Empoleon8771
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Massive Injury issues? You mean Malkin being out?
The Penguins bubble here, which represents quality of man games lost, is the biggest in hockey this year, outside of maybe Dallas and Buffalo. The Penguins won their division despite having the largest quality of man games lost in the NHL.
This past season was probably not great to get the players opinions anyways because they didn't play each team and were in bubbles. Who said I'm just going to NHL.com anyways? You don't think MacKinnon is a better hockey player right now just from watching?
So basically you're saying they're ignorant? Pretty arrogant claim to make that you're somehow more qualified to make the decisions
Yup, Draisaitl, Marchand, and MacKinnon. So how does Crosby get the nod here again? You say who cares only because you're happy with it.
No, I'm saying "who cares" because finishing a distant 3rd place doesn't matter beyond fans bitching and moaning about it.
What's the difference between finishing 3rd place and 4th place for the Lindsay? You don't get mentioned as a finalist if you're 4th place. That's literally it. I'm saying who cares because it's literally meaningless outside of Crosby fanboys or Crosby haters.
From what I remember Lidstrom had the highest Qualcomp in the league that season so maybe you should go deeper than "basic stats". Vishnovsky wasn't even a regular penalty killer on his team whille Lidstrom was. What's worse, being a -2 and being tasked as a shutdown guy at 5 on 5 or being a big point producer like Sid, not kill any penalties, and only being a +8?
What's worse, one of those guys winning a major trophy or one of those guys coming in a distant 3rd place for one of those trophies?
Also I like how you're only quantifying being a "shutdown guy" as being a PKer. Do you really think Crosby wasn't used against the best of the best competition literally all season?
....uh, okay? How does that disprove what I said?
Lidstrom's 2011 was absolutely a legacy win.