Saku Koivu Versus Gary Roberts

[GlitchMarner]

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




Bracket B:


Koivu (2-3: defeated Yashin and Zhamnov; lost to Weight, Damphousse and Demitra)
Roberts (3-2: defeated Smyth, Bertuzzi and Amonte; lost to Fleury and Marleau)

Tkachuk (2-3: defeated Demitra and LeClair; lost to Shanahan, Hossa and Elias)
Weight (3-2: defeated Koivu, Tanguay and Smyth; lost to Brind'Amour and Damphousse)

Yashin (3-2: defeated Allison, Gagne and Zhamnov; lost to Koivu and Demitra)
Damphousse (2-3: defeated Koivu and Weight; lost to Brind'Amour, Kovalev and Palffy)

Zhamnov (2-3: defeated Allison and Gahne; lost to Demitra, Koivu and Yashin)
Tanguay (2-3: defeated Allison and Gagne; lost to Marleau, Weight and Hejduk)




Players who have advanced to the next round:

Shanahan (4-0: defeated Tkachuk, Recchi, Hossa and Mogilny)
Alfredsson (4-0: defeated Naslund, Hejduk, Elias and Marleau)
Fleury (4-0: defeated Kovalev, Marleau, Roberts and LeClair)
Robitaille (4-0: defeated Hossa, Palffy, Recchi and Brind'Amour)
Elias (4-1: defeated Hejduk, Naslund, Tkachuk and Recchi; lost to Alfredsson)
Palffy (4-1: defeated Bondra, Nolan, Demitra and Damphousse; lost to Robitaille)
Kovalev (4-2: defeated Damphousse, Brind'Amour, Bondra and Hejduk; lost to Fleury and Naslund)



Eliminated players:

Nolan (0-4: lost to LeClair, Bondra, Palffy and Whitney)
Allison (0-4: lost to Zhamnov, Tanguay, Yashin and Smyth)
Recchi (1-4: defeated Mogilny; lost to Shanahan, Robitaille, Hossa and Elias)
Amonte (1-4: defeated Gagne; lost to LeClair, Hejduk, Roberts and Whitney)
Gagne (1-4: defeated Smyth; lost to Amonte, Zhamnov, Yashin and Tanguay)
Bertuzzi (1-4: defeated Whitney; lost to Roberts, Marleau, Naslund and Brind'Amour)
Smyth (1-4: defeated Allison; lost to Roberts, Gagne, Whitney and Weight)
Hejduk (2-4: defeated Amonte and Tanguay; lost to Elias, Alfredsson, Bondra and Kovalev)

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[GlitchMarner]

Roberts:

Third in goals in 1992
Two top 20 Selke voting finishes
910 points in 1224 games (884 adjusted points)
93 points in 130 playoff games
19 points in 19 playoff games with TOR in 2002
Won a Stanley Cup with the Flames in '89


Koivu:

832 points in 1124 games (912 adjusted points)
Fourth in Calder voting in 1996
59 points in 80 playoff games
21 points in 23 games in 2002 and 2004 playoffs combined
10 points in 6 games at 1998 Olympics
11 points in 8 games at 2006 Olympics
8 points in 10 World Cup games (across two tournaments)


I'd say Roberts had the better NHL career. Koivu was sensational in international hockey while Roberts didn't have an international career beyond his junior years. I'll vote for Saku here.

 

[GlitchMarner]

About seven hours to go.

 

[SotasicA]

Gary Roberts. Tremendous goal scorer and a tough power forward. Won a Cup.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Koivu takes it.