Who was better – Marian Hossa or Alexander Mogilny? The BeginningĪs native sons of Eastern Europe, Hossa and Mogilny both honed their hockey skills in their home countries before coming over to the NHL (in a rather dramatic fashion for Mogilny, I would add).īorn in what was then Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), Hossa grew up playing hockey (his younger brother Marcel would also later play in the NHL) and was playing for Dukla Trencin of the Slovak Extraliga as a teenager. Yet a closer look at the statistics and accomplishments of Hossa and Mogilny show two players who were relatively evenly matched in terms of both peak performance and overall career achievements – thus, let us compare these two offensively gifted Eastern European NHL stars and evaluate the question: We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.Īs part of the 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame class, Marian Hossa was selected in his first year of eligibility while Hossa was certainly worthy of induction, Alexander Mogilny, who has been on the ballot for more than a decade, was snubbed once again. ![]() ![]() This site contains affiliate links to products.
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