There's going to be a lot of people who cut Crosby and honestly I don't know if I'm ready for the blasphemy.

If this was 5 years ago, Crosby was absolutely the best in that row. the fact he's still as elite as he is at 35 is great

Drai is miles better then Kucherov btw

Start: Drai / Marchand / Kaprisov / Marner / Stutzle / Hedman / Chabot / Hellebuyck
Bench: Kucherov / Panarin / Gaudreau / Rantanen / Raymond / Josi / Rielly / Sorokin
Cut: Crosby / Tkachuk / Huberdeau / Ovechkin / Bunting / Fox / Hamilton / Demko

START BENCH CUT
Draisaitl Kucherov Crosby (damn)
Marchand Tkachuk Panarin
Huberdeau Kaprizov Gaudreau
Ovechkin Marner Rantanen
Raymond Stutzle Bunting
Hedman Josi Fox
Rielly Chabot Hamilton
Hellebuyck Demko Sorokin

Call me crazy, I'd still start him out of the three listed.

Hey, each their own for opinions, I just think Drai edges him out, hes absolutely still a top 10 player in the league

I know we are supposed to judge more for recent body of work, but man, Crosby has been the whole package for a long time. Hard to not pick him.

But you're right, to each their own.

Crosby has been so dominant for so long, one of my favorite players ever, really going to be sad when him and ovi retire, those guys were the face of the league through my childhood and teen years

Start Drai, sit Sid, cut Kuch. (C > W?)
Start Matty, sit Marchy, Cut Panarin (All great scorers others bring more than Panarin)
Start Kap, sit Johnny H, Cut Johnny G (Kap has most goal scoring upside IMO)
Start Ovi, Sit Rant, Cut Marner (Goals + Size > assist even when they are NASTY)
Start Raymond, sit Stutz, cut Bunting (Tough but potential/upside)
Start Fox, Sit Hedman, cut Josi (Probably my anti-nash bias tbh lol)
Start Chabot, Sit Mo, cut Douggie (Others more balanced then Douggie IMO)
Start Helly, sit Demko, cut Soro (Helly on a more responsible team would be dope)

Draisaitl, Kucherov, Crosby
Panarin, Marchand, Tkachuk
Kaprizov, Gaudreau, Huberdeau
Ovechkin, Marner, Rantanen
Steutzle, Raymond, Bunting
Hedman, Fox, Josi
Chabot, Hamilton, Rielly
Sorokin, Hellebuyck, Demko

I expected to see Marner cut by people. Sure size is a factor. But Marner scored 35 goals, has a great pass (which you've eluded to), and plays the PK. For those reasons, Marner is my guy.

I could be bias too, but I won't fully admit to it.

I forgot how good a PKer he is. That does probably push him above Rant for me, but I have a huge Bias for Ovie I wont deny that.

Crosby, Kuch, Drai
Marchand (if 100%), Panarin, Tkachuk
Kaprizov, huberdeau, gauedreau
Marner, rantanen, ovi
Raymond, stu, bunting
Hedman, fox, josi
Hamilton, reilly, chabot
Sorokin-Helly- demko

1. S: Draisital B: Kucherov C: Crosby
2. S: Panarin B: Marchand C: Tkachuk
3. S: Kaprizov B: Gaudreau C: Huberdeau
4. S: Rantenen B: Ovechkin C: Marner
5. S: Raymond B: Bunting C: Stuzle
6. S: Hedman B: Fox C: Jodi
7. S: Chabot B: Reilly C: Hamilton
8. S: Hellebuyck B: Demko C: Sorokin

Crosby - Draisaitl - Kucherov
Tkachuk - Marchand - Panarin
Kaprizov - Gaudreau - Huberdeau
Rantanen - Marner - Ovechkin
Stutzle - Raymond - Bunting (Bunting?)
Hedman - Josi - Fox
Hamilton - Chabot - Rielly
Hellebuyck - Sorokin - Demko

I just wanna point out how right ur takes were

Cool, thanks. Still a lot of season left.