JackSlater
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- Apr 27, 2010
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Crosby's last two rounds are against two of the Top four teams in a 30 team league. Howe's two rounds are against two of the top four teams in a six team league. That simply is not a fair comparison.
Crosby's 31 points is the 2nd best of era, Howe's is the best of that 13 season period by one point. I don't see how you can say that it was anything other than very close, the same with their overall playoff resumes.
I'm pretty confident that the fourth overall team in a six team league of all the best Canadians is stronger than the fourth best team in recent times when league talent has been divided among 30 teams, and even then it isn't as if the strongest teams always make it to the conference finals anyway. Crosby has had good playoff runs, no question. He is a viable contender for best overall playoff performer in this era (just like he is for overall player in the same time frame) but that isn't enough to overtake Howe in the playoffs, for the reasons already given.
For roughly the tenth time, Crosby shouldn't be compared to Howe anyway. It makes him look bad. He should be compared to players that he has a chance of overtaking.