Hart Trophy Tournament (Post 2000's) Round 1: 2007 Crosby vs 2017 McDavid

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #6: Sidney Crosby (2007) vs Connor McDavid (2017)

Sidney Crosby (2006-07):
79 GP 36 G 84 A 120 Points | 1st In Scoring, 2nd in Assists

Connor McDavid (2016-17):
82 GP 30 G 70 A 100 Points | 1st in Scoring, 1st in Assists

Round 1 Matchups:
Sakic 01 vs Crosby 14 Thread
Theodore 02 vs Price 15 Thread
Forsberg 03 vs Kane 16 Thread
St. Louis 04 vs Kucherov 19 Thread
Thornton 06 vs Hall 18 Thread
Crosby 07 vs McDavid 17
Ovechkin 08 vs Matthews 22
Ovechkin 09 vs Malkin 12
Sedin 10 vs Draisaitl 20
Perry 11 vs McDavid 21
Ovechkin 13 vs McDavid 23

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[Midnight Judges]

McDavid's 7th ish best season vs Crosby's 2nd best (after 2010). I'll go Crosby here.

 

[bobholly39]

I did vote Crosby - but I expected this to be a lot closer tbh.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

I did vote Crosby - but I expected this to be a lot closer tbh.

Really why?

 

[bobholly39]

Really why?

They're pretty comparable seasons.

Both winning a Ross/Hart/Lindsay in year 2 as a teenager. Lots of similarities. Seems obvious why

 

[norrisnick]

They're pretty comparable seasons.

Both winning a Ross/Hart/Lindsay in year 2 as a teenager. Lots of similarities. Seems obvious why

With one of them having the pack much closer than the other. Neither had anything but offense going for them those years.

 

[DitchMarner]

With one of them having the pack much closer than the other. Neither had anything but offense going for them those years.

I think McDavid may even have been better defensively, frankly. He was decent that year before having a couple of rough defensive seasons in 2018 and 2019. He was probably a better ES player at any rate. I believe he led the NHL in expected plus/minus in 2017.

 

[Offtheboard412]

I think these two are about as close to even as it can get. If you were able to swap them they would put up the same numbers considering where scoring was at in each season.

 

[pcruz]

They're pretty comparable seasons.

Both winning a Ross/Hart/Lindsay in year 2 as a teenager. Lots of similarities. Seems obvious why

If I ask 1000 people what is a better offer of a gift: $499 or $500.

They're essentially identical, but one is just a but better.

You would expect that although the offers are very similar, one is just slightly better, and therefore you'd expect the result to be unanimous.


Sid had a slightly better season and it's no surprise the results are 86.5% - 13.5%.

 

[dalewood12]

Crosby's best full season, so I go with Crosby.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

They're pretty comparable seasons.

Both winning a Ross/Hart/Lindsay in year 2 as a teenager. Lots of similarities. Seems obvious why

20 more points. That seems to be the narrative around this board now regardless of league scoring

 

[Offtheboard412]

With one of them having the pack much closer than the other. Neither had anything but offense going for them those years.

They had pretty comparable leads over the rest of the top 5/10 when looking at per game numbers.

 

[LevelingSolo]

Easily 07 Crosby, McDavid hadn't even hit his real stride yet

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Crosby.