Evgeni Malkin has managed to somehow be in the shadows of the two best forwards of the salary cap era at the same time. There’s the team aspect with Sidney Crosby and the country/draft year area with Evgeni Malkin.
But Malkin remains one of the best to ever do it. Only Crosby and Malkin have scored more points since 2005-06.
Malkin and Crosby are also the only two players in the last 20 years to score at least 500 goals and tally 800 assists, though Patrick Kane could join that club soon.