I mean I don’t hate the list but I also don’t love certain rankings

Crosby and Matthews are better than draisaitl and Tavares over zibanijad

Don’t like see Leon above Crosby and matthews TBH but can’t blame the choice I guess, tryna think if they left off a big name

tavares underrated, that's all I'll say

Tavares a bit low, Crosby>Drai and I think you could make the case for Matthews as well but I can understand it.

Pettersson too low, Zibanejad too high.

Crosby is #2 still. I think Bergeron is too high too

The only player out of the ones you compared that Tavares is better than is probably just Aho, schiefele, and prolly Zib too

HOMER

Joking but 2 is bold IMO

Sid too low, Eichel over Thews, Tavares/Stammer underrated

He’s still the most complete player in the NHL. He played through injury this season. A fully rested and healthy Crosby will be very good this season

I don't love it but I don't hate it either

my point stands - he's a little underrated

He should be a few spots up yes forsure

there's that small sub concious part of my brain that, despite McDavid/MacKinnon being amazing and everything, if it's a win or die game, I'm still probably taking sid lol, the guy is so clutch

his career is just too good, he's the quintessential hockey player. hard to say he's "better" than mcdavid or mackinnon but like, idk man lol. I still see him as potentially top 5 imo

After seeing the fan vote where Kevin Hayes was 6th, Ill take what they give me.

I like it

Holy crap, did they actually rank Zibby 10th??? What are they smoking over there?

Imagine if Eichel and Matthews switched teams, everyone would think Eichel is the better player. Only reason people think Matthews > Eichel is because of where they play. Players in Buffalo get disrespected in every hockey news source. Dahlin didnt even make the top 20 D men in the NHL, wasnt even considered in the NHL article about best D man in 3 years

did you expect any differently though? playing in a city with a 9 year playoff drought will make you irrelevant. no questions asked.

I still have high expectations and hopes for Crosby - but I think Mackinnon showed he can play a 200ft game and his stats back it up. He’s the closest player to Mcdavid/ Leon’s offensive output - but he’s better defensively than them. Imo that makes him have a stronger case then he did last year. And mackinnons playoffs were amazing. He took 1 for my imo this year. Crosby still is not allowed to be lower than 3, but I think hes gotta catch up to them this year (even if it’s due to injuries I still get a sense he’s behind), and by no means would Crosby struggle with catching them as he’s proven he’s a leader, clutch performer, 200ft player but so offensively talented that we forget how reliable he is defensively. Compared to Mcdavid who is more of a “Glass Cannon” - I think it’s safe to always assume Crosby could be a 1/2 after next year.