Surprised not to see Malkin yet. I think him and Geoffrion are close. Both guys were not the primary focus of the other team and both were powerplay triggermen with great playoff records, leading the playoffs in points twice. Both guys were injured a lot but produced when fit. Top 10 PPG finishes:
Malkin: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 7, 8
Geoffrion: 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10
Same amount of top 10 finishes. Geoffrion has more top 2 finishes, Malkin has more top 3, top 4, etc.
Top 10 Scoring finishes:
Malkin: 1, 1, 2, 4
Geoffrion: 1, 4, 6, 6, 7, 7
Both guys had years where they obviously would have finished higher (Malkin was 15th in scoring in 13-14, but second in PPG by a good margin to Getzlaf in third, Geoffrion was 5th in PPG in 57-58 by a big margin but only played 42 games etc)
Hart voting:
Malkin: 1, 2, 2, 7
Geoffrion: 7
Both guys lost votes to teammates, Geoffrion more so than Malkin (I mean not even top 5 when winning the Art ross in 54-55, finishing behind 3 teammates is a bit harsh).
Geoffrion has a clear edge in goals, but Malkin is no scrub and has some strong finishes here too. Who ever is over the other is not that important to me, I don't think these players should be far from each other in the ranking.