As 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. 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:
Who was better – Marian Hossa or Alexander Mogilny?
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