Who's the better player? MacKinnon or Makar?

[Divine]

Just overall - who do you think is the better player if you had to build around one?

 

[TippinOn44s]

Hard to put a finger on it. Both are top 3 players in the NHL.

 

[authentic]

Actually tough to decide really. I see good arguments for both. Might just come down to team needs and I would take Makar for Toronto.

 

[22FUTON9]

It really depends on the year (after the cup run, everyone would have said Makar but it’s been Mackinnon ever since then) but I always believed Mack is the more impact player on the avs, probably mainly due to the position he plays.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Tough but went with Makar.

 

[majormajor]

In the last year and a half it's been Mackinnon. Makar was the better player the whole cup year.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Currently Mackinnon but Makar could very easily go god mode again for a playoff run and overtake him.

It's a year to year thing

 

[Tralfamadore]

We'll MacKinnon is the best player in the world at this moment. In the past it's felt like Makar was the best player on the team but for now no one in the NHL is playing better than 29.

 

[nightonthesun]

Right now, MacKinnon.

 

[HockeyWooot]

MacKinnon with his play this year has pulled ahead imo. Great poll though as it's close. Many would have send Makar up until recently or even now

 

[AvroArrow]

Makar, he's truly generational. Mackinnon is an absolute monster himself, just right below that generational tier but he's pretty damn close.

 

[Chips]

Healthy Makar. This poll before his injury and you’re probably getting more votes for Makar


Seems often when I see Avs fans, they think Makar is better but MacKinnon is hot right now

 

[TheGoldenJet]

MacKinnon is better.

 

[dalewood12]

Very hard one. I give the slide edge to Cale.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

MacKinnon has found another gear last year and has carried it into this year.

 

[dirtydanglez]

nate.

imagine if makar had nates dedication to physical fitness tho

 

[Canovin]

Mackinnon was like a sub PPG player before Rantanen and Makar showed up.

Makar for me. He's probably the second best player in the league

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Makar is a bag of trash this year. Peaked early.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Mack has been the better player this year but overall this is/will continue to be Makar.

Part of why Mack has been better this year is because Makar is playing through an injury that has limited his mobility just enough to make him a little less effective then we are used to seeing.

But assuming that injury recovers(Which to be fair is a decently large assumption), he'll be the best player of the two.


Strictly based off of right now, you probably take Mackinnon. But especially if we're talking about what player to build around like OP suggested, Makar is the best choice.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The second best player in the NHL and the best defenseman in the NHL. Avs are so lucky to have both of them and locked up long term.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

This year its mack. Peak Makar where hes both shutting down players and game breaking is better.

 

[abo9]

Mackinnon was like a sub PPG player before Rantanen and Makar showed up.

Makar for me. He's probably the second best player in the league

Interesting take considering Mackinnon has consistently been a top 5-7 scorer since two years before Makar played a single NHL game

But talent pushes other talent to get even better. You see it consistently.... Crosby/Malkin (and others), Ovechkin/Backstrom, Draisaitl/McDavid abd theres a bunch of historical examples.

Colorado are lucky to have that insame 3 headed monster

 

[Divine]

Makar is a bag of trash this year. Peaked early.

Sure.

In completely unrelated news, this was Makar last game shorthanded:

 

[wetcoast]

Just overall - who do you think is the better player if you had to build around one?

Man flip a coin but I took Makar.

 

[ViD]

Hard to put a finger on it. Both are top 3 players in the NHL.

So McDavid is only 4th?