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Alex Semin tried to argue that Kane was better than Crosby. Either way , there is a gap. Generational or not.
Semin: What’s so special about Crosby?
There's a great poll series on the "Polls" section of HF ranking the top players of the 21st Century so far. These are the results at present...
Who is the 20th best player so far in the 21st Century?
20th in a series of 25 polls inspired by a recent ESPN poll. So far this is the top 19 are 1.Crosby 3. Ovechkin 3. McDavid 4. Lidstrom 5. Malkin 6. Brodeur 7. Kucherov 8. Kane 9. Mackinnon 10. Pronger 11. Datsyuk 12. Chara 13. Karlsson 14. Thornton 15. Draisaitl 16. Keith 17. Lundqvist...
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1.Crosby
2. Ovechkin
3. McDavid
4. Lidstrom
5. Malkin
6. Brodeur
7. Kucherov
8. Kane
9. Mackinnon
10. Pronger
11. Datsyuk
12. Chara
13. Karlsson
14. Thornton
15. Draisaitl
16. Keith
17. Lundqvist
18.Stamkos
19. Kopitar
Personally I think Kane is better than Kucherov BUT if we're arguing Bedard finishes somewhere between Kane and Crosby/McDavid that's still f***ing incredible company to keep so what's the point of all the hand-wringing from some of these posters?
If Bedard slots into a tier of player with: Lidstrom, Brodeur, Malkin, Kucherov, Kane, and MacKinnon...and is in the same company as anyone from Pronger to Kopitar then you'd have to be insane to say Bedard is overrated or had an underwhelming career based on expectations.
This generational tag is mere hyperbole and you have to make the conscious choice to eat it up or not. It is a fair point to say "juniors numbers don't translate to a generational NHLer". No argument from me there. I just don't see how the juice is worth the squeeze to spend an entire season in a Calder thread or now in this thread for the upcoming season, OBSESSIVELY critiquing the play of CB98 just to say he's not going to be a Top4 player of the 21st century, only a Top8. It's insanity.
Now I'm ranting . I've said my piece and I'm out. Bedard is on pace for 162 points this year by the way so LFG!!!