JackSlater
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MacKinnon, but I could easily understand Kucherov, Draisaitl, or Makar being in that spot.
How is Mackinnon winning the poll???
It's pretty clearly Makar and frankly I don't even know how it's even debatable.
I am genuinely surprised Makar is not the clear #2 so far.
I disagree. I think people get hooked on point totals and D get forgotten about a little bit. I don't think anyone impacts the game more than him but McJesus on a consistent basisOutside of 21/22 he's never been the second best player in the league. Still a top 5 player, but #2 is a stretch since the other 4 in the top 5 are all (probably) recent Hart Trophy and Lindsay winners.
Which Hughes?McDavid
Makar
Mackinnon
Kucherov
Draisaitl
Matthews
Barkov
Hughes
Tkachuk
Eichel
Barkov being mentioned in this thread makes him the most overrated player in the league, he's not a top 15 player in the league and he's not even the best player on his own team
McDavid
Mack
Makar
Drai
Matthews
Kucherov
Pasta
Panarin
Are pretty clearly the top 8 and in that order imo
In Stanley Cup Finals?Are people adding Matthews/Barkov as a 6th to be polite?
There is clearly a tier of players at/just below McDavid and he's not in it.
Draisatl
Mackinnon
Makar
Kucherov
Then you have the group with
Tkachuk
Matthews
Barkov
etc.
1g 1a in 5 gamesIn Stanley Cup Finals?
Drai and McDavid < Barkov.
Only an absolute casual judges Barkov’s impact on the game by his points.1g 1a in 5 games
If you say so
Sure bud whateverOnly an absolute casual judges Barkov’s impact on the game by his points.
Only an absolute casual judges Barkov’s impact on the game by his points.
That's generally how things go. When people know they are the majority they don't feel the need to explain their reasons, the minority doesI voted Makar and am posting about it now.
I am amused that at this moment, Makar has only 8 out of 107 votes, but is the first name on 6 of 13 replies. Seems Makar backers are disproportionately more vocal than Makar opposers.
Yeah Matthews playoff performances are getting pretty underrated here, he was the best player on the ice for either team in the Colombus series and both Tampa series.Draisaitl is obviously at another tier but I don't understand the flack Matthews gets for playoffs. Over a point per game the last 3 years and was playing very well before he got scurvy or whatever the hell was ailing him this year
1 | Connor McDavid |
2 | Nathan MacKinnon |
3 | Cale Makar |
4 | Auston Matthews |
5 | Leon Draisaitl |
6 | Nikita Kucherov |
7 | Sidney Crosby (#1 in my heart) |
8 | Quinn Hughes |
9 | Sasha Barkov |
10 | Roman Josi |
11 | Victor Hedman |
12 | Artemi Panarin |
13 | David Pasternak |
14 | Miro Heiskanen |
15 | Jack Eichel |
16 | Jack Hughes |
17 | Adam Fox |
18 | Kirill Kaprizov |
19 | Mikko Rantanen |
20 | Charlie McAvoy |
21 | JT Miller |
22 | Matthew Tkachuk |
23 | William Nylander |
24 | Anze Kopitar |
25 | Rasmus Dahlin |
26 | Brayden Point |
27 | Sebastian Aho |
28 | Elias Pettersson |
29 | Kyle Connor |
30 | Mitch Marner |
31 | Josh Morrissey |
32 | Steven Stamkos |
33 | Jaccob Slavin |
34 | Dylan Larkin |
35 | Alex Pietrangelo |
36 | Filip Forsberg |
37 | Sam Reinhart |
38 | Nick Suzuki |
39 | Robert Thomas |
40 | Brady Tkachuk |
41 | Matthew Barzal |
42 | Evan Bouchard |
43 | Mika Zibanejad |
44 | Tim Stützle |
45 | Travis Konecny |
46 | Noah Dobson |
47 | Evgeni Malkin |
48 | Jesper Bratt |
49 | Jake Guentzel |
50 | Devon Toews |