Is Kucherov a better playoff performer than the following?

[slapKing]

Simply put, is Kucherov a better PO performer than any of the following players lister here?

Edit: This is overall career, not just right now.

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[VinikToWinIt]

It's hard to make a case for any pure "point getters" above him.

Stylistic preferences can shift an opinion on importance to a 2 way player like Bergeron or a defenseman like Doughty, but in terms of production it's Kucherov's world and we're just living in it. Crosby is right there as well, though.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Career-wise? Or right this moment?

Because I think Crosby and Malkin are both above him career-wise, but at their respective ages/abilities Kucherov is clearly better right now.

 

[slapKing]

Career-wise? Or right this moment?

Because I think Crosby and Malkin are both above him career-wise, but at their respective ages/abilities Kucherov is clearly better right now.

Right sorry, I meant career wise.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

He's no Claude Lemieux

 

[Buck Naked]

Do I pick the ones he's better than or the ones who are better than him?

 

[User9992]

Only Crosby & Malkin (arguibly) have an edge over him in this Poll. Others are not as good as him in Playoffs.

If I am not mistaken, Kuch has the best PPG in Playoffs among all Russian players that ever played in NHL.

Most points in NHL Playoffs by Russian players ever:

1) Sergei Fedorov: 183 GP - 176 Points
2) Evgeni Malkin: 170 GP - 174 Points
3) Alexander Ovechkin: 141 GP - 135 Points
4) NIKITA KUCHEROV: 103 GP - 117 Points
5) Sergei Zubov: 164 GP - 117 Points

Source: Кучеров опять устроил шоу: сделал три передачи и завалил «Айлендерс»

 

[slapKing]

Do I pick the ones he's better than or the ones who are better than him?

Pick the ones he's better than

 

[holy]

He’s certainly gaining quite the reputation as a playoff performer. I didn’t even notice him all regular season.

 

[The Macho King]

Crosby, Keith, and Malkin are the ones that stand out as having an objectively better postseason resume. A few others are arguable.

Biggest difference is Kucherov is in his prime and the people on this list are not, so his resume is still growing.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Kane, Crosby, Malkin, Doughty, Keith, Marchand are ones that I have above him for career.

I'm second guessing Marchand now.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

At the rate he's going he'll surpass all of them.

 

[Gurglesons]

I put all of them. I do not think he is "better" than Sid or Kane, but I think he's proven now in three separate runs that he is just as good as them. Sid's overall consistency and Kane's clutch play when it comes to elimination game make it hard for me to say Kucherov is better than them.

Hard for me to compare defense and offensive contributions on a playoff team so I threw out all of the defenders on the list.

 

[amnesiac]

All of them.... Numbers speak for themselves

 

[North Cole]

Probably have Kane, Crosby, Malkin, Keith, OV above him for now.

OV is interesting because most of the time Washington bowed out early he was still a monster in production and I dont see it being his fault they bombed out. He had the choker aspect for many years so im sure that plays into this but as a performer he was always there front and centre performing. 0.50+ GPG in the playoffs is insane.

 

[Pitaya]

Crosby, Keith, and Malkin are the ones that stand out as having an objectively better postseason resume. A few others are arguable.

Biggest difference is Kucherov is in his prime and the people on this list are not, so his resume is still growing.

Those other players also had to carry dead weight

Kucherov wasnt shit until his team started to be stacked

 

[User9992]

Those other players also had to carry dead weight

Kucherov wasnt shit until his team started to be stacked

Kuch always been great Playoff Performer since he came to the league.

Stamkos on other hand is mediocre Playoff Performer no matter with whom he plays.

 

[Krewe]

Those other players also had to carry dead weight

Kucherov wasnt shit until his team started to be stacked

“I don’t know anything about this player but I want to insult him”

Kucherov has been the best player on Tampa since his first full season.

He scored at a 45g/95pt pace in his third full season when hedman, stamkos, point, and like half our team were either injured or not in the lineup yet.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Those other players also had to carry dead weight

Kucherov wasnt shit until his team started to be stacked

Just checked the playoff stats. Kucherov has 23 points. The next closest is Point at 15. So Kuch has more than 50% more points than the next closest guy. Stacked team or not, this is currently one of the most impressive Conn Smythe runs we’ve seen.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Because I think Crosby and Malkin are both above him career-wise

You can make an argument that Malkin had a bunch of playoffs after Penguins first Stanley Cup where his play wasn't on the same level that his talent were. I seem to recall many games where he took some extremely stupid penalties that basically cost Penguins series during those years.

OV is interesting because most of the time Washington bowed out early he was still a monster in production and I dont see it being his fault they bombed out. He had the choker aspect for many years so im sure that plays into this but as a performer he was always there front and centre performing. 0.50+ GPG in the playoffs is insane.

I think the fact that he was the captain of those teams that always seemed to choke, was a big part of the ''Ovie is playoff choker'' narrative. People questioned his ability to lead, rather than to perform, and it might have been true. He probably changed and matured into his leadership and that lead to them winning the cup.

 

[amnesiac]

Couture should be on this list
30G 65P in his last 60 playoff games (4 post-seasons).... find me players whove done that


Pasta too

27G 68P in 63 games

 

[wetcoast]

At the rate he's going he'll surpass all of them.

I doubt that but I guess time will tell.

 

[Hockey4Life91]

Those other players also had to carry dead weight

Kucherov wasnt shit until his team started to be stacked

Kucherov was second in playoff scoring, behind Kane by 1 point, in 2014-2015. In other words, your rhetoric is untethered to fact. Try again.

 

[The Macho King]

Kucherov was second in playoff scoring, behind Kane by 1 point, in 2014-2015. In other words, your rhetoric is untethered to fact. Try again.

And he separated his shoulder in game 1 of the Finals.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

You can make an argument that Malkin had a bunch of playoffs after Penguins first Stanley Cup where his play wasn't on the same level that his talent were. I seem to recall many games where he took some extremely stupid penalties that basically cost Penguins series during those years.

It would be an incredibly weak argument to make. The only year Malkin was poor from that 2009 Cup win until the Pens back to back wins in 2016/2017 was the 2014-15 playoffs when Malkin didn't register a point in 5 games. Every other season during that stretch he was around or better than a point per game.