Best winger in the league
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Kucherov. The guy followed a 128 point season with a 34 point playoffs (a year later). Give him his due.
I feel like Kucherov has earned it still despite the time off, assuming he comes back at 100%. I don't think Panarin is far off though. Marchand, Kane and Stone would probably round my top 5. Pasta is right there as well, though hasn't had the best year coming back from surgery
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I likewise can’t take this away from Kucherov because of injury. Would this have been debatable after the Finals? I do believe the others are not far off, but Kucherov has earned it for me.
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Between Panarin, Marchand and Stone for me. Panarin because of his offensive contribution without being a huge defensive liability like Kane, and Stone and Marchand for their offensive contribution while being possession beasts and great and good (respectively) defensively.
Kucherov is a bit of a wild card, we know what he's capable of but it will be interesting to see what impact his injury has had.
Rantanen and Marner are making a case for themselves if they can continue playing like they are in the upcoming seasons.
Kane isn't in the convo for me anymore. He's still great at creating offense, as he has always been, but he's a disaster on the other end, unlike the other aforementioned players, and his offensive contribution doesn't justify putting him above the others. Playoffs pedigree, I guess, but his insane runs were more than half a decade ago.
Kucherov is a bit of a wild card, we know what he's capable of but it will be interesting to see what impact his injury has had.
Rantanen and Marner are making a case for themselves if they can continue playing like they are in the upcoming seasons.
Kane isn't in the convo for me anymore. He's still great at creating offense, as he has always been, but he's a disaster on the other end, unlike the other aforementioned players, and his offensive contribution doesn't justify putting him above the others. Playoffs pedigree, I guess, but his insane runs were more than half a decade ago.
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I've been talking down on Panarin for a while. I felt he was being overhyped in Columbus (good, but not elite production) - and although he did good last year, I thought it was a perfect storm of a year and didn't think he could repeat that type of offensive output. But - i'm really impressed with him this year. He's gone up a big notch for me.
That being said - Kucherov swept all the awards, with a historic season. Than, led all playoffs in scoring leading his team to a cup. Hasn't played yet this year. I think based on all of this, makes no sense to give Panarin the nod over Kucherov.
Kucherov is still #1. But I'm very eager to see how they match up in the coming season next year, I could see Panarin take him over if Kucherov slows down some.
Others on this list - lots of really great wingers, but I think Panarin/Kucherov are top 2.
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