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Originally Posted by robaur
Yeah I don't understand how Big Mac is better than Crosby in his own zone. Maybe I'm wrong.
I don't understand why media is so quick to shoot Big Mac to the top of their lists collectively so fast. I mean the kid has another 10-15 years left of elite play. Why can't we just enjoy Crosby's play? The guy has won back to back Stanley Cups and back to back Conn Smyth. That's a remarkable achievement and a lot of media just seems to shrug it off and say...well...moving on...
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I think a big part of their formula includes penalty killing.
Crosby doesn't kill penalties because like Iginla or Karlsson, he's way more valuable on offence. He likely gets a big fat zero on the penalty kill score.
McDavid still kills penalties here and there, but there's no doubt in my mind that in a few years he'll drop off on that too. Still, he probably got a couple points for that front which was basically the difference between the two players.