Getzlaf is a great player. Top 5 player in the NHL perhaps. But that is based on 5+ years, and not on 10 playoff games.
My original argument was that you can't decide that he is the best player on the ice simply because he's unstoppable for a few games. Which of course he isn't because the series is 2-2.
Raymond had stretches last year where he scored 6 in 3 games IIRC. Pisani scored something like 16 goals in 4 rounds, perhaps more.
Nobody would pick those two over Getzlaf based on 7 games, or even a whole playoffs, so why would I say Getzlaf is the best player on the ice based on a 5 games when you have players like Kane, Toews, Keith, Perry, etc, etc?
Players should be judged on more than a few games, and because of that Toews/Kane are simply the better duo because in more than a few games they have won a few cups and been more successful in the playoffs.
Also, if players around you make you better, Getzlaf might actually be the best player in the world if Perry wouldn't play like a loser at times. Have to think the stupid antics have played a part in their high expectation/low achievement the last 5 years.
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