Kyle McMahon
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I'm still dumbfounded by how highly Selanne placed on this list. Worthless defensively, proved nothing in the playoffs and two out of his goalscoring 'awards' were shared with Bondra and Mogilny.
His point finishes are nice, though. Second to Jagr and Lemieux in two different years is not a bad look. That's impressive. International record is pretty good as well.
Seeing both guys for a lot their careers I wouldn't have chosen Selanne over Kovalchuk for my team but whatever...I also think Kariya overshone Selanne during their time together.
Selanne is an odd case it seems. There seem to be very different opinions of him, despite him not really being a "controversial" player, or one that would have extra appeal to a certain type of voter (ex: somebody who really values peak, or really values playoffs, etc).