His ES possession numbers every year
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Just for comparison's sake, because they're probably the top 3 at this point (note CorsiRel and FenwickRel), here's Quinn Hughes:
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and here's Adam Fox:
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Here's the Avs last year, they were a better team without Makar on the ice if MacKinnon wasn't also there.
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Here's this year, it's actually going even worse so far.
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Yes, Makar is still obviously one of the best D in the league, but his minutes need to be protected more than the others. He also benefits much more from MacKinnon than Hughes does Pettersson or Miller and Fox does from Panarin.