Prime Datsyuk deserves more respect, if he played in the analytics era he’d be in MVP talks 🤷♂️ (from @jfresh on Twitter)
Prime Datsyuk deserves more respect, if he played in the analytics era he’d be in MVP talks 🤷♂️ (from @jfresh on Twitter)
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Datsyuk already gets a lot of respect.
Seen as one of the most offensively gifted/creative minded forwards while also being continuously mentioned as the game’s top 1-3 defensive forwards for years
~~Me thinks jfresh used this title to garner clicks/replies saying exactly that~~
edit: my mistake jfresh, you were just pointing out a dominant season, it was OP who thinks Datsyuk is underrated. I apologize.
Not sure how old the tweet is, but McDavid should be 27 now. I think he has a January birthday. Although, I guess on a 3-year weighted average, his average age would be about 26.
Datsyuk is the most naturally talented player I’ve ever seen. He was always somehow celebrated and underrated simultaneously.
To be truthful, no matter your feelings on it, the public kind of willingly started to turn a shoulder on the guy after he made those orthodox religion comments back in 2013. I’d have to think this is a contributing factor towards why he’s kind of became a bit less celebrated in recent history.
I would love to hypothetically see what Fedorov’s 1993-94 card when he had second most points in the league (120) and won the Selke would be. Every category might’ve been in the hundredth percentile.
he’s wearing a smokey the bear hat like it’s not a fedora on anyone but smokey the bear
He’s such an underrated 200 foot player. Sacrificed offensively to put in more work on defence and ensure the team would win!!!
As a hawks fan, he was like Toews and Kane combined. That is how I always thought of him
If you were paying attention during the Datsyuk/Zetterberg era you know Datsyuk got a lot of respect. If anything Z might have been a little underrated because Datsyuk was the Magician.
Who doesn’t respect Datsyuk? I’ve only ever heard/seen high value opinions of him. He was amazing.
He is a little underrated, he would have been the first player to refuse to wear a pride warm up jersey. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves for that. He played in the wrong era.
I’ve never seen anyone disrespect or slander Datsyuk, I feel like he is correctly rated as one of the best and most entertaining players during his playing career
Did this whole sub start watching hockey 2 years ago?
Who is walking around disrespecting Datsyuk? Don’t make up controversies where there are none, there’s enough of that in the world as is.
If anything Datsyuk is overrated by people who mythologize his career now that he’s retired.
No shade on the guy, he was incredible and probably one of the 30 or 40 best players in the history of the sport.
But some fans talk about him like he was an unstoppable force, which just wasn’t the case. He was closer to Patrice Bergeron than Mario Lemieux.
I feel like most people agree that Datsyuk is one of the greatest two way forwards of all time.
Where are these people who aren’t showing him the respect he deserves?
Dats was properly rated back in his prime. He was almost always in the conversation for best players in the league and was winning awards for his defensive play while putting up nearly 100 points a season for a while.
Watching him every game with the eye test was insane
You knew immediately when he subbed in. Puck just found it’s way to him
datsyuk was all anyone ever talked about back when he played. not sure he needs more respect lol
I’d take Datsyuk, only because I’m a Calgary fan and would love to see them play each other.
Datsyuk absolutely owned the Jackets. If I never see that hob goblin looking mf again, I’ll count myself lucky.
He gets tons of respect. And 2007-08 and 2008-09 (for where there is player cards) certainly belong to Datsyuk’s prime, basically his best offensive production, and not on expense of defence. He was fantastic but generationals Ovechkin and Crosby were also in their primes.
Additionally, people have short memories on how Ovechkin actually was in his prime, absolute dominant offensive unit, not just floating and cherry picking one-timers. His two of three Harts are from 2008 and 2009 (analytics existed). There’s no scenario he wouldn’t have won them, that’s how dominant offensively he was. In case of Crosby ther’s not much to debate either. There was also Malkin, Thornton, Sedins and few other superstars in their primes.