Best Slovakian NHL Players of All Time - #4

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#1 - Zdeno Chara (55.1%)
#2 - Peter Stastny (79.5%)
#3 - Marian Hossa (78.4%)

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(W) Marian Stastny (1981-1986)
Career: 294 pts in 322 gp
Best season: 89 pts in 74 gp

(W) Marian Gaborik (2000-2018)
Career: 815 pts in 1035 gp
Best season: 86 pts in 76 gp

(W) Pavol Demitra (1994-2010)
Career: 768 pts in 847 gp
Best season: 93 pts in 78 gp

(W) Peter Bondra (1990-2007)
Career: 892 pts in 1081 gp
Best season: 80 pts in 67 gp

(W) Miroslav Satan (1995-2010)
Career: 735 pts in 1050 gp
Best season: 75 pts in 79 gp

(W) Ziggy Palffy (1994-2006)
Career: 713 pts in 684 gp
Best season: 89 pts in 73 gp

(W) Anton Stastny (1980-1989)
Career: 636 pts in 650 gp
Best season: 92 pts in 79 gp

(D) Lubomir Visnovky (2000-2015)
Career: 495 pts in 883 gp
Best season: 68 pts in 81 gp

(D) Robert Svehla (1995-2003)
Career: 335 pts in 665 gp
Best season: 57 pts in 81 gp

(G) Jaroslav Halak (2006-2020)
Career: 2.48 gaa + .916 sv in 520 gp
Best season: 2.40 gaa + .924 sv in 45 gp


- Bondra hit 50+ goals twice and 40+ two other times.
- Peter Stastny hit 40+ goals five times.
- Palffy hit 40+ goals three times.
- Gaborik hit 40+ goals three times.
- Hossa hit 40+ goals three times.

- I am not including Stan Mikita as he played for Canada in international competition.

- I thought the #3 poll would be closer but Hossa took it handedly. I believe #4 should be fairly close.

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[Tutu to]

Palffy is mad underrated because his career wasn’t very long and played on bad teams.

 

[amnesiac]

Palffy is mad underrated because his career wasn’t very long and played on bad teams.

exactly what I was gonna say

most of his best years with 2 bottom feeders in NYI and LA.... his PPG is 41st all-time ahead of guys like Kariya, Datsyuk, and Kovalchuk (who all played about 250 games more than Ziggy)

 

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Palffy is mad underrated because his career wasn’t very long and played on bad teams.

I agree.

On the other hand, Bondra was a pretty elite goal scorer too. He won the rocket in 97-98 with 52 goals. But here's the kicker...he did that in 67 games. He was on a 64 goal pace!

Between 1995-1998 Bondra (141) was 2nd in goals in the league behind only john Leclair (143), however, Leclair had played 234 games and Bondra only 211 games.

Also, from 1994/95 season until 1998/99 season (that's 5 seasons) he was second In the league in goals/game with .67 g/gp behind only Mario Lemeiux.

From 94-97 he had a pretty weak offensive team (much like palffy with the islanders and Lak), altho in 97-99 he had Adam oates.

Imo, both palffy and bondra are extremely underrated in the NHL.

 

[wetcoast]

Went with Palffy but I really think this would have been Gaborik if not for injuries.

 

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Bump

 

[Devil Dancer]

Bondra also led a bad team to a Stanley Cup Final.

 

[amnesiac]

Bondra also led a bad team to a Stanley Cup Final.

he did not... Kolzig did

Oates and Juneau were their best offensive players

Bondra had 12P in 17GP.... 4 players had more pts than him

 

[Devil Dancer]

he did not... Kolzig did

Oates and Juneau were their best offensive players

Bondra had 12P in 17GP.... 4 players had more pts than him

That's great Mr. Stats, watch some games sometime.

There's a good argument for Kolzig but Bondra was an all around great player that playoffs, including on the defensive side, and he led the team in goals despite missing four games (admittedly a 4-way tie).

And he caused Hasek's epic meltdown.

He PKed and QBed the PP too.

 

[amnesiac]

yeah

That's great Mr. Stats, watch some games sometime.

There's a good argument for Kolzig but Bondra was an all around great player that playoffs, including on the defensive side, and he led the team in goals despite missing four games (admittedly a 4-way tie).

And he caused Hasek's epic meltdown.

He PKed and QBed the PP too.

yeah Ive been watching hockey for 30 years, thanks. Kolzig was by far the reason they got so far.

Bondra did fine, but by no means did he "lead" the Caps to the finals with his 12 points and defensive game. The fact that he even MISSED 4 games doesnt help either. They had to win without him!

And him pushing Hasek in the back doesnt exactly make him a great player as much as it was a cheap shot, if anything.

 

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This Poll ended in a tie between Ziggy Palffy and Peter Bondra. There will be a 1 day Tiebreaker:

Best Slovakian NHL Players of All Time - #4 TIEBREAKER