Per TSN, Prime Malkin or Prime Draisaitl

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Malkin will always have the better peak. Draisaitl has a good chance to end up with the better career though if he can stay healthy and continue to be productive in his 30s.
Drai has had more points in a season
Drai will have 2 years of more points than Malkin's peak after this year
Drai has had more goals in a season (Malkin has 1 50 goal year Drai will have 4+ after this year)

Is all of that undone with the Smythe? The one where Malkin got 36 points in 24 games, Drai has a 2ppg playoff year where he had 32 points in 16 games
 
Drai has had more points in a season
Drai will have 2 years of more points than Malkin's peak after this year
Drai has had more goals in a season (Malkin has 1 50 goal year Drai will have 4+ after this year)

Is all of that undone with the Smythe? The one where Malkin got 36 points in 24 games, Drai has a 2ppg playoff year where he had 32 points in 16 games

Scoring environments were much different at their respective peaks. You don’t even need to crunch the numbers for this one either, the eye test should be enough.
 
It’s pretty close but if we’re talking about 1-2 top seasons it’s probably Malkin.

Overall Draisaitl will have been the better player for his career though
 
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I take a healthy and motivated Malkin above Crosby and Ovechkin, both of whom I'd take over Draisaitl. It's a shame that version of Malkin wasn't around too often, but what a player he was.
 
This is such a wonky one for me.

Malkin in 2012 was better than anyone in the last 2 decades not named McDavid.
Malkin 2012 was better than Crosby ever was, and better than Draisaitl.



But his "peak" as in string together 3+ years? It's Draisaitl pretty easily.
 

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