Kucherov is racking up points of a team that would still be one of the top 3 without him.
McDavid is playing for a terribly built team that would have a hard time beating a low end AHL team without him.
I see people claiming Kucherov is the best player in the world. Lol, really? He's scoring at an incredible pace but McDavid's toolbox is simply far superior. Kucherov wouldn't scoring 70 pts this year on that terrible Oilers team.
Recency bias, it's an HF trademark.
Don't get me wrong, Kucherov is a phenomenal talent but you've got to look at the body of work, skillset and situation plays a part in this too.
Kucherov is surrounded by ridiculous talent from linemates to defense to goalies to his coach even. McDavid has had one really good linemate his entire career and the worst collection of players in the league surrounding him. It's a miracle that he won back to back Art Rosses all things considered.
Kucherov is the best player in the league this season and I suppose one can argue that it's a fluid situation in regards to best player in the league but I find it hard to argue that anybody has been more consistent than McDavid the last 3 years. He rarely ever gets 4-5 point games yet consistently is amongst the league leader in points and he does it virtually by himself. Yes, he has Draisaitl or RNH but it is the worst collection of puck moving Dmen in the league that he plays with (find me a top player or any player with a worse group of puck movers) so yes, he's pretty much on his own, him and Draisaitl.
At worst, it can be argued that Kucherov is as good as McDavid, not clearly the best player in the league IMO.