Is Kucherov on Jagr's level?

[The Macho King]

just like McDavid is perfectly built for this era...blinding speed with no trap, clutch and grab, red line, or anything more than simple stick checking as we saw when he went through the whole rangers team on one goal....in jagrs day, one of those players would have went with the hip check or seperated the body from the puck.

Hip checks are still legal?

 

[JJ68]

Hip checks are still legal?

but that;'s my point....nobody today is using them. McDavid never goes through that easily in the 90's

 

[Gurglesons]

Kucherov is above Jagr.

 

[The Macho King]

but that;'s my point....nobody today is using them. McDavid never goes through that easily in the 90's

No one uses them because they tend to pull you out of position.

 

[authentic]

but that;'s my point....nobody today is using them. McDavid never goes through that easily in the 90's

In the 90s his speed and skating advantage would’ve been even greater against those big slow defensemen though

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Great player but no. Jagr scored a ton more goals. Jagr was also head and shoulders better than anyone over a seven year stretch. From 95-02 Jagr's by far the best scorer in the league. He's got a .24 per game lead over Joe Sakic. He's also the leading goal scorer.

If we look at Kucherov under his most favourable conditions he's 4th in points from 16-17 behind Mack and Drai. He's got a .11 PPG lead over those two but they were just breaking into the league at beginning of this comparison. Change it to 2019-2020 and it's dead even.

Jagr was the best scorer in hockey for a good seven years. Kuch is among three guys challenging for 2nd best behind McDavid. And he doesn't score the goals that other players do.

Amazing player, first ballot, franchise talent but no he's not Jagr.

We were just discussing as to whether or not Kuch is a generational talent in another thread. Three Rosses is awesome but I'd say the answer is no. He may have edged out those others for points but his goal numbers aren't as good and he's scoring at a similar pace.

 

[centipede2233]

Kucherov is above Jagr.

Kucherov is 6 ft, jagr is 6 ft 3

 

[Fatass]

Jagr played his prime through the dead puck era which included a lot of slowing guys up with sticks, and interference that is a penalty in Kucherov’s era. A prime Jagr would kill the league now with the way it’s officiated. Kuch, is great too. But he’s a much smaller person. He’d struggle for ice in the dead puck era.
If not comparing era of play and just the player within their own era then I say Kuch is right up there with Jagr but just a tick below.