ontariojames said:
Well I don't feel like going through the detailed explanation of why I don't think it makes sense to value goals over points so I'll leave that.
Anyways, I'm quite certain by the way the convo went that it was a simple who is better right now or who would you rather on your team right now question and there is no reason to pick Stamkos over Malkin.
Again, those are two different questions. Who would you rather have on your team right now is a question that would take things like age and cap hit and health into account.
But more to the point, there is a very good reason why someone would prefer Stamkos to Malkin in that regard. It's just that you apparently don't feel like going into why you disagree with it.
ontariojames said:
Judging by their two best seasons Malkin is roughly 20 points better than Stamkos and is a conn smythe winner.
I'm still not sure why on the one hand you insist the question should be strictly about who's better
right now and as one of your chief points in Malkin's favour hold up something that he did four seasons ago. That's a comparison that's blatantly unfair to Stamkos. He hasn't been in the league as long and has played on worse teams than Malkin. He hasn't had as much of a chance to rack up meaningful trophies in the past.