People who think Nathan Mackinnon is the best player in the world, can we all just be kind of agree that… he’s not?

[NVious]

He's no Dylan Larkin

 

[Fatass]

The best players are all great. What puts them into tiers, some higher than others, is leading their club to a Cup. McKinnon lead his club to a cup. He is in that higher tier with the other best players who have accomplished the same. Those who haven’t done that are a tier below.

 

[Matty Sundin]

with the Four nation tourney, this main board is gonna turn I to the leaf forum where the sky is falling after every game, you are garbage after 1 game, and just full on negatives vibes everywhere. Welcome to my life

 

[hullsy47]

Nobody thinks he's the best player in the world but he's number 2-3 at worst.

He is just behind mcdavid
Who IMO will get the max percentage of the cap offerrd to him
Hes the nhls ohtani

 

[notdoneyet]

He’s a great player, NOT the best player in the world. I may put Matthews ahead of Mac

I’m a diehard leafs fan and I would drive matthews to the airport if we could get Mack.

 

[Spilot23]

This thread is peak HFboards. Guentzel probably the best player right now

 

[GMR]

He’s clearly behind McDavid and Larkin. Last night’s game showed that.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

I would never judge Mackinnon, on where his place is in the world, as far as overall player rankings, based on a short tournament. Nathan is still a stud in my view.

 

[Tralfamadore]

1. Very very few people actually think MacKinnon is the best player in the world. He's part of that 2-4 group of players and can also be capable of being the best player in any game on any given night.

2. Coming to a conclusion on any player based off games in this PR stunt of a tournament is embarassing.

He leaves you wanting more?? There's a larger gap in points between him and the 2nd place points leader then there is between any other adjacent players in the point standings. What more do you want???

 

[ello]

MacKinnon’s always struggled with tunnel vision when he’s not at playing at his best and it does seem like it’s compounded playing at this level where the checking is even tighter and lanes are less available than ever.

 

[PaulD]

He just have the iq. Physical beast but man… he just leaves you wanting more.

yea right

MacKinnon’s always struggled with tunnel vision when he’s not at playing at his best and it does seem like it’s compounded playing at this level where the checking is even tighter and lanes are less available than ever.

sounds like you are describing the entire leafs core at play off time

MacKinnon’s always struggled with tunnel vision when he’s not at playing at his best and it does seem like it’s compounded playing at this level where the checking is even tighter and lanes are less available than ever.

sounds like you are describing the entire leafs core at play off time ....for the last 8 years. ha!

 

[TheDizee]

He's only elite if you feed the team he is on a dozen PP's a game. He's been that way forever. Same goes for most Colorado players.

 

[Gerulaitis]

Best three players in the world (IMHO):

Goalie - Hellebuyck
Blue liner - Makar
Forward - Kucherov

 

[authentic]

Nobody thinks he's the best player in the world but he's number 2-3 at worst.

Quite a few do actually.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I don't know anybody serious who thinks he's the best player in the world so who cares , great player still

Quite a few do actually.

I know there's that one super biased anti mcdavid poster that does but that's it

 

[authentic]

I don't know anybody serious who thinks he's the best player in the world so who cares , great player still


I know there's that one super biased anti mcdavid poster that does but that's it

Well, then there’s my Dad, but he doesn’t post on hfboards

 

[Tralfamadore]

He's only elite if you feed the team he is on a dozen PP's a game. He's been that way forever. Same goes for most Colorado players.

Nice try but Mack leads the league in even strength points since 2021-2022. 275 games played.

You're just making shit up.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

What a fun thread!

Has a league's leading scorer ever had more hate threads maintained about him over a season than MacKinnon?

 

[Nikki Potnick]

He's nothing without Rantanen.

 

[TheDizee]

Nice try but Mack leads the league in even strength points since 2021-2022. 275 games played.

You're just making shit up.

Nobody cares about what happened 3 years ago. Tom Brady was playing football 3 years ago, does that make him the best QB this year too?

He has 16 EV goals this year. That is WORSE than Jordan Kyrou who is a terrible hockey player. He is suppose to be a 40-50 goal scorer but won't come close this year because his PP numbers are down. What makes that stat even sadder is Colorado is #3 in the league for PPO so, as usual and as I stated, they have had PLENTY of time to pad those stats on PPs.

"Making shit up" though

 

[PaulD]

He's nothing without Rantanen.

wishful thinking and pure envy

 

[TheDizee]

He's nothing without Rantanen.

Another big reason his play is down. Avs are a one line team and more teams can now tunnel vision in on him.

 

[Bruce Granville]

A product of Rantanen…

 

[PaulD]

Quite a few do actually.

you say thst only so you can bash him

Best three players in the world (IMHO):

Goalie - Hellebuyck
Blue liner - Makar
Forward - Kucherov

two of which have actually had a good play off series

 

[Tralfamadore]

Nobody cares about what happened 3 years ago. Tom Brady was playing football 3 years ago, does that make him the best QB this year too?

He has 16 EV goals this year. That is WORSE than Jordan Kyrou who is a terrible hockey player. He is suppose to be a 40-50 goal scorer but won't come close this year because his PP numbers are down. What makes that stat even sadder is Colorado is #3 in the league for PPO so, as usual and as I stated, they have had PLENTY of time to pad those stats on PPs.

"Making shit up" though

He's not a pure goal scorer. He also leads the league in even strength points again this year. Yes you're just making shit up.

Just realized now who I'm talking to that explains the horrible take.