Speculation: The best Avalanche player next season?

[Murzu]

I'm having hard time figuring out who will be the best Av in the upcoming season. I'm leaning towards Makar even though MacK is the second best center in the league. Mikko is also capable of outscoring MacKinnon so he should at least be an option in the poll.

Voted Makar but it's super close.

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[CoachBadkitten]

Regular season: Makar
Playoffs: Darcy Kuemper

 

[Murzu]

Regular season: Makar
Playoffs: Darcy Kuemper

Let's hope so

 

[Grigowski]

Erik Johnson. Miracle on ice. The Condor returns.

 

[missionAvs]

It's between MacK and Makar. I think it's still MacK but wouldn't be surprised if it's Makar.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Mackinnon’s going to find out about the results of this poll and go full playoff mode all season long

 

[Seanaconda]

The forwards are splitting their votes when they are both elite .

 

[Avs71]

I think we’ve seen the best of MacKinnon, but don’t think the same of Makar. An 80+ point season for Makar will be more impressive than MacKinnon breaking 100.

 

[avsfan9]

Mackinnon until Makar can put together a full healthy season

 

[henchman21]

MacDonald.

 

[The Moops]

Nuke

 

[the_fan]

Jack Johnson

 

[Murzu]

MacKinnon six votes and Rantanen four, that's surprising. Would Rantanen get 40% of the votes if the options were only Mikko n MacK?

 

[tigervixxxen]

I think Mikko was better than MacK last year, not too surprising

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I thought the big three were all pretty much on par with one another last season, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was any of them.

At the end of the playoffs I think it said it would be Makar this season, so I guess I’ll stick with that. It seems like MacKinnon’s stock has dropped a bit for some reason, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a monster year.

It’s hard to compare forwards and defenceman. Like what’s better? A 100 point forward with great play driving, or a 75 point defenceman with good defence and great play driving?

 

[henchman21]

Realistically, if it isn't Makar this year, it will be Makar next year. My bold statement, if it ends up being Rantanen it is problematic.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Jost

 

[Avsboy]

Makar needs more health

 

[Newusername]

we are so blessed, arguably three players that are top 3 at their positions

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Jost

The only appropriate answer.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Could be anyone from the top guys. Rantanen was the best last season and who knows if Makar stays healthy.

 

[The Abusement Park]

MacDonald.

I assumed this poll ignored him because he's the obvious 1st choice.

 

[AvsFan29]

we are so blessed, arguably three players that are top 3 at their positions

If Kuemper stays healthy, we’ll have 4 players

 

[Sea Eagles]

Our team is a collective of absolute champions. Every piece adds to the well oiled machine that is us. One part can't function without the other parts. That's what sets Colorado apart from the other teams. There isn't one player I'd swap out for another player in their respective positions. So the best player for us is the following (and in no order):

Top 6: Rantanen, Newhook, Burakovsky, Kadri, Landeskog & Mackinnon
Bottom 6: Maltzev, Compher, Jost, Nichushkin, Helm, O'Connor, MacDermid, Kaut, Bowers
Defense: Johnson, Girard, Murray, Byram, MacDonald, Toews, Makar
Gialies: Francouz, Kuemper, Johnansson

 

[Murzu]

Realistically, if it isn't Makar this year, it will be Makar next year. My bold statement, if it ends up being Rantanen it is problematic.

Unless Rantanen scores at that absurd pace of 130-140 points like he did two or three years ago. Then we might be fine