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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
Mackinnon has followed a very similar progression path as Crosby did, dominating all the way along.
Drouin only recently become an uber prospect, coincidentally, when he began playing on a team with Mackinnon.
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Crosby had roughly double the points Mackinnon did in the Q. The level of dominance between them isn't even close. The only time they were on similar trajectories was before junior which is meaningless at this point when comparing the 2. Crosby's path was non-stop growth the whole way. The level at which Mackinnon dominates definitely has a smaller gap than what Crosby had, and that gap has been closing. That never really happened with Crosby. I just think that you really need to consider trajectory (and not so much the past) to predict the future.
And as mentioned, when Mackinnon was out, Drouin still dominated. At this point, it's difficult to tell who benefits for from whom. I remember back when Pat Falloon was the big name and people thought that Ray Whitney was benefiting from playing with him. We all know what happened there.