Since you asked the answer is yes he is ... here are the numbers.... I try to take bias out of the equation.... numbers don't lie....
DK Career points reg season 404 in 542 games = .75 ppg
Playoffs 77 points in 93 games = .83 ppg
Marchy Career points reg season 225 in 368 games = .61 ppg
Playoffs 39 points in 66 games = .59 ppt
DK elevates his game except last year while Marchy is about the same...great players always play better in the playoffs
You're absolutely right. Numbers don't lie. Throw the cap hit into your equations and see how the numbers work out.
Look - I love Kretch. I like him better than Marshand (true!)... All things being equal, I keep DK46 100 times out of 100 (and twice on Sunday)
But all things aren't equal when you add in cap hits.
The fact of the matter is that they've each had 2 dog years in the playoffs (in fact - both the same years: 2011-12 and 2013-14). They were both nearly identical in their absence:
Kretch 11-12: 7gp / 1+2=3
March 11-12: 7gp / 1+1=2
Kretch 13-14: 12gp / 0+4=4
Marsh 13-14: 12gp / 0+5=5
But Kretch has a considerably larger body of playoff experience to absorb those off-year numbers. (150% number of games over 7 trips to the playoffs vs Marshand's 4 trips)
Krejci lead playoffs in scoring... Marshand scored 2 goals in a SCF Game 7... We can go back and forth...
But as you said the numbers don't lie. And in the regular season, provided both guys keep up their current paces, you're spending considerably more for Krejci's production than you are relative to Marchand. (almost $118k/pt for DK vs. $90k/pt for BM) So you're getting a better return on your investment offensively for Marchy, plus he plays a heck of a lot more PK, etc.
DK's been injured a bit recently... Marchand's been pretty durable. Will that be a factor? I don't know.
Like I said -
I prefer DK over BM.... But all things being equal, I think I keep Brad. And - in my opinion - I'm keeping the bias out of the equation, and the numbers aren't lying.
(FWIW - We're splitting hairs here - I have, in order: 1. Bergy 2. Dougie 3. Tuukka 4. Pasta 5.4 Marchand 5.6 Kretch)