Theo Fleury Versus Patrik Elias

[GlitchMarner]

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

Start of round two.



Bracket A:


Elias (4-1: defeated Hejduk, Naslund, Tkachuk and Recchi; lost to Alfredsson)
Fleury (4-0: defeated Kovalev, Marleau, Roberts and LeClair)

Palffy (4-1: defeated Bondra, Nolan, Demitra and Damphousse; lost to Robitaille)
Naslund (4-2: defeated Bondra, Bertuzzi, Kovalev and Demitra; lost to Alfredsson and Elias)

Hossa (3-2: defeated Recchi, Tkachuk and Mogilny, received a bye; lost to Robitaille and Shanahan)
Alfredsson (4-0: defeated Naslund, Hejduk, Elias and Marleau)

Robitaille (4-0: defeated Hossa, Palffy, Recchi and Brind'Amour)
Shanahan (4-0: defeated Tkachuk, Recchi, Hossa and Mogilny)



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)
Demitra (3-4: defeated Yashin, Zhamnov and Koivu; lost to Tkachuk, Palffy, Naslund and Bondra)

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[GlitchMarner]

Fleury:

AS-3, fifth in Hart and Selke voting in '91
AS-2, fifth in Hart voting in '95
AS-4 in '96
AS-3 in '99
Three top ten points finishes (3rd, 6th, 7th)
Two top ten assists finishes (6th, 7th)
Three top ten goals finishes (2nd, 6th, 7th)
1088 career points in 1084 games (1111 adjusted points)
79 playoff points in 77 games
17 points in 18 playoff games in '99
14 points in 7 playoff games in '95
Won a Stanley Cup with Flames in '89 (11 points in 22 playoff games in '91 playoffs)



Elias:

Third in Calder voting in '98
AS-1, sixth in Hart voting and 8th in Selke voting in '01
Top 15 in Hart and Selke voting in '04
Three top ten points finishes (3rd, 6th, 10th)
Two top ten assists finishes (7th, 9th)
Two top ten goals finishes (4th, 10th)
1025 career points in 1240 games (1144 adjusted points)
125 points in 162 playoff games
Two playoff runs with 20 or more points
16 points in 9 playoff games in '06
Won two Stanley Cups with Devils

 

[SB84]

Theo was a little more dynamic. Man, their numbers are similar though. Theo succeeded as a little man in a big mans game and played with incredible tenacity and ferocity. I give him the edge.

 

[nickdawg95]

Fleury was so much better, also he addicted to shnae cigarettes and alcohol for most of his career imagine if he wasnt a drugy, he'd probably be the next bobby orr

 

[Lauro]

Theo, loved him!

 

[JackSlater]

Fleury was more talented and better offensively. Elias had better longevity and was definitely a more well rounded player. Elias was a more consistent player and a leader while Fleury could be a distraction. I would take Elias.

 

[Bustedprospect]

Elias

 

[Voight]

If not for his (Fleury) personal demons (which were the cause of his drub abuse) he'd have had a longer career and higher stats.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Fleury squeezes out the win.