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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Don't you think that's a bit of a Russian bias? Malkin is far and away the superior player. Hart, Conn Smyth, Art Ross winner and while he's not Toews when it comes to defense, he's not Ovechkin either. If Toews was Russian and Malkin was Canadian, you wouldn't be able to find one person who would say Toews was a better player.
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Not at all. First off both are superior talents, both are top players in the league. That said Towes is the type of player that is the very definition of leadership, sportsmanship and everything you want as face of a franchise. Malkin on the other hand seems to thrive being out of the "face of the franchise" spotlight. Sure he steps up when Crosby is injured and carries the team, but even so everyone still talks about Crosby and he can quietly go about his thing. Neither quality is "better" as both have strong points, but if I was personally building a team I would vastly prefer the type of character Towes brings to the table.
Then you have the actual skills. Towes is a very dangerous offensive player (not top offensive player mind you) while being perhaps the best 2 way player in the game right now, if not best top few. Malkin is arguably the most dangerous offensive player in the game or again, very close to it. Malkin's drawback to this higher offensive ceiling is the fact that he is a turnover machine, can be lazy at times in his own end and is not what most people would consider a 2 way player. You already know all of this so no sense going on listing every little detail.
Towes just screams "perfect leader" while still maintaining the ability to make him one of the leagues top players, he has some of those characteristics you just can't teach. Not to take anything away from Malkin as he is amazing in his own right, but Captain Serious would be my choice every time.