Less bottom feeders and more teams with 110 plus points does not mean tougher conference.....there are 16 teams per conference, you have to look at all and as I already pointed out, the East, on balance, have given up more goals. I keep seeing the stat that shows Kucherov having better stats against top 10 teams....of course there are questions about where those teams were at the time, but could also be game plans as well.....good teams focus on shutting down MacK as they feel they can handle the rest as everything starts with him vs. an approach with Tampa to not worry about Kucherov....he'll get his points, but if they limit everyone else...better chance to win. Not saying there is any truth to that, but that is certainly possible.....my bigger question here is: why does performance against top 10 teams = easy to see who performed better? Doesn't that just show how they preformed against the top 10 teams? What about the rest of their season? Did Kucherov suck against non-top 10 teams then?
That's mostly where I sit...but thinking about whether I arbitrarily put a 5pt threshold in.....so if Kuch leads by more than 5 points, I vote for him....but if MacK is within 5pts I vote for MacK? Kind of silly really, but gotta give some meaning to Art Ross....perhaps others will have the bar at 10pts.
Point for MacKinnon is that he had the lead weight that is Drouin playing for him and he still excelled while making Drouin look competent.
No he still outscored Mack against weaker teams, top 10, and overall while playing more teams that aren't at the bottom of the nhl.
This, unfortunately. I'm not necessarily a Kucherov fan, but he's a great player and imo the Hart should go to him this year. The "MacK is due" narrative will be strong though I think.
I would think Pastrnak, who I’d actually have 4th.
So....overall their total scoring is very close (with 6pts with a game to play for MacK)......and you are going to try and paint a picture that Kuch signifcantly outscored MacK in games against teams in the top 10, while at the same time, also scored more against the weaker teams? How is that possible? Unless you are cherry picking.....more against top 10 and more against bottom 10, but we'll forget all about the teams in the middle? Not sure if bottom 10 is even true or top 10 for that matter, but I'll take the stats you provided at face value, which suggests Kuch would have scored 94pts against teams outside the top 10 and MacK would have scored 112pts.
What's the argument for Mackinnon to win the Hart over Kucherov, besides its "His turn"?
Mack is not better just a different player than Kuch.
I couldn't care less about any narrative being discussed and MacKinnon being due....I suppose someone could use that if it's impossible to make a decision otherwise.
Super subjective of course....pretty sure there are lots of people that think Mack is a better player
Nobody ever actually uses this as their reason though, and then a ton of people who want kuch or another player always repeat this but I've yet to see a mackinnon supporter in the debate say that they chose him because he hasn't won. There are valid arguments for him to win, just like there is with Kucherov. I don't think I've ever seen a fan base play thr victim and pump a narrative as much as kucherov supporters are when the repeat the same 3 reasons and say its because of some media conspiracy.
