HFBoards Top 32 Centers - #2

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Rank	Player	Votes	Team	GP	G	A	P
1	Connor McDavid	82/86 (95%)	Edmonton Oilers	80	44	79	123
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[stl76]

Is there an argument for anyone other than Matthews or MacKinnon?

 

[Gurglesons]

Matthews IMO.

 

[amnesiac]

add Malkin, Scheifele

 

[Rengorlex]

Big games: MacKinnon
Regular season games: Matthews

Pretty simple IMO.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Nathan MacKinnon

Add JT Miller

 

[Lavar Ball]

Matthews

 

[RapidKnight]

Matthews
Add O’Reilly

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Is there an argument for anyone other than Matthews or MacKinnon?

Draisaitl is on the same tier as those two.

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

Is there an argument for anyone other than Matthews or MacKinnon?

How would Draisaitl not have an argument? He has a more impressive individual resume than either of those two.

Everyone is raving about Matthews 60 goals while ignoring the fact that Draisaitl put up 55+55, something that hasn’t been accomplished since Lemieux did it in 1996.

 

[Rengorlex]

Draisaitl is on the same tier as those two.

Too much of a liability defensively.

 

[TF1970]

Still Crosby for me

 

[stl76]

Draisaitl is on the same tier as those two.

How would Draisaitl not have an argument? He has a more impressive individual resume than either of those two.

Everyone is raving about Matthews 60 goals while ignoring the fact that Draisaitl put up 55+55, something that hasn’t been accomplished in a couple decades.

You guys may be right, didn’t think of Draisaitl. What would your argument be for Draisaitl?

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

Too much of a liability defensively.

Old, tired, and false narrative

 

[missionAvs]

Matthews easy. MacK next.

 

[Rengorlex]

Old, tired, and false narrative

He's a liability defensively. It is what it is.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

You guys may be right, didn’t think of Draisaitl. What would your argument be for Draisaitl?

Although I'm not sure who is the best out of that group, the fact that Draisaitl outscored both Matthews and Mackinnon the past 3 seasons is probably the best argument in favour of him.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Give me Mack

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

You guys may be right, didn’t think of Draisaitl. What would your argument be for Draisaitl?

He is a top 3 goal scorer (top 2 if Ovi starts slowing down) and also arguably the best playmaker in the league.

Has a Hart, Art Ross and Lindsay. One 50 goal season, one 55 goal season, two 110 point seasons (one in a shortened Covid year), and one 105 point season.

He also completely dismantled the Flames in the playoffs with 17 points in 5 games while playing on one leg. That was the most points ever scored by a player in a 5 game series in NHL history, and was only two points shy of tying the record for any length of series. If the series went to 7 games he likely would have easily beat the record of 19.

Also, I edited my last post, but his 55G+55A that he had last year was the first time that has been accomplished since Lemieux did it in 1996.

He's a liability defensively. It is what it is.
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Yeah I’ll take the actual on ice results over some chart

 

[M2Beezy]

Mackinnon

Add Jason Dickinson

 

[Rengorlex]

He is a top 3 goal scorer (top 2 if Ovi starts slowing down) and also arguably the best playmaker in the league.

Has a Hart, Art Ross and Lindsay. One 50 goal season, one 55 goal season, two 110 point seasons (one in a shortened Covid year), and one 105 point season.

He also completely dismantled the Flames in the playoffs with 17 points in 5 games while playing on one leg. That was the most points ever scored by a player in a 5 game series in NHL history, and was only two points shy of tying the record for any length of series. If the series went to 7 games he likely would have easily beat the record of 19.

Also, I edited my last post, but his 55G+55A that he had last year was the first time that has been accomplished since Lemieux did it in 1996.


Yeah I’ll take the actual on ice results over some chart

The chart is derived from his actual on ice results.

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

The chart is derived from his actual on ice results.

Yes I realize that but I will take the GF/60 and GA/60 over xGF/60 and xGA/60

 

[Rengorlex]

Yes I realize that but I will take the GF/60 and GA/60 over xGF/60 and xGA/60

Draisaitl career:
GA/60 2.86
xGA/60 2.68

 

[Foppberg]

MacKinnon.

 

[Duke74]

Another argument in favour of Draisaitl is that he spent most of the season playing with subpar wingers while Mac and Matty played with all-star wingers in Rantanen and Marner respectively. Draisaitl's best winger was...Kailer Yamamoto.