Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN
Draisaitl is 7th on my centers list, after Barkov and this list, Leadership came into play alot less than talent, more in consideration of very close players...or older talent vs younger...example crosby
What's your excuse for having Draisaitl 7th on talent?!
Look back four years and you'll see he's a top player in the league:
1. McDavid: 306, 146-275-421
2. Kucherov: 304, 153-245-398
3. DRAISAITL: 313, 147-215-362
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6. MacKinnon: 307, 131-211-342
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9. Crosby: 277, 124-201-325
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11. Malkin: 263, 121-195-316
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14. Scheifele: 292, 122-177-299
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18. Barkov: 288, 103-185-288
19. Matthews: 282, 158-127-285
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23. Eichel: 273, 113-168-281
Even if you're predisposed towards recency bias (which all of us are), you could look at the past 2 years:
1. DRAISAITL: 153, 93-122-215
2. McDavid: 142, 75-138-213
3. Kucherov: 150, 74-139-213
4. Kane: 151, 77-117-194
5. MacKinnon: 151, 76-116-192
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12. Eichel: 145, 64-96-160
13. Barkov: 148, 55-103-158
14. Scheifele: 153, 67-90-157
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17. Point: 145, 66-90-156
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19. Matthews: 138, 84-69-153
Draisaitl has more goals and more assists than both Matthews and Eichel over the past 2 years. Only Ovechkin has scored more goals in this timeframe (99) and nobody has more points.
Either your personal perspective is a LOT more biased than you're prepared to admit or you're a piss-poor talent evaluator.