Marchand scored more goals, more points, and is far superior defensively than Crosby, and Marchand kills penalties whereas Crosby does not.
So I guess what I am saying is I have no idea how anyone could argue Crosby was the better player this year.
Isolated, perhaps not. It's McDavid 100% anyways, so who cares about the runner up losers?
Sid seems to be doing a good job at getting his team to the top of their division, despite Evgeni Malkin pulling a Grant Hill once again this (and recent) season(s).
Conversely, Marchand still seems to have Bergeron as his elite scoring partner, props to them on 3rd place.
Additional props on your nice pivot from Ovi's down season to Marchand now.