daver
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I’d love to put Mackinnon up there but I’d say Kucherov did more with less last season and Drai has been better all around this year. Could definitely argue he belongs tho
MacKinnon tilted the ice more for his team than Kucherov did. Not sure there are secondary factors that really push one player over the other last season beyond what their production would indicate.
MacKinnon's Four Nations performance gives him an edge over Kucherov this year. That being said, not much to choose from over the past 7 or 8 years as they, along with Drai, are in contention for the #2 player in the world.
Draisaitl has a bit of an edge over MacKinnon this year but he is not as good as Mac last year so I wouldn't position him as being the player who join McDavid at this point. If he dragged his team to a Cup with McDavid being more of a support player could change things.