Mcdavid vs Lindros

[The Gr8 Dane]

There's like 5 forwards in the whole history of the game you can compare peak to peak with Mcdavid , Lindros is certainly not one of them

 

[wetcoast]

Some may be tempted to go with Lindros since McDavid had a rough last couple of games in the SCF, but Lindros was effectively shut down in the '97 Cup Final by Detroit, so there's that.

McDavid is simply better. Lindros never won an Art Ross. McDavid has five. Lindros was more physically dominant (obviously), but he wasn't a better player.

I was really surprised when i voted that it was only 69-15 for McDavid, have those 15 people not watched McDavid play?

Lindros as his peak was excellent but this is definitely McDavid and really there is zero case for Lindros here.

 

[wetcoast]

Lindros came damn close to winning the Art Ross in 94-95 though. Just lost out on the tiebreaker of goals scored.

	GP	G	A	PTS
Jagr	48	32	38	70
Lindros	46	29	41	70

And after that he only has 2 other top 10 scoring finishes of 6th and 6th.

And before people saying well he was injured, Lindros only has 5 top 5 PPG finishes (3,1,3 in his best 3 year peak) compared to McDavid who has 8 times finished top 3 in points, winning the art Ross 5 times including 3 straight in his peak.

McDavid could be soft as butter, as Lindros brough more than McDavid aside form points, but the offensive difference is just too great here.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I don't know. Lindros had more aura but McDavid was a better player. Lindros was a big deal though, it's not as easy to answer as it looks. He defined those Philadelphia teams and then completely changed the way people in the league reacted to his share presence, forcing them to acquire and overpay for big centers. His influence on league affairs was much larger than McDavid, both on and off the ice.

 

[Hippasus]

And after that he only has 2 other top 10 scoring finishes of 6th and 6th.

And before people saying well he was injured, Lindros only has 5 top 5 PPG finishes (3,1,3 in his best 3 year peak) compared to McDavid who has 8 times finished top 3 in points, winning the art Ross 5 times including 3 straight in his peak.

McDavid could be soft as butter, as Lindros brough more than McDavid aside form points, but the offensive difference is just too great here.

Completely agree with you guys, McDavid peak is another level compared to Lindros peak. I think peak Jagr, Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, or Kucherov would be a tad closer, but McDavid should still probably come out ahead.

 

[The Shadow]

If there was a game 7 must win and I had to chose either in the peak I would probably go Lindros. He was a menace out there and was hard to stop

 

[Tuna99]

Lindros was a better and more dominant junior player, McDavid better NHL player.

At 18 years old, Lindros would have murdered McDavid. At 25 McDavid would never get hit by Lindros

 

[spiny norman]

Lopsided result.