On paper, the F9F should be a slightly better dogfighter -- faster, better climb and slightly lower wing loading. The F2H should have been a better attack a/c, same bombload with a larger wing so less handling trouble loaded.
By the way, for anyone who has seen the old movie THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI, the spectacular F9F deck crash in the movie was an actual flight deck film, and the pilot lived through it. The a/c was totally destroyed flying belly first into the rear edge of the flight deck. The forward fuselage tumbled onto the deck. In the movie, the pilot was supposed to have been killed.