WarriorofTime
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Assist leaders since Crosby came into LeagueHe has an argument for best playmaker of his era so not sure why it is manipulative.
2005-06: Thornton
2006-07: Thornton
2007-08: Thornton
2008-09: Malkin
2009-10: H. Sedin
2010-11: H. Sedin
2011-12: H. Sedin
2012-13: St. Louis
2013-14: Crosby
2014-15: Backstrom
2015-16: Karlsson
2016-17: McDavid
2017-18: Wheeler/Giroux (tie)
2018-19: Kucherov
2019-20: Draisaitl
2020-21: McDavid
2021-22: Huberdeau
2022-23: McDavid
Cumulative:
Thornton - 3
H. Sedin - 3
McDavid - 3
Assorted - 1
It comes off as manipulative that you try and lump Crosby in with Thornton, H. Sedin and Backstrom in the sense "guys known to be playmakers, not goal scorers, and wow, look at how much he scored even though that wasn't really his thing" to build up his legend a bit more. Crosby was a great goal scorer and a great playmaker and was always known to be both. The years of Crosby-Ovechkin discourse has perhaps clouded your brain on this.