Who's The Best Player In the NHL This Season?

[Regal]

Voted MacKinnon but I think McDavid has been right there this year, just in a really poor situation and unlucky on the PP. Would probably go Marchand next then a pick'em between Malkin/Kucherov.

 

[Addison Rae]

Taylor Hall

 

[YamCork]

Gotta be MacKinnon.

 

[Ivan13]

MacKinnon is having a great season, but it doesnt make him the best player. That would be McDavid.

84 points (37 goals) in 54 games makes him the best player.

 

[PuckSeparator]

This year, MacKinnon has been clearly better than McDavid. Just looks possessed out there.

 

[zeke]

Marchand belongs on this list, and probably at the very top.

Looking at all of quality of competion, production, and possession, the top-3 for me have been:

1.Marchand
2.MacKinnon
3.McDavid

 

[zeke]

but let me look closer.....

First thing I look at is which guys play against the best competition in the league, and right now looking at even strength opponents' ice time, this means Kopitar, Toews, Brown, McDavid, Tavares, Scheifele, Bergeron, Granlund, Koivu, Marchand, Saad, Crosby, Giroux, Benn, Couturier, Matthews, Iafallo, Barkov, Wheeler, Rantanen, Kesler, MacKinnon, Backstrom, Dadonov, Seguin. This are the guys that have faced the A+ elite of elite competition at even strength this year.

Of this group, the top-5 points per 60 minute guys are:

1.MacKinnon 3.43p60
2.Marchand 3.35p60
3.McDavid 3.05p60
4.Matthews 2.99p60
5.Dadonov 2.75p60

and these are the top-5 primary points per 60 minute guys (i.e. not including secondary assists).

1.MacKinnon 2.81p1/60
2.Marchand 2.68p1/60
3.Matthews 2.63p1/60
4.McDavid 2.21p1/60
5.Dadonov 2.10p1/60

these are the 5 offensive standouts of the elite competition guys at even strength. noone else is really close.

then we look at their PP production:

MacKinnon 7.36p60, 6.05p1/60
Marchand 6.66p60, 4.66p1/60
McDavid 4.68p60, 2.63p1/60
Dadonov 3.46p60, 2.60p1/60
Matthews 3.65p60, 1.56p160

And here's these 5's possession numbers:

MacKinnon 51.0cf% (+3.2rel), 48.3xgf% (+2.0rel)
Marchand 56.7cf% (+4.0rel), 54.5xgf% (-0.2rel)
McDavid 52.7cf% (+3.8rel), 55.4xgf% (+7.5rel)
Matthews 50.5cf% (+0.3rel), 53.4xgf% (+3.3rel)
Dadonov 54.1cf% (+6.5rel), 55.0xgf% (+8.9rel)



Hmm, I may change my mind.

I think it's MacKinnon #1. Marchand #2. but neck and neck.

and McDavid a bit behind in 3rd.

p.s. holy crap Dadonov is kind of awesome.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Homer vote to Geno
MacKinnon is having a great season and the reason the Avs were able to turn it around this year

 

[Mighty Makar]

Ill take Rantanen over what McDavid plays with

You’d take Rantanen over Draisaitl?

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Ovechkin
For sake of the poll, Kucherov

he's not even the best russian this year...anyways, Mackinnon followed closely by Mcdavid.

 

[PensandCaps]

He’s the leading goal scorer, it’s not that far fetched lol

Malkin is only a few goals behind but has alot more points....no argument can be made that Ovi has been better than Kuch or Malkin.

 

[elitepete]

but let me look closer.....

First thing I look at is which guys play against the best competition in the league, and right now looking at even strength opponents' ice time, this means Kopitar, Toews, Brown, McDavid, Tavares, Scheifele, Bergeron, Granlund, Koivu, Marchand, Saad, Crosby, Giroux, Benn, Couturier, Matthews, Iafallo, Barkov, Wheeler, Rantanen, Kesler, MacKinnon, Backstrom, Dadonov, Seguin. This are the guys that have faced the A+ elite of elite competition at even strength this year.

Of this group, the top-5 points per 60 minute guys are:

1.MacKinnon 3.43p60
2.Marchand 3.35p60
3.McDavid 3.05p60
4.Matthews 2.99p60
5.Dadonov 2.75p60

and these are the top-5 primary points per 60 minute guys (i.e. not including secondary assists).

1.MacKinnon 2.81p1/60
2.Marchand 2.68p1/60
3.Matthews 2.63p1/60
4.McDavid 2.21p1/60
5.Dadonov 2.10p1/60

these are the 5 offensive standouts of the elite competition guys at even strength. noone else is really close.

then we look at their PP production:

MacKinnon 7.36p60, 6.05p1/60
Marchand 6.66p60, 4.66p1/60
McDavid 4.68p60, 2.63p1/60
Dadonov 3.46p60, 2.60p1/60
Matthews 3.65p60, 1.56p160

And here's these 5's possession numbers:

MacKinnon 51.0cf% (+3.2rel), 48.3xgf% (+2.0rel)
Marchand 56.7cf% (+4.0rel), 54.5xgf% (-0.2rel)
McDavid 52.7cf% (+3.8rel), 55.4xgf% (+7.5rel)
Matthews 50.5cf% (+0.3rel), 53.4xgf% (+3.3rel)
Dadonov 54.1cf% (+6.5rel), 55.0xgf% (+8.9rel)



Hmm, I may change my mind.

I think it's MacKinnon #1. Marchand #2. but neck and neck.

and McDavid a bit behind in 3rd.

p.s. holy crap Dadonov is kind of awesome.

where do you get these stats from.

 

[cgf]

You’d take Rantanen over Draisaitl?

I'm glad I didn't have to be the first avs fan to say that

But even if you argue that Mikko is just as talented as Leon...which would be awesome, but after the way Leon dominated the Ducks I have a tough time agreeing with; though it is close...he can't play Center like Drae can and we've seen Drae drive his own line in the NHL more than we have Mikko.

 

[bert]

I would rule Kucherov out honestly and it's extremely hard for me to pick between the other 3. If forced to choose probably MacKinnon.

Rule the leading scorer out? Love to hear your justification on this one.

 

[authentic]

Rule the leading scorer out? Love to hear your justification on this one.

He's not as good as the other 3... He has slightly more points than the others on Tampa Bay. He does not dominate like the others do plain and simple.

 

[Emerz]

I voted other and Marchand.

 

[Walter Sobchak]

Voted Mack...... finally living up to the hype. Haha, this should be a lesson to all of the posters on this site who feel the urge to call 18, 19 and 20 year old kids busts.