Matt Moulson had a 36 goal season once. Don't come here saying "Barkov's injured blabla" until MacKinnon is more consistent in his scoring. All those farfetched excuses used for MacKinnons previously disappointing numbers are equally applicable to any Panthers player.
MacKinnon had 16 goals last year, 21 the year before and 14 the year before that.. Everybody acknowledged it back then as an issue that was on him but now when he's had a hot 31 games people just religiously praise him without questioning if he can be consistent in this.
HfBoards has the memory of a goldfish. Barkov leads 3-1 in seasons so far (3-2 if we count this season as of now) where he's outperformed MacKinnon.. I doubt the Panthers wish they had MacKinnon all along.
And don’t come in here saying Mack needs to be more consistent until Barkov is healthy.
It’s kind of both of their major flaws. You can’t argue for the one that’s convenient and dismiss the other. If Mack is on fire for 60 games and a ghost for 20, is that actually any different than if Barkov is on fire for 60 but injured for 20? As far as team results go, no. It’s going to be almost the same. Whichever one that can rectify those other 20 games is going to come out on top.