Hobnobs
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- Nov 29, 2011
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I completely agree.
I saw someone else say Hatcher was better for his era, but Zubov would be better for any other... maybe that would be true if hockey history started in 1995 or so, but I feel like Hatcher would have been quite at home playing pre-expansion hockey, for example.
Another point in Hatcher's favor - I think that if one were ranking the all-time best penalty killing and power play defensemen, Hatcher would rank quite a bit higher on the all-time PKer list than Zubov would rank on the all-time PP pointmen list.
No I wrote that Hatchet played during his time in Dallas played in the perfect era compared to Zubov.
I didnt write that Hatcher was bad outside that era because he wasnt. Hatcher didnt have the recognition before or after the DPE though and Zubov did but this thread was strictly about their time in Dallas together.
And during their time in Dallas Id say its a wash. They were equally important to that team.