Who's Better Offensively This Season: Point Or Crosby?

[GlitchMarner]

Who is the better player offensively this season alone (ignore reputations and player histories)?

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[GlitchMarner]

@daver, watch how many people use context in answering the question. This is what people do for a lot of players, not just McDavid.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

for this season alone, close but point. crosby wasnt good offensively last year but has been this year, only a few guys have been better like point and marner.

 

[nowhereman]

Crosby. The numbers are practically the same (Crosby with the slightly higher PPG) but Sid doesn't have the luxury of playing with Kucherov on his line.

Switch the two players and you'd see a big difference.

 

[GlitchMarner]

for this season alone, close but point. crosby wasnt good offensively last year but has been this year, only a few guys have been better like point and marner.

I bet Crosby will win because Point plays on a better team/with better players. Daver apparently thinks none of these factors are important, if you look at the Art Ross thread.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

the guy without Kucherov on his wing

 

[daver]

I bet Crosby will win because Point plays on a better team/with better players. Daver apparently thinks none of these factors are important, if you look at the Art Ross thread.

I never said they weren't important, just not important enough where baseless speculations are thrown around.

This comparison proves nothing. Even if you tried to ignore reputation etc..., unlike McDavid and Crosby, Point is the #2 guy on his line, not the offensive driver, and the #1 guy is putting up an era best pace at this point. That makes a difference.

Point vs. Draisatl is the better comparison.

Reputation should not be ignored here either. Crosby is 100% proven to be an elite point producer, let alone just a Top Ten one, with any quality of linemates. He gets the benefit of the doubt that he produces regardless. Point scored 66 points last year, he does not get the benefit of the doubt that he still produces at his current clip if he played with different linemates/on a different team.

 

[Hint1k]

Point playing 2 minutes per game less than Crosby. Scored 5 more goals and have 3 more points. Obliviously Point is better this season so far.

the guy without Kucherov on his wing

Crosby has way better teammates on team Canada. But he has a bit better stats with Pens.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Crosby very easily. Not close really

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Unless you're one of those folks who is obsessed with advanced stats such as P/60 or whatever, the answer is Crosby. He's producing as much, in less games, and without having the league leading scoring on his wing to help him out.

 

[tony d]

Went with Crosby.

 

[Fataldogg]

Crosby.

Point is playing on the GSW. A lot of them are putting up ridiculous numbers.

 

[SotasicA]

crosby wasnt good offensively last year

You've got pretty high standards there, buddy.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Crosby.

Point is playing on the GSW. A lot of them are putting up ridiculous numbers.

and point is the best player on the team

 

[VoluntaryDom]

You've got pretty high standards there, buddy.

at 5v5 he was kinda scoring at a borderline first line rate. this year his offense is elite again

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

and point is the best player on the team

Dude, you've really got to lay off the advanced stats. Your takes based on them are just getting worse and worse.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Dude, you've really got to lay off the advanced stats. Your takes based on them are just getting worse and worse.

i see the argument for kuch being better but at the very least point is close lol.

 

[SotasicA]

at 5v5 he was kinda scoring at a borderline first line rate. this year his offense is elite again

89pts is apparently not good anymore in this league. So many bad, bad players.

Well, I for one would have been happy to have a bad offensive player like Crosby on my team last season. He'd have been the top scorer on my team, and by a wide margin.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

i see the argument for kuch being better but at the very least point is close lol.

Close, in the sense that Guentzel is "close" to being as good as Crosby for the Pens, sure.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Close, in the sense that Guentzel is "close" to being as good as Crosby for the Pens, sure.

lolwut

 

[VoluntaryDom]

point's p1/60 away from kuch>guentzels with sid lmao

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

point's p1/60 away from kuch>guentzels with sid lmao

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[VoluntaryDom]

My comment

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Your head

comparing guentzel to point in any way shape or form is awful

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

comparing guentzel to point in any way shape or form is awful

Good thing I wasn't comparing Guentzel to Point.

I was comparing the gap between Kucherov and Point, to the gap between Crosby and Guentzel, to highlight how silly your original point (pardon the pun) was.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Good thing I wasn't comparing Guentzel to Point.

I was comparing the gap between Kucherov and Point, to the gap between Crosby and Guentzel, to highlight how silly your original point (pardon the pun) was.

point is very clearly WAY better than guentzel. so do you still think Crosby is way better than kucherov?????