Voted for Marchy, and I believe that's right. The two put up basically the same stats, but Marchand is 500x better defensively. But the Maple Leafs have far and away the biggest fanbase on this board. It doesn't matter.
...and the most obnoxious... by far. What? If you don't believe me, make a Pastrnak thread. It'll take you 5 posts for someone to say "yeah he's good but Nylander is better" for no reason whatsoever. Was the same way with Seguin-Kessel, was the same way with Hamilton-Rielly.
I had the audacity to outline why Hamilton was better than Rielly last year and one of their more rabid guys started PM'ing me a whole bunch of stuff talking **** about me and my family.
I guess with big numbers comes more idiots.
As far as the poll in question- it is definitely an interesting matchup. I lean towards Marchand because of his two way play though.
Hamilton is a younger Franson. He'll never be anything more than a #4 that puts up decent numbers.
Oh, Malkin is on the market? We'll give you Franson and Kadri. Defensemen that put up those types of numbers don't roll around often, and Kadri is going to break out for the 7th season in a row.
It's hilarious. At the start of this year the main board was cluttered with threads started by them saying they were "for real".
Yeah....not so much
Some of em just really drink the kool aid.