GreatGonzo
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Strange question?Okay that's fair enough he got 9.48% of the vote with a strange question.
Something more definitive is the question of who is the most complete player in the game with 38.37% eh?
Also we are comparing careers not just a single season here right?
Or the "if you need to win a faceoff which player would you pick"? Crosby 2nd there again 13.59%
But sure your crowd think he is crap defensively.
But seriously I'm all for looking at these polls every year and other have mentioned them as well so it's great that you agree here that's some common ground.
be sure to tell your friends in Detroit and washington about the news.
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So one is a strange question while the other is “definitive.” Sounds about right coming from you.
I was simply pointing out that McDavid seems to be doing just fine defensively to get such praise. Weird how Crosbys defensive numbers were rather weak this year…
No, "if you need to win a faceoff which player would you pick" is such a strange question. Who you would pick to win a single game is much more “definitive”
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He wasn’t good defensively this year. That’s not debatable, sorry to break it to you.
I’ll tell you what, I’m definitely not going to say to them, “well Crosby was simply a great leader and winner….where as McDavid cares to much about getting to 40 points instead of TRULY caring about his team winning.”If your grandchildrens truly care about sports, they will ask you why Crosby won three times, while McDavid couldn’t win once, despite being surrounded by similar talent and dominating the league to a similar degree.
I truly wish you get to see your team win in your lifetime. You’ll see that the moment your guy touches the cup will be 100% times better than watching him at the NHL Awards get called to accept his Art-Ross.
When they ask you why Crosby only had 19 points in 24 games in 2016, what will you say? What about why Crosbys finals numbers are so mediocre? What will you say?…
Actually, you’d be asking the right guy. Crosby has been notoriously known for signing a 12 year contract at a lower salary agaisnt the cap that he could’ve gotten, just so his team could get out and get better players.
PuckPedia says that at the time of the signature, in 2012, Crosby’s cap hit of 8,7M accounted for 13,53% of the salary cap. That % has consistently gone down since and will be at just below 10% for the next season.
We’ll see if McDavid follows his footsteps by offering his team similar leverage to help them build a better team, at the signature of his next contract.
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Crosby was the 2nd highest paid player from 2009-11, 2014-15, was the 3rd highest in 2012 and 2016. He literally has the highest earnings in NHL history.