Nadal On Clay
Djokovic > Nadal > Federer
- Oct 11, 2017
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Crosby's peak was more hampered by injuries, that's a well known fact to any pens fan. Twice he was lapping the field at the half way mark. Cannot say the same for Malkin who actually had some very mediocre full seasons saved by injuries.
Your claim is simply baseless speculation. Both their career regular season PPGs and playoff PPGs, where Crosby has a similar gap, is representative of their abilities.
This all started when someone commented that they Malkin was the clear best offensive player of his era. I was saying that, unlike Crosby, Malkin had mediocre partial seasons that are ignored because he got injured.
The whole point was that their numbers speak for themselves which shows Crosby as having the superior offensive numbers. Trying to spin those numbers with talk of injuries is comical. Crosby arguably lost out more on his legacy than Malkin due to injuries.
You're contradicting yourself. Your point still doesn't stand no matter how you're moving the goal posts. Malkin never had a mediocre full season and had only one mediocre partial season, not some like you said in the quoted post.