Bounces R Way
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O well if you say so then it must be true.
Opinion: lots of people had him as the second best player in the league before his injury and he was almost unanimously a top 5 player. Not sure how much more respect a guy can receive.
No it's true because it's an observable fact.
Here's the NHL Network's Top 50 Players released in January of this year
Kucherov ranked #7
Here's the bleacher report's top 25 players headed into this year's postseason
Kucherov ranked 15th
Here's ranker's top 50 list voted on by fans
Kucherov ranked #4
Here's the Athletic's top 100 players by tier released in January of this year
Kucherov unranked due to injury but mentioned he would be in the 1B tier. Which would put him behind Matthews, McDavid, and MacKinnon at least.
So your statement "most had him #2 before his injury" is demonstrably false. Didn't come across any lists that did actually.
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