Ray Bourque Vs Scott Niedermayer

[MoreRights4Women]

Who is the better defence all time. Take it all into consideration with total points and consistency, value to his team, winning pedigree, play style and its effectiveness during the time they played, players they played with and what each of these two meant to their teams

Niedermayer did it all, 4 cups and gold medals while having a way of playing the game as if it was effortless and made the game look easy , Bourque won multiple Norris trophies and lit up till the end and finally got the cup on his last lap. What’s the word dirty bird

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[Cenzhin]

Bourque AINEC. He can be argued as the 2nd greatest defenseman of all time. Niedermayer doesn't sniff the top 10.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

I'm gonna give you a minute or two to think about this a little more.

 

[JackSlater]

Bourque by a huge degree.

 

[DFC]

The only reasonable Bourque debate is Bourque vs. Lidstrom, and Bourque still seems to come out on top. As great as Niedermayer was, this is not his tier.

 

[DitchMarner]

How are they close? Bourque was much better.

Also, shouldn't this be in the HOH or polls section?

 

[Trap Jesus]

If people think this is even remotely close it would confirm Niedermayer as the most overrated player of all time. That Duncan Keith poll kind of opened my eyes at how overrated he's become, but if Bourque is the next step... Yikes.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Bourque was much better but Niedermayer was on better teams thus won more.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Is this a joke? This is like asking who's better, Crosby or Seguin.

 

[Tweed]

 

[the_fan]

The correct answer is Bork

 

[Oneiro]

Scott Neidermayer is my favorite hockey player ever and this is hilarious. It's Bourque.

(That being said, I'd take Lidstrom over Bourque, hahaha.)

 

[jetsfan91]

Bourque easily. Although Bourque vs Lidstrom would be a better debate.

 

[CTHabsfan]

In case you couldn't guess, I'm a Canadiens fan and I'd say Bourque was quite a bit better than Niedermayer.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Who do you think was better, Steve Yzerman or Mark Recchi?

 

[missionAvs]

This ain't it OP. This ain't even close to being it. Neidermayer would be lucky to have a signed Bourque jersey let alone be compared to him as a player.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Uh. Yeah. Ray all the way.

 

[Go Wings]

Bourque AINEC. He can be argued as the 2nd greatest defenseman of all time. Niedermayer doesn't sniff the top 10.

Better than Lidstrom? GTFO of here

 

[member 157595]

Who's better, a possible Top 5 defenseman in the history of the sport, or a guy not even remotely close to being a Top 5 defenseman in the history of the sport? Tough decision.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Better than Lidstrom? GTFO of here

Yeah I sense no bias here whatsoever.

 

[mr figgles]

Niedermayer is deservedly in the HoF, but for most of his career he wasn’t even the best D on his team. Bourque is the 2nd best, or at worst, 3rd best in the history of the game.

 

[Matty Sundin]

It's Bourque but Neidermayer is getting no respect.

 

[Cenzhin]

Better than Lidstrom? GTFO of here

Re-read my post and come back to me.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I’ll take the guy that was a top 5 Norris vote getter from 19 years old to 35, and was never outside the top 10 in an entire 22 year career.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Better than Lidstrom? GTFO of here

One could absolutely make that argument.