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Originally Posted by edslunch
It's debatable who had the best career. But Calgary traded half of Joe's career for all of Jarome's. Calgary wins
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I don't think it's debatable. Nieuwendyk has the edge in personal statistics and team accomplishments.
If anything, this thread might be establishing the relative underappreciation of the 3 time cup winner, 1 time conn smythe, 560 goal scoring two-way centre.
Right now, All time:
Neuwendyk: GP 1257 G 564 P 1126
Iginla: GP 1239 G 530 P 1108
Nieuwendyk only hung them up 6 years ago.
I bet if you count up the dead puck era goals scored by both of them since Jarome came into the league that Nieuwendyk isn't that far behind Iginla's total, and might be ahead of it in Goals Per Game. One guy's prime vs. another's decline.
Someone wanna do the math?