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Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon
To be fair, that's only because people would take literally any excuse to lay that superlative on any other player. First it was Ovechkin, then Bergeron, then Toews, then Giroux (???), then Toews again... then Bergeron again. It's insane how much disrespect Crosby got in his heyday, actually. One of my cousins tried to convince me that Malkin was better than Crosby once lol.
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But did they say "in the world". "Best in the league" doesn't bug me as much - it's just an description that lots of players have had.
In the world seems like they are trying to make McDavid something above, say, Mario at his prime.