Laineux
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If you could add McDavid + Draisaitl or Crosby + Malkin for your team for the next three seasons after this one, which would you add?
Let's hold on with McDavid being the best player for sure. Kucherov is close to him in age. He's 24. McDavid is 21. Mackinnon is also 22 etc. looks like McDavid actually will have competion during his prime.Malkin and Crosby will be 31-34 during this stretch.
McDavid will likely be the best player in the world as a whole during this stretch and Draisaitl is looking to shape up as a solid superstar of his own.
Just something to think about.
Malkin and Crosby will be 31-34 during this stretch.
McDavid will likely be the best player in the world as a whole during this stretch and Draisaitl is looking to shape up as a solid superstar of his own.
Just something to think about.
Crosby
Malkin/ McDavid
Draisaitl
Matthews
One of these guys doesn't belong in the conversation. Riding McDavid's coattails to 77 points is not an accomplishment. Both Geno and Sid can put up 40G and 100P if they stayed healthy and wanted to push it. McDavid is a stretch for 40G but can put up 100P. Drai can't even hit 30G and might be lucky to put up 85-90 points in a career year.
Fixed that for you.
Yeah, this age argument was one I believe you used to argue why McDavid/Matthews/Laine would easily outscore Crosby/Malkin/Ovechkin this year. Meanwhile, other than McDavid, the older trio is outproducing the young trio (Ovie leading in goals again, despite his "age" supposedly causing him to not rebound from last year).
Maybe you shouldn't put so much emphasis on how much players over the age of 30 decline at some point?
This isn't "something to think about." This is you, the poll creator, trying to push people towards one of the options.Malkin and Crosby will be 31-34 during this stretch.
McDavid will likely be the best player in the world as a whole during this stretch and Draisaitl is looking to shape up as a solid superstar of his own.
Just something to think about.
McDavid will be on about the same level as an aging Crosby and Malkin but Draisaitl won't be even remotely close.Malkin and Crosby will be 31-34 during this stretch.
McDavid will likely be the best player in the world as a whole during this stretch and Draisaitl is looking to shape up as a solid superstar of his own.
Just something to think about.
It's still going to happen at some point though. People put too much stock in turning 30, but you start getting into 33, 34 and it becomes a lot more likely. This only being 3 years though I feel pretty confident in players as good as Crosby and Malkin, especially when they're still near the top of the league, and Draisaitl isn't. I think this would have to be more 5-6 years to start moving the other way
It's the right answer but horrible logic. Take out the top two on either team and compare them - Pittsburgh is way deeper. It's not like they are both dragging a bunch of dead caracasses and trying to make the playoffs with them.I'll take the two guy who can lead there team to the playoffs.
Drai isn't a passenger. But he certainly isn't on the same level as the other three yet, and he may never be.Crosby and Malkin without a doubt. I expect McDavid to be the best over this time but Draisaitl is just a passenger.