Todd Cordell
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl is the boring choice. It's also the correct one.
Over the last two seasons, they've controlled 52% of the attempts, 53% of the expected goals, and 56% of the actual goals (88 for, 67 against) at 5v5 despite Joe from the corner store often serving as the 3rd wheel. Great duos don't need a great third party to enjoy success – clearly – but they haven't even had a *good* third party by their side and are still caving opponents in. With a more competent right winger, or better defense core playing behind them, it's hard to imagine what McDavid and Draisaitl could do.
I mean, last year's team was a train wreck – there's a reason the coach and GM were fired in-season – and McDavid still tallied 116 points while Draisaitl scored 50 goals.
James Tanner The Pacific Division is full of great duos. But obviously McDavid and Draisaitl is the best. It's probably the best in the league. Of course, the Oilers are so terribly run that they only employed this duo for about half the time last year, out of some misguided idiocy about spreading out the talent. It's worth mentioning Gaudreau and Monahan.
As an aside, even though it doesn't happen too much, if you're ever watching a Sharks game and Karlsson and Burns get on the ice at the same time, it's fun to see.
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