Are Malkin and Crosby by far the best duo in NHL?

[Unspecified]

Benn + seguin

 

[Boxscore]

Only ones that can compare right now...

Toews and Kane

Ovechkin and Backstrom

 

[Penske]

Not really a duo since they don't play together that often.

Best duo is probably Kessel and Nathan's.

 

[Empoleon8771]

penguins fans calling their players good.
more at 11.

The OP isn't a Penguins fan.

 

[ruunto71*]

No.

1.Malkin and PO Kessel
2.Crosby and Guentzel
3.Crosby and Sheary

 

[ponder]

As noted, they rarely play together at even strength, hard to really call them a duo. They're by a wide margin the best "top 2 players on a single team", though. IMO Crosby, Malkin and McDavid are the top 3 players in the league, all reasonably close together, with a fairly wide gap between Malkin and whoever is 4th best.

 

[Plub]

When weren't they?

 

[huntison]

Sedins

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Would you even call them a duo? They're more like a 1-2 punch. A duo would be say Kane and Panarin, or Crosby and Kunitz

It pains me to see the second listing considered a duo lol

 

[nowhereman]

This has been the case since the both of them came into the league. It's not even remotely close and there isn't even a shred of debate to be had. We're talking about the #1 and #3 best players of the last decade.

 

[Beautvillier]

The OP isn't a Penguins fan.

he said penguins fans call them the two headed monster
i'm not denying they're the best 1-2 duo btw, because i think they are.

 

[Goalie guy]

Pfft you guys are all wrong!!! It's Sheahan/Glendening end thread!!!

 

[Narow]

Here are players actually playing together as a duo who challenges them atleast a little bit.

Mcdavid+Draistl
Scheifele+Laine
Matthews+Nylander
Kane+Panarin
Ovi+Bäckström

Some im uncertain if they play together

Kucherov+Stamkos
Marchand+Pastrnak

And there are likely many more.

However Malkin+Crosby on same line....

 

[Goose]

Nobody touches them as 1/2 punch. Very few in history are a clearly better 1/2 punch at centre, excepting the obvious Gretzky/Moose etc.

 

[Goose]

This has been the case since the both of them came into the league. It's not even remotely close and there isn't even a shred of debate to be had. We're talking about the #1 and #3 best players of the last decade.

This is correct. 100%

 

[lawrence]

by far the best since Forsberg/Sakic.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

It's not even close. Toews and Kane have their case, because Stanley Cups, but no way I would pick them over Malkin&Crosby.

 

[CanadienShark]

Uh yes. Easily. Arguably the best two players on earth.

 

[CanadienShark]

Er, well how many "duos" are there in today's NHL?

Datsyuk is gone, so no D&Z.

Matthews has a lot of talent with him but no real identifiable partner yet.

Eichel doesn't really have a counterpart.

Benn and Seguin fell off the map pretty much.

McDavid and and Draisaitl? I'd give it a couple more years.

So you're left really with Toews and Kane, and obviously Sid and Geno fit in over the two of them.

Backstrom and Ovechkin is likely #2

 

[LeeIs]

1-2 centers for sure. I don't even see who is a better 1,2 punch. ?

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Chicago has three Top 100 players of all time in Kane + Toews + Keith

PIT only has Crosby

Honestly this is why I can't take the list seriously. How do you not have Malkin on that list.

 

[SaltNPeca]

I think so.

Toews and Kane honorable mention, and future is McDavid and Draisaitl.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

I think so.

Toews and Kane honorable mention, and future is McDavid and Draisaitl.

Matthews-Nylander

 

[ijuka]

I wouldn't really call them a "duo". But if you mean the best top 2 players of a team the answer is yes, by far.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Yup.


Best 1-2 punch. But they're not a duo.


Unfair to think Crosby-Malkin isn't even the best 1-2 punch the pens ever had. Almost as unfair to think McDavid-Draisaitl isn't the best duo Edmonton has ever had.