Obviously he does deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. The question is more, “where does he rank all time among great NHL defencemen?”
We discuss that here:
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Career:
- NHL: 1991-2010; 18 seasons, 17 quality
- 172G, 568A (20th D All Time) for 740P (22nd D All Time), +167 in 1263 games; 25:21 ATOI (since 1997-98); 141 PS (15th D)
- Niedermayer is 12th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
- Niedermayer is 19th All Time in Offensive Point Shares among defencemen
- Draft: In his draft year (1991), Niedermayer, drafted 3rd overall, is
- 18th in Goals
- 4th in Assists
- 7th in Points
- 3rd in Games Played
- Era: Since only 3 D have played 1,250 games between 1991 and 2010, we have included forwards, so…Of the 8 players to play in at least 1250 games between 1991 and 2010, Niedermayer is
- 7th (2nd last) in Goals, GPG, Points and PPG
- 6th in Assists and APG
- 2nd in Plus/Minus, Defensive Point Shares and Point Shares
- 82-game average: 11G, 37A for 48P, +11
- 3-year peak (2003-07): 82-game average of 14G, 49A for 63P, +12; 26:18 ATOI; 11.4 PS
- Possession (since 2007-08):
- 51.2% Corsi For
- 0% Relative Corsi For
- 50.1% Fenwick For
- -0.8% Relative Fenwick For
- Playoffs: 25G, 73A for 98P, +20 in 202 games (20th All Time)
- Adjusted: 187G, 600A for 787P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 12G, 39A for 51P
- Obviously Niedermayer is not in the Top 25 of any Adjusted PG category
- Never traded.
Accomplishments:
- Norris (‘04)
- Conn Smythe (‘07)
- Top 5 in Norris voting a further three times
- Top 10 Player (by PS) once (‘04)
- Best Defensive Player (by DPS) twice (‘95, ‘04), Top 5 three times (‘03), Top 10 five times (‘96, ‘07)
- Scored 15 goals once
- Tallied 50 assists twice, 40 assists five times
- Scored 60 points twice, 50 points five times
- Top 10 in Plus/Minus once
- 1st Team All Star three times, 1st All Rookie, 2nd Team once
- 5 All Star Game appearances
- Three Stars:
- Monthly 2nd Star once
- Monthly 3rd Star once.
Great Teams:
- MVP of one Champion (‘07 Ducks), Best Player (led playoffs in assists and points) on one Champion (‘03 Devils), Best D on one Final Four (‘06 Ducks), Best D (by points) on one Champion (‘95 Devils), Top 2 D on one Champion (‘00 Devils) and one Runner Up (‘01 Devils), Top 4 D (by points) on one Final Four (‘94 Devils)
- Top 4? D (by points) on two Olympic Champions (‘02, ‘10 Canada)
- Best D? (by points) on one World Cup Runner Up (‘96 Canada), Top 4? D (by points) on one World Cup Champion (‘04 Canada)
- Best D? (by points) on one World Champion (‘04 Canada)
- Role Player (by points) on one World Junior Champion (‘91 Canada)