Tkachuk (3-4: defeated Demitra, LeClair and Weight; lost to Shanahan, Hossa, Elias and Mogilny.)

[Palffy, Kovalev and Brind'Amour are grouped together - Palffy beat Kovalev and lost to Brind'Amour. Kovalev beat Brind'Amour and lost to Palffy. Rock, paper, scissors scenario. Brind'Amour defeated Mogilny and lost to Bondra whereas Kovalev defeated Bondra and lost to Mogilny.]

Palffy (4-1: defeated Bondra, Nolan, Demitra and Damphousse; lost to Robitaille in round one. 2-4: defeated Kovalev and Weight, lost to Naslund, Alfredsson, Brind'Amourand Elias in round two.)
Kovalev (4-2: defeated Damphousse, Brind'Amour, Bondra and Hejduk; lost to Fleury and Naslund in round one. 1-4: defeated Weight; lost to Palffy, Mogilny, Hossa and LeClair in round two.)
Brind'Amour (4-3: defeated Weight, Damphousse, Bertuzzi and Koivu; lost to Kovalev, Robitaille and LeClair in round one. 3-4: defeated Zhamnov, Palffy and Mogilny; lost to Bondra, Hossa, Naslund and Fleury in round two.)

[Note: Even though Brind'Amour lost directly to Bondra, he beat two opponents that Bondra lost to (Palffy and Mogilny); therefore, he is ranked ahead of Bondra. Palffy lost to Brind'Amour directly whereas Bondra beat him, but Palffy defeated Bondra head-to-head and Palffy beat Kovalev head-to-head whereas Bondra lost to AK. Kovalev beat Bondra directly.]

Bondra: (4-3 defeated Nolan, Hejduk, Whitney and Demitra; lost to Palffy, Naslund and Kovalev in round one. 3-4: defeated Damphousse, Brind'Amour and Zhamnov; lost to Fleury, Elias, b]Mogilny and LeClair in round two.)

Damphousse (4-3: defeated Koivu, Weight, Yashin and Marleau; lost to Brind'Amour, Kovalev and Palffy in round one. 1-4: defeated Zhamnov; lost to Bondra, LeClair, Elias and Hossa in round two.)

Weight (4-3: defeated Koivu, Tanguay, Smyth and Yashin; lost to Brind'Amour, Damphousse and Tkachuk in round one. 1-4: defeated Zhamnov in round two; lost to LeClair, Kovalev, Naslund and Palffy.)
Marleau (3-4: defeated Tanguay, Bertuzzi and Roberts; lost to Fleury, Alfredsson, Mogilny and Damphousse.)
Demitra (3-4: defeated Yashin, Zhamnov and Koivu; lost to Tkachuk, Palffy, Naslund and Bondra.)

Koivu (3-4: defeated Yashin, Zhamnov and Roberts; lost to Weight, Damphousse, Demitra and Brind'Amour.)

Roberts (3-4: defeated Smyth, Bertuzzi and Amonte; lost to Fleury, Marleau, Koivu and LeClair.)

Yashin (3-4: defeated Allison, Gagne and Zhamnov; lost to Demitra, Koivu, Damphousse and Weight)
Bertuzzi (1-4: defeated Whitney; lost to Roberts, Marleau, Naslund and Brind'Amour)

Zhamnov (4-3: defeated Allison, Gagne, Tanguay and Whitney; lost to Demitra, Koivu and Yashin in round one. 0-4: lost to Brind'Amour, Weight, Damphousse and Bondra in round two.)

Whitney (3-4: defeated Smyth, Nolan and Amonte; lost to Bertuzzi, Mogilny, Bondra and Zhamnov.)
Hejduk (2-4: defeated Amonte and Tanguay; lost to Elias, Alfredsson, Bondra and Kovalev.)

Tanguay (2-4: defeated Allison and Gagne; lost to Marleau, Weight, Hejduk and Zhamnov.)
Amonte (1-4: defeated Gagne; lost to LeClair, Hejduk, Roberts and Whitney.)

Gagne (1-4: defeated Smyth; lost to Amonte, Zhamnov, Yashin and Tanguay.)

Smyth (1-4: defeated Allison; lost to Roberts, Gagne, Whitney and Weight.)​

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[GlitchMarner]

Voting ends tomorrow night. Do any Canucks fans want to weigh in?

 

[GlitchMarner]

I actually prefer Naslund's three season peak to Sedin's best three seasons, but Sedin has prime (if each player's best three seasons are excluded) + longevity advantages.

They produced points at almost identical rates in the playoffs, but Sedin has played many more playoff games and his three best playoff runs are better than Naslund's three best (production-wise).


I'll go with Daniel.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Naslund was the better player/talent who had some bad luck.

Had his prime been the years coming out of the lockout I think you would have seen him put up 50 goals on the regular, maybe even push 60 one time.

That was all with never really having a center to play with, and really only a season of a decent Bertuzzi

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Naslund, close though.

 

[bathdog]

Naslund was the better player/talent who had some bad luck.

Had his prime been the years coming out of the lockout I think you would have seen him put up 50 goals on the regular, maybe even push 60 one time.

That was all with never really having a center to play with, and really only a season of a decent Bertuzzi

Bert was only "decent"?

Agree that Naslund did probably peak higher, but he really should have done better than he did.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Sedin wins.