Best Player In the World

[daver]

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.

 

[blundluntman]

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.

Mackinnon had Rantanen and Makar as linemates to help quite a bit as far as tilting the ice. I watched my fair share of Colorado games (not as many as I'd like to) and while Mackinnon obviously was dangerous at any given time. Makar tilted the ice just as much if not more at times. Compared to Kucherov who didn't have that type of support, I have to give him his due. McDavid had a nearly identical ppg that season and also put up insane playoff numbers. If we're going by the 2-3 year frame I guess I'd have to rethink things but all the lists I saw weren't limited to that criteria.

 

[Voight]

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.

Not fair to use that IMO given Russia was not one of the Four Nations.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Since the 2005 lockout :

2006 - Jagr
2007 - Crosby
2008 - Ovechkin
2009 - Malkin
2010 - Ovechkin
2011- Crosby
2012 - Malkin
2013 - Crosby
2014 - Crosby
2015 - Price
2016 - Kane
2017 - Crosby
2018 - McDavid
2019 - Kucherov
2020 - Draisaitl
2021 - McDavid
2022 - McDavid
2023 - McDavid
2024 - McDavid
2025 - MacKinnon

 

[daver]

Since the 2005 lockout :

2006 - Jagr
2007 - Crosby
2008 - Ovechkin
2009 - Malkin
2010 - Ovechkin
2011- Crosby
2012 - Malkin
2013 - Crosby
2014 - Crosby
2015 - Price
2016 - Kane
2017 - Crosby
2018 - McDavid
2019 - Kucherov
2020 - Draisaitl
2021 - McDavid
2022 - McDavid
2023 - McDavid
2024 - McDavid
2025 - MacKinnon

Again , this isn't meant to be a listing of the annual Hart/Lindsay winners.

 

[JackSlater]

It doesn't seem right to be so fickle as to just indicate that the best player is whoever had the most points in a given year, or even who happened to have the best season in a given year.