This is a rather bizarre way of belittling the 90s players.....for example, sure all three of the other line won smythes, but this is for one run....one. Put ‘02 Forsberg, ‘99 Modano, and ‘94 Bure on a line, then against ‘08 Zetterberg, ‘09 Malkin, and ‘13 Kane(he won his Smythe that year, right?), there really is no, “AINEC” talk....
Forsberg and Modano could potentially have the upper hand against Malkin and Zetterberg defensively and in possession. Kane and Bure would be a great show down, but Bure carried his line and team to the finals, he’s more than capable of creating his own scoring.
Offensively ZMK I feel have the advantage though, but I do feel it’s still close in that regard. Defensively though MFB has the clear upper hand. I guess it comes down to possession. Forsberg and Malkin can generate offense and carry their lines while being elite scorers.
oh and forsberg sat out the entire regular season in 2002 when he outscored everybody, funny how his biggest fans always leave out that fact
It’s been already told that he didn’t “sit out.” He didn’t play a single game due to injuries and was recovering. He basically lead all players in scoring in the post season after having to come back from some pretty serious injuries.
You can make it sound like he was chilling at home openly choosing to not play, but without that bias twist to the narrative, the real fans know the truth.