Many say that Connor Mcdavid is currently the best hockey player. He definitely accelerates unlike anyone I’ve seen, but he is also non-existent in some games and due to playing way too minutes minutes, he isn’t 100% at the end of games, when it matters most.

If I had a team and could start by picking any player, I would choose Barkov. There would be no doubts. Not only is he the best “defensive” forward, but he is always a scoring threat as he is difficult to move off of the puck and he has incredible hockey intuition.