Maurice Richard Trophy Tournament (1995-Present) Round 1: 2023 Connor McDavid vs 2017 Sidney Crosby

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #2 (Round 1): Connor McDavid (2023) vs Sidney Crosby (2017)

Connor McDavid (2022-23):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
82	64	39	21	3.18

Sidney Crosby (2016-17):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
75	44	30	14	2.99

Round 1 Matchups
24 Matthews vs 97 Tkachuk Thread
23 McDavid vs 17 Crosby
22 Matthews vs 06 Cheechoo
21 Matthews vs 16 Ovechkin
20 Pastrnak vs 20 Ovechkin
19 Ovechkin vs 18 Ovechkin
15 Ovechkin vs 12 Stamkos
14 Ovechkin vs 09 Ovechkin
13 Ovechkin vs 95 Bondra
11 Perry vs 00 Bure
10 Stamkos vs 10 Crosby
08 Ovechkin vs 01 Bure
07 Lecavalier vs 02 Iginla
04 Nash vs 04 Iginla vs 04 Kovalchuk
03 Hejduk vs 96 Lemieux
99 Selanne vs 99 Bondra

Note: Due to the Richard Trophy not having a tiebreaker, I will conduct one myself in the first round to avoid matchup complications in later rounds.

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[bobholly39]

Another easy one for this round - this is definitely McDavid.

64 goals is better than 44 anyway you slice it.

 

[Toby91ca]

Another easy one for this round - this is definitely McDavid.

64 goals is better than 44 anyway you slice it.

I wouldn't say 64 goals is better than 44 anyway you slice it....but agree in this case, it's an easy decision.

I'd argue 44 goals in 75 games in 03/04 is better than 64 goals in 82 games in 81/82.....which obviously isn't the case here though.....but I think Iginla's 41 goals in 03/04 (tied for league lead) is comparable at least to Maruk's 60 goals in 81/82 (32 goals off the lead)....to be fair, 03/04 didn't have a Gretzky