HFBoards Top 32 Centers - #9

[LT]

Rank	Player	Votes	Team	GP	G	A	P
1	Connor McDavid	82/86 (95%)	Edmonton Oilers	80	44	79	123
2	Auston Matthews	150/283 (53%)	Toronto Maple Leafs	73	60	46	106
3	Nathan MacKinnon	152/298 (51%)	Colorado Avalanche	65	32	56	88
4	Leon Draisaitl	149/201 (74%)	Edmonton Oilers	80	55	55	110
5	Sidney Crosby	131/260 (50%)	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	31	53	84
6	Aleksander Barkov	124/154 (81%)	Florida Panthers	67	39	49	88
7	Patrice Bergeron	60/189 (32%)	Boston Bruins	73	25	40	65
8	Brayden Point	46/165 (28%)	Tampa Bay Lightning	66	28	30	58
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To add:
Roope Hintz
Evgeni Kuznetsov
Dylan Larkin
Nazem Kadri
Matt Duchene
Tomas Hertl
Robert Thomas
Nick Suzuki
Pierre Luc-Dubois
Sean Couturier

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[KirkAlbuquerque]

didn't we do this already?

 

[Deadly Dogma]

I think I go Zibby here

 

[Ace of Hades]

Stamkos is the best out of the bunch.

 

[snipes]

Stamkos

 

[Rynewed]

Jack Hughes wont get votes because he needs to get an entire 70+ game season in (not his fault) but hes easily going to jump into this top-10 after this year

Best play-driver in the NHL at 20 is probably a top-10 center.

But since votes arent going that way, Id probably go Aho here then Stamkos then Zibanejad

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Bergeron (who i respect immensely and has had one helluva carer) being voted 6th best center heading into next season is actually mindblowingly bad and a reminder why these polls are meaningless

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Stamkos is the best out of the bunch.

does he play center anymore?

 

[Ace of Hades]

does he play center anymore?

Pretty sure he did this recent post-season.

 

[amnesiac]

Aho

Add Larkin and Kuzy

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Bergeron (who i respect immensely and has had one helluva carer) being voted 6th best center heading into next season is actually mindblowingly bad and a reminder why these polls are meaningless

HF's love of analytics. Some folks (who are known analytics followers) were picking him as early as like #3 or #4.

 

[Buck Naked]

HF's love of analytics. Some folks (who are known analytics followers) were picking him as early as like #3 or #4.

Only when it suits them though. Otherwise these lists would look very different.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Bergeron (who i respect immensely and has had one helluva carer) being voted 6th best center heading into next season is actually mindblowingly bad and a reminder why these polls are meaningless

It's a mix of respect, and of people who appreciate his underlying numbers. I imagine someone with more motivation could put together a decent argument for him being 6th. All over his on ice impacts are through the roof.

HF's love of analytics. Some folks (who are known analytics followers) were picking him as early as like #3 or #4.

"Known analytics followers" lol apparently math is a cult now.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't care if you like it or not, this is some Jupiter shit and Bergeron should be higher.

Aho here.

 

[biturbo19]

Probably Aho, but when he's healthy, Malkin is still an absolute horse. It's just becoming more and more rare for him to be completely healthy and on top of his game. So i can definitely see why he's not garnering more votes just yet.

 

[cneely]

Bergeron (who i respect immensely and has had one helluva carer) being voted 6th best center heading into next season is actually mindblowingly bad and a reminder why these polls are meaningless

Agreed. Way too low. I'd have him 2nd or 3rd.

 

[Lavar Ball]

The people in the comments of every single poll at every position complaining about why the order is wrong and the polls are meaningless are hilarious. Don't look at them then. They have like 200+ votes on every poll and it's taking the consensus of the community. None of the results so far have been so egregiously bad that they garner such a comments. People act like the gaps between these players are so much bigger than they actually are.

 

[LT]

The people in the comments of every single poll at every position complaining about why the order is wrong and the polls are meaningless are hilarious. Don't look at them then. They have like 200+ votes on every poll and it's taking the consensus of the community. None of the results so far have been so egregiously bad that they garner such a comments. People act like the gaps between these players are so much bigger than they actually are.

It's also maybe a dozen people complaining whereas, like you said, we're getting around 200+ votes each poll. It's a very small subset that are voicing these thoughts.