Name your top 5 players right now

[SI90]

What makes that list even funnier is that you're probably one of those people that complains when Leaf players get brought up in every thread.

McDavid
Malkin
Kopitar
Hedman
Karlsson

You didn’t name any leaf players though?

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

McDavid
Crosby
OV
Malkin
Karlsson/Kucherov

 

[psycat]

McDavid
Malkin
Karlsson
Kucherov
MacKinnon

HM: Crosby, Hedman, Ovechkin

Arguable HM: Kopitar, Giroux

 

[ziggyjoe212]

As a Pens fan I cannot place Crosby as the top player anymore. He doesn't have the consistency, explosiveness, or speed anymore. At this point he's "merely" an 80 point guy. Malkin still has it tho.

McDavid
Malkin, MacKinnon, Karlsson, Crosby

 

[CartographerNo611]

Mcdavid
Doughty
Hedman
Malkin
Eichel (Getting slept on so much these days, he is on par with Mcdavid while having no one to finish his passes last year)

 

[Semantics]

McDavid
Crosby
MacKinnon
Kucherov
Matthews

 

[Semantics]

Malkin is on way too many lists, dude is 32 now so he's not going to be as good as last year, and he has one of the worst penalty differentials in the league which really hurts his value. He's top 15, but not top 5, maybe not even top 10.

 

[authentic]

Malkin is on way too many lists, dude is 32 now so he's not going to be as good as last year, and he has one of the worst penalty differentials in the league which really hurts his value. He's top 15, but not top 5, maybe not even top 10.

Lol yeah you're right, I'm surprised he can still skate at his brittle old age.

 

[authentic]

McDavid
Crosby
Karlsson
Malkin
Matthews/MacKinnon

HM: Kucherov, Giroux, Tavares, Kane, Kopitar, Hedman and Bergeron

 

[DitchMarner]

Eichel (Getting slept on so much these days, he is on par with Mcdavid while having no one to finish his passes last year)

I really doubt that.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

McDavid
Ovechkin
Malkin
Crosby
Kucherov

 

[1OApick]

Malkin is on way too many lists, dude is 32 now so he's not going to be as good as last year, and he has one of the worst penalty differentials in the league which really hurts his value. He's top 15, but not top 5, maybe not even top 10.

He definitely is top5. Also angry Geno is score.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Malkin is on way too many lists, dude is 32 now so he's not going to be as good as last year, and he has one of the worst penalty differentials in the league which really hurts his value. He's top 15, but not top 5, maybe not even top 10.

He's declined less than Crosby and just had 98 points. They may be 31 and 32 now but they're both still top 5 players (top 3 imo).

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Malkin is on way too many lists, dude is 32 now so he's not going to be as good as last year, and he has one of the worst penalty differentials in the league which really hurts his value. He's top 15, but not top 5, maybe not even top 10.

The bolded has to be one of the worst arguments I've ever seen used against a player.

What next? His English is poor, which hurts him when talking to the refs, therefore he's not very valuable to have on the ice to argue calls?

 

[New Jersey]

Hall
Hischier
Ovechkin
McDavid
Bergeron

 

[Broad Street Buddies]

Hall
Hischier
Ovechkin
McDavid
Bergeron

You forgot Zacha.

 

[New Jersey]

You forgot Zacha.

Clever. I can admit I misinterpreted top five best in the league vs. top five personal favorites once I saw Giroux on here.

 

[New Jersey]

Actually, fwiw, OP is ambiguous as f***.

Your personal top five? Actual top five? Your favorite team's top five?

Good thread.

 

[Pensfan891]

McDavid
Ovechkin
Malkin
Crosby
Kucherov

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[Broad Street Buddies]

Clever. I can admit I misinterpreted top five best in the league vs. top five personal favorites once I saw Giroux on here.

My top 5 wouldn’t include Giroux or Hall but I think it’s fair to say that they are both top 10 in the league.

Now Hischier? Come on...

 

[New Jersey]

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Best pure goal scorer of all time?

Perhaps I missed the joke here.

 

[New Jersey]

My top 5 wouldn’t include Giroux or Hall but I think it’s fair to say that they are both top 10 in the league.

Now Hischier? Come on...

Again, I genuinely misinterpreted the conversation as "personal top five favorites."

 

[milehigh11]

Giroux, for whatever reason, just does not get a lot of love from neutral fans or national media. I mean, the guy has more points than anyone not named Sidney Crosby the last 6 years. I think part of it is lack of playoff success. The Flyers haven't won a playoff series in 6 years. I think a deep run or two will get Giroux the respect he deserves.

That is a false statement Last 6 years in points:

NHL Player Stats in Last 6 Seasons

Crosby - 507 pts
Kane 459 pts
Ovie - 443
Benn - 436
Giroux - 434

 

[Broad Street Buddies]

Again, I genuinely misinterpreted the conversation as "personal top five favorites."

And I misinterpreted your last post, my bad.

Internet eh?

 

[Satire]

Mcdavid
Doughty
Hedman
Malkin
Eichel (Getting slept on so much these days, he is on par with Mcdavid while having no one to finish his passes last year)

You obviously don't watch a lot of Oilers games. The amount of open net passes that McDavids wingers (Caggs and Lucic in particular) whiffed on last year was nuts. There's a reason why he started scoring a ton of goals in the 2nd half - he honestly couldn't trust his wingers outside of Drai to put the biscuit in the basket at that point so he started doing it himself.

Not to discredit Eichel, but he has a ways to go to catch up. He is a different kind of player too, and I think he will be top 3 in the league eventually.


My list:
McDavid
Crosby
Ovie
Malkin
Karlsson

Honorable mentions: Kucherov, Kane, Doughty, Hall, Girroux, Benn, Holtby, Hedman, Gaudreau, Eichel.