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Forums :: Blog World :: Eklund: Patrice Bergeron. The Best Defensive Forward of All-Time?
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Only_A_Ladd
Los Angeles Kings
Location: TERRACE LANCO, CA
Joined: 06.06.2013

Jun 7 @ 12:28 PM ET
I thought he won a Selkie and a Heart in the same season?
- Feds91Stammer


Yes. He also won the Kournikova, his greatest achievement.
Nasty_Duck
Boston Bruins
Location: ON
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jun 7 @ 12:31 PM ET
Yes. He also won the Kournikova, his greatest achievement.
- Only_A_Ladd



Nasty_Duck
Boston Bruins
Location: ON
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jun 7 @ 12:32 PM ET
I thought he won a Selkie and a Heart in the same season?
- Feds91Stammer


They are jumping on my typo... Selkie ... should have been Selke.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Jun 7 @ 12:57 PM ET
How do you figure Fedorov was (most) underated?

He has a decent number of NHL awards, so it's not like he wasn't recognized.

- Nasty_Duck


Yes, he has awards (2 Selkes, 1 Hart, 1 Pearson) but I feel like he was never as appreciated as much as some other players of his era, like Forsberg, Jagr, Lindros, Kariya, Selanne, and even his teammate Yzerman.

Personally, Fedorov makes a top-20 all-time list in my book because of his all-around game, but he seems to be lumped in with the other Russians like Bure and Mogilny. Both were dynamically gifted players, but none of them could hang with Fedorov overall.
Newgod77
Boston Bruins
Location: IL
Joined: 05.10.2015

Jun 7 @ 1:44 PM ET
Best by far.
DonCherries
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 06.12.2019

Jun 7 @ 4:10 PM ET
Bergeron never had to stop Lemieux or Gretzky the 2 best players ever! Carbonneau and Gainey did. Morover, 93 cup is a result of Carbonneau covering Gretzky. So NO Bergeron is not best ever. Tie between Carbonneau and Gainey
Nasty_Duck
Boston Bruins
Location: ON
Joined: 06.20.2012

Jun 7 @ 4:45 PM ET
Bergeron never had to stop Lemieux or Gretzky the 2 best players ever! Carbonneau and Gainey did. Morover, 93 cup is a result of Carbonneau covering Gretzky. So NO Bergeron is not best ever. Tie between Carbonneau and Gainey
- DonCherries


When did Carbonneau and Gainey "stop" Lemieux?

LA-Gretzky not even close to same thing as Edm-Gretzky.

What a surprise it's a tie between two ex-montreal players.


M*A*S*H
Season Ticket Holder
Calgary Flames
Joined: 03.05.2006

Jun 8 @ 12:40 PM ET
I know many will bring up Gainy and Carbonneau as perhaps the best defensive forwards all time. But to do that, while being on a top line, top PP unit and still produce the points, in my opinion, puts him on a different level than the aformentioned players. No disrepect to the former. They were very important players for their teams at that time. Bergeron is way better than them.
13of39
Colorado Avalanche
Joined: 08.26.2018

Jun 8 @ 7:30 PM ET
Anyone mention Bryan Trottier yet?
I know Jere Lehtinen isn’t Bergy level but had to mention him outta respect.
mkrisnosky
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 03.24.2013

Jun 12 @ 11:58 PM ET
Most overrated nhl forward of this generation. Never cracked 80 pts once as a top line center. There I said it.
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