BagHead
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Is your argument that the reason scoring leaders have more points across the board than they did in '14-15 is because the highest scoring players are just that much better than they were back then?Even if McDavid and Kucherov have down years, there's still like 10 guys who have averaged 1.2 PPG or higher over the last couple of seasons, including MacKinnon who has scored at a 107 point pace or higher in each of the last 5 years. Peak Benn might have an outside chance at the top 10, but he's never winning a Ross against the offensive talent in the league today.
If you recall, Benn was a top-10 scorer for several years at his peak, top-20 for a couple more, and top-2 twice, one of which he won. His peak was short, but very good. I think that's a player who would have an outside chance against McDavid and Kucherov, much like MacKinnon does now.