bobholly39
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I haven't looked at schedules, but I wouldn't necessarily look at who is playing "easy" opponents, I'd look at who is playing teams that give up a lot of goals. There are teams that are tough to beat because they score a lot, but also give up a lot. There are also other teams that struggle to win, but do an ok job keeping the puck out of their net.
As you might expect - bottom feeders give up the most goals.
Bottom 8 teams in standings are all in the the bottom ~9 of teams with most goals against (only Pittsburgh is better).
So - I think my point still stands, lots of potential for Kucherov and McDavid to acumulate points against easier teams, moreso than MacKinnon.