Canucks_fo_life Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Teemu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Langdon Algur Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 This is a hard one, there stats are very similar. Both are amazing snipers who had very long and productive carrers. Kurri you could argue benefited from played with Gretz, although I have a feeling Gretz himself would argue he benefited from playing with Kuri. Selanne, had a couple of off years (by his high standards) and never repeated his amazing rookie but when was one he was one of the best. In the end I voted for Kurri for being one of the only players to score 50 goals in 50 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durl Dixsun Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Ossi Vannanen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceIsRight31 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Gotta go with Teemu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'd say Kurri, better stats and a lot more cups, I never actually saw him play though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancanfan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Kurri and Selanne were both great, a very tough choice. I would have to say Kurri, but by a very slim margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveHart Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Teemu all day every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Ossi Vannanen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Woah, I thought this poll would be a lot closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugemanskost Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Woah, I thought this poll would be a lot closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedinz Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 2012 : Jari Kurri 2032 : Joel Armia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 As usual, I've gotten all statistical on this. So, at first glance, you see that Teemu has more points, albeit only 8 more, but he also has 62 more goals. Looking closer, you realize that Selanne also has more games played, therefore had more opportunity to get those points. So, next you look at points/game. You see that Kurri is ahead of Selanne by a decent margin (1.12 to 1.05). You also will notice that Selanne is right about at 0.5 Goals per game though, which is ahead of Kurri. This means that Kurri's assists/game must be quite a bit higher than Selanne's and they are (0.64 to 0.55). Normally I'd stop here and say that Kurri was the better player based on Points per game, and go more in detail, saying that Selanne was the better goal scorer, but Kurri was the better playmaker. However, there is one more possible step. I took the averages of the league's goal per game level over each player's career. Kurri, who played in the 80's and 90's played in an era of much more offense than Selanne who played in the 90's and 00's. I calculated what Selanne's goals per game, assists per game, and points per game would've been if he'd played in Kurri's era. Goals Per Game Kurri: 0.48 Selanne: 0.62 Assists Per Game Kurri: 0.64 Selanne: 0.68 Points Per Game Kurri: 1.12 Selanne: 1.30 Selanne beats Kurri in all three categories, even in assists per game, which was Kurri's strength. So, statistically speaking, Selanne is the greatest Finnish player of All-Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocket18 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 i voted for teemu... i'm 37 and i saw both play... Teemu managed what 76 goals in his rookie season. How many goals do you think Selanne would have gotten when he was young with that amazing Oiler team... Surely more than 76 with gretz feeding him... heck look how many 1 timers Teemu puts in... Theres no doubt in my mind that Kurri is a GREAT player... Teemu continues to put up good points and is still a threat even at his older age... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Salo Jk. Selanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*vInTaGe* Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Teemu. Guy is still scary good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnieds Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That's simple. It's Teemu. Kurri retired at 38 but his last good season you have to go back to when he was 34. I'm sure Jari was a great player but we'll never know how well he would've done without the great one by his side. Teemu on the other hand is still kicking ass at age 42. No contest here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That's simple. It's Teemu. Kurri retired at 38 but his last good season you have to go back to when he was 34. I'm sure Jari was a great player but we'll never know how well he would've done without the great one by his side. Teemu on the other hand is still kicking ass at age 42. No contest here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesposit Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Reijo Ruotsalainen b/c he had the greatest name of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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