Rod Brind'Amour Versus Markus Naslund

[GlitchMarner]

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



Bracket A:



LeClair (4-3: defeated Nolan, Amonte, Brind'Amour and Roberts; lost to Mogilny, Fleury and Tkachuk in round one. 3-3: defeated Weight, Damphousse and Kovalev; lost to Elias, Robitaille and Naslund in round two.)
Bondra: (4-3 defeated Nolan, Hejduk, Whitney and Demitra; lost to Palffy, Naslund and Kovalev in round one. 3-3: defeated Damphousse, Brind'Amour and Zhamnov, lost to Fleury, Elias and Mogilny in round two.)

Mogilny (4-3: defeated Whitney, LeClair, Marleau and Tkachuk; lost to Recchi, Shanahan and Hossa in round one. 3-3: defeated Kovalev, Naslund and Bondra; lost to Robitaille, Alfredsson and Brind'Amour in round two)
Fleury (4-0: defeated Kovalev, Marleau, Roberts and LeClair in round one. 3-3: defeated Elias, Bondra and Naslund; lost to Hossa, Shanahan and Robitaille in round two.)

Brind'Amour (4-3: defeated Weight, Damphousse, Bertuzzi and Koivu; lost to Kovalev, Robitaille and LeClair in round one. 3-2: defeated Zhamnov, Palffy and Mogilny; received a bye; lost to Bondra and Hossa in round two)
Naslund (4-2: defeated Bondra, Bertuzzi, Kovalev and Demitra; lost to Alfredsson and Elias in round one. 3-3: defeated Palffy, Weight and LeClair; lost to Mogilny, Shanahan and Fleury in round two.)

Robitaille (4-0: defeated Hossa, Palffy, Recchi and Brind'Amour in round one. 3-2: lost to Shanahan and Alfredsson; defeated Mogilny, LeClair and Fleury; received a bye in round two.)
*Receives a bye


Players who have advanced to the next round:


Shanahan (4-0: defeated Tkachuk, Recchi, Hossa and Mogilny. 4-0: defeated Robitaille, Elias, Naslund and Fleury in round two.)

Alfredsson (4-0: defeated Naslund, Hejduk, Elias and Marleau in round one. 4-0: defeated Hossa, Robitaille, Palffy and Mogilny in round two.)

Hossa (3-2: defeated Recchi, Tkachuk and Mogilny, received a bye; lost to Robitaille and Shanahan in round one. 4-1: defeated Fleury, Brind'Amour Kovalev and Damphousse; lost to Alfredsson in round two)

Elias (4-1: defeated Hejduk, Naslund, Tkachuk and Recchi; lost to Alfredsson in round one. 4-2: lost to Fleury and Shanahan, defeated LeClair, Damphousse, Bondra and Palffy in round two)



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)
Tanguay (2-4: defeated Allison and Gagne; lost to Marleau, Weight, Hejduk and Zhamnov)
Roberts (3-4: defeated Smyth, Bertuzzi and Amonte; lost to Fleury, Marleau, Koivu and LeClair)
Tkachuk (3-4: defeated Demitra, LeClair and Weight; lost to Shanahan, Hossa, Elias and Mogilny)
Yashin (3-4: defeated Allison, Gagne and Zhamnov; lost to Demitra, Koivu, Damphousse and Weight)
Whitney (3-4: defeated Smyth, Nolan and Amonte; lost to Bertuzzi, Mogilny, Bondra and Zhamnov)
Koivu (3-4: defeated Yashin, Zhamnov and Roberts; lost to Weight, Damphousse, Demitra and Brind'Amour)
Marleau (3-4: defeated Tanguay, Bertuzzi and Roberts; lost to Fleury, Alfredsson, Mogilny and Damphousse)
Zhamnov (4-3: defeated Allison, Gagne, Tanguay and Whitney; lost to Demitra, Koivu and Yashin in round one. 0-4: lost to Brind'Amour, Weight, Damphousse and Bondra in round two.)
Weight (4-3: defeated Koivu, Tanguay, Smyth and Yashin; lost to Brind'Amour, Damphousse and Tkachuk in round one. 1-4: lost to LeClair, Kovalev, Naslund and Palffy; defeated Zhamnov in round two.)
Damphousse (4-3: defeated Koivu, Weight, Yashin and Marleau; lost to Brind'Amour, Kovalev and Palffy in round one. 1-4: defeated Zhamnov; lost to Bondra, LeClair, Elias and Hossa in round two)
Kovalev (4-2: defeated Damphousse, Brind'Amour, Bondra and Hejduk; lost to Fleury and Naslund in round one. 1-4: defeated Weight; lost to Palffy, Mogilny, Hossa and LeClair in round two.)
Palffy (4-1: defeated Bondra, Nolan, Demitra and Damphousse; lost to Robitaille in round one. 2-4: defeated Kovalev and Weight, lost to Naslund, Alfredsson, Brind'Amour and Elias in round two.)​

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[MisterNoItAll]

Rod. Won the Cup as Captain with 'Canes. Both different styles. Brind'Amour was a defensive forward. Naslund was an offensive forward. Brind'Amour was a 2 time Selke winner, and will likely get in the Hall, over 1000 points career. Brind'Amour also has a better PPG (0.79 vs Naslund's 0.77) and being way better defensively at the same time. Brind'Amour very underrated player and was one of the best two way player players of his generation.

 

[Thenameless]

I value Naslund's higher offensive peak more.

 

[Bramskii]

Naslund was just a better a player.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Rod. Won the Cup as Captain with 'Canes. Both different styles. Brind'Amour was a defensive forward. Naslund was an offensive forward. Brind'Amour was a 2 time Selke winner, and will likely get in the Hall, over 1000 points career. Brind'Amour also has a better PPG (0.79 vs Naslund's 0.77) and being way better defensively at the same time. Brind'Amour very underrated player and was one of the best two way player players of his generation.

I don't think you can compare their raw point per game averages in their careers since Brind'Amour started his career earlier and played in the higher scoring, pre dead puck era NHL longer than Naslund.

 

[MisterNoItAll]

I don't think you can compare their raw point per game averages in their careers since Brind'Amour started his career earlier and played in the higher scoring, pre dead puck era NHL longer than Naslund.

That's not a valid argument. Regardless of eras, he has a better PPG, end of story. That's also disregarding the fact that he found success during the dead puck era, as one of the best two-way forwards in the game, earning him 2 Selke's, and a Stanley Cup as a Captain. Naslund hasn't won any individual awards, nor did he have any team success.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Naslund wins.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Why haven't either been brought up as possible hall of famers?

 

[Rille]

That's not a valid argument. Regardless of eras, he has a better PPG, end of story. That's also disregarding the fact that he found success during the dead puck era, as one of the best two-way forwards in the game, earning him 2 Selke's, and a Stanley Cup as a Captain. Naslund hasn't won any individual awards, nor did he have any team success.

The players and Ted Lindsay don't agree with no individual award