Nikita Kucherov is the clear favorite for the Art Ross Trophy

[wetcoast]

Kuch and Mack are really lighting it up. MacKinnon winning an Art Ross would catapult him into first ballot HHOF territory.

Even if Mack didn't win the Hart or Art ross this year (he is my favorite for both) he will be a HHOFer after this season easily.

I was 100 % expecting McDavid to close the gap and leave this duo in the dust when he got healthy but dude's ground into a halt, probably going to have a lone assist against the Flames tonight. Those of you watching EDM games lately, does he look 100 %, is it bad puck luck or is he doing dirty work that's conducive to winning but not stuffing the score sheet? Shall I start hammering u1.5 points for him until further notice?

I was expecting McDavid to have closed the gap more than he has but there is a 4 and 5 game advantage that Kuch and Mack have and I think McDavid will take the recent team success 8 days a week.

 

[ricky0034]

Espo continues to be criminally underrated by the younger crowd here. The guy shattered the NHL records for goals and points in a season, setting marks that stood for over a decade until some guy named Wayne Gretzky finally surpassed them, and he retired as the second-leading scorer of all time behind Gordie Howe. MacK is nowhere near Esposito’s level and never will be.

(There are others on that list I take issue with as well, but the one I’ve addressed is by far the most absurd.)

dude won the Art Ross 5 times but apparently MacKinnon winning it once would be just the thing to propel him over him


MacKinnon is definitely very comfortably a better player than "Ferderov" though, I don't think that guy even played a single NHL game

 

[Czechboy]

I said it'd be McD but that seems to be getting unlikely. Happy Pasta is still up there! Lots of games left.. curious how it ends. Canuck, Russian, Czech, American and Swede in Top 5.

Followed by another Russian, another Swede, a Finn, another Canuck and another Canuck.

Nice and spread out. 3 Canucks, 2 Russians, 2 Swedes, 1 Finn, 1 American and 1 Czech.

OR

North America 4 and Europe 6.

Sorry Mr. Cherry.

 

[Jay26]

It would be really cool to see MacKinnon win it. It's crazy that he's only had one 100 point season, which is obviously due to injuries. It's the crazy points per game every season that makes him feel like a perennial 100 point guy.

 

[authentic]

f*** your nostaliga

Mackinnon if after this year he wins the ross+hart+lindsay is a greater player all time then the below

Forsberg
Sakic
Yzerman
Messier
Esposito
Malkin
Lindros
Datsyuk
Ferderov

It’s funny because he’s actually better than precisely none of those players, although he should comfortably surpass the careers of Datsyuk, Fedorov and Lindros.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

It’s funny because he’s actually better than precisely none of those players, although he should comfortably surpass the careers of Datsyuk, Fedorov and Lindros.

He's already passed all their careers imo especially datsyuk

 

[TheGoldenJet]

He's already passed all their careers imo especially datsyuk

Datsyuk and Forsberg are in the rear view mirror, especially after this season is in the books for Nate.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

f*** your nostaliga

Mackinnon if after this year he wins the ross+hart+lindsay is a greater player all time then the below

Forsberg
Sakic
Yzerman
Messier
Esposito
Malkin
Lindros
Datsyuk
Ferderov

Starting to think people have forgotten how much of a badass Mark Messier was

 

[ViD]

Kuch regains the lead for now

 

[Master P]

Hattrick tonight and 4pts.

Up to 80pts now.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

f*** your nostaliga

Mackinnon if after this year he wins the ross+hart+lindsay is a greater player all time then the below

Forsberg
Sakic
Yzerman
Messier
Esposito
Malkin
Lindros
Datsyuk
Ferderov

You're out of your goddamn gourd.

 

[T REX]

Kuch regains the lead for now

They'll go back and forth...but if TB makes the playoffs after being neutered by the cap...the Hart is Kuch's to lose....art or no art ross

 

[PaulD]

Guess its better than getting beat for the art ross by jamie benn

Benn did beat Sid that season ......and every other star player in the league

You're out of your goddamn gourd.

 

[Roksta]

Damn McDavid was 10 points away a month ago now he's 21 pts back. He looks pretty washed up this year

 

[Kshahdoo]

Damn McDavid was 10 points away a month ago now he's 21 pts back. He looks pretty washed up this year

It looks like he just starts to care about winning not scoring points...

 

[ViD]

Another hattrick and a 4 point night for Kuch

His and MacKinnon pace this year is outta this world

 

[Panteras]

as much as it hurts to say, he’s the best player this season. Deserves MVP specially if Tampa make the playoffs. He’s a beast.

 

[authentic]

It looks like he just starts to care about winning not scoring points...

Kucherov won so much that’s all he cares about now

 

[Hoek]

Kucherov is one of just seven players in NHL history to achieve the feat multiple times, joining Wayne Gretzky (9x), Mario Lemieux (6x), Peter Stastny (4x), Steve Yzerman (2x), Phil Esposito (2x) and Dale Hawerchuk (2x).

 

[wetcoast]

They'll go back and forth...but if TB makes the playoffs after being neutered by the cap...the Hart is Kuch's to lose....art or no art ross

I doubt this as the narrative and historical trend of hat fans and Kucherov are well documented.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

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I said it'd be McD but that seems to be getting unlikely. Happy Pasta is still up there! Lots of games left.. curious how it ends. Canuck, Russian, Czech, American and Swede in Top 5.

Followed by another Russian, another Swede, a Finn, another Canuck and another Canuck.

Nice and spread out. 3 Canucks, 2 Russians, 2 Swedes, 1 Finn, 1 American and 1 Czech.

OR

North America 4 and Europe 6.

Sorry Mr. Cherry.

Technically Panarin is born in the transcontinantal part of Russia that considered asia.

So not European. I know.. geography a bitch.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

f*** your nostaliga

Mackinnon if after this year he wins the ross+hart+lindsay is a greater player all time then the below

Forsberg
Sakic
Yzerman
Messier
Esposito
Malkin
Lindros
Datsyuk
Ferderov

The only player on that list he is better than is Datsyuk.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Another 1 pt game for mcd. Barring injuries to both msck n kuch that's pretty much all she wrote. He should at least finish third in scoring. At 27 would look very bad if he failed to do so

 

[Offtheboard412]

Another 1 pt game for mcd. Barring injuries to both msck n kuch that's pretty much all she wrote. He should at least finish third in scoring. At 27 would look very bad if he failed to do so

I know you really badly want this to happen to rub in certain posters faces but why not just have some patience and hold off on these kind of statements until it's actually officially happened?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

I know you really badly want this to happen to rub in certain posters faces but why not just have some patience and hold off on these kind of statements until it's actually officially happened?

I want my cake and I want to eat it too