HFBoards Top 32 Wingers - #4

[LT]

Rank	Player	Votes	Team	GP	G	A	P
1	Nikita Kucherov	80/97 (93%)	Tampa Bay Lightning	47	25	44	69
2	Kirill Kaprizov	113/225 (50%)	Minnesota Wild	81	47	61	108
3	Mitch Marner	46/226 (20%)	Toronto Maple Leafs	72	35	62	97
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[ManofSteel55]

It's gotta be Panarin here, right? I mean, he could have been 2nd or 3rd.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Gaudreau is so much better than Marner

 

[LT]

Gaudreau is so much better than Marner

Yea, that's definitely some bias showing there I think. Marner and the next handful or so are all in a similar tier, but I have Marner near the bottom of that group, not the top.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Gaudreau is so much better than Marner.

Panarin is so much better than both, but that's how the vote went. Panarin is closer to Kucherov at #1 than he is to #4, ha ha.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Gaudreau is so much better than Marner

Seriously. Could you imagine the numbers he'd be putting up with Matthews!?!?

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Mark Stone

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Panarin is so much better than both, but that's how the vote went. Panarin is closer to Kucherov at #1 than he is to #4, ha ha.

Kucherov isn’t #1 in my eyes either

 

[DaPhazz]

Mitch at 3? Jeezus

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Seriously. Could you imagine the numbers he'd be putting up with Matthews!?!?

I'd argue that Lindholm and Tkachuk are just as good as linemates that Matthews and Bunting are.

 

[Sheppy]

Marchand. He just does everything.

Elite point producer, great two way player, kills penalties. No one else on that list does what he does at the level he does it.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I'd argue that Lindholm and Tkachuk are just as good as linemates that Matthews and Bunting are.

Disagree. Production is all about pairs. Matthews is way better than either Tkachuk or Lindholm.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

So much salt over Marner lol. Top 5 offensive winger while still playing a complete game and being a key contributer to both special teams. Gone where he should have.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Kucherov isn’t #1 in my eyes either

Honestly, I would have voted Panarin 1st if it wasn't closed before I saw it.

 

[Lavar Ball]

I have no problem with Marner at 3. Could have gone a few other guys too though.

I went Rantanen by a slight margin, so him again here for me

 

[Conbon]

Marner 3? Guess Bunting goes 4 then

 

[Puckstuff]

Gaudreau is so much better than Marner

Gaudreau "so much better" that's a stretch.

If you thought Gaudreau is better, that's fine... but so much better is hyperbole.

Gaudreau - last 2 years = 1.18 PPG.

Marner - last 2 years = 1.29 ppg

Marner has been 0.10 PPG better which is pretty substantial over 2 years. So it's at least close. I would actually take Marner though. Gaudreau tends to have down years. Marner has been more consistent year to year.

 

[Lavar Ball]

Gaudreau "so much better" that's a stretch.

If you thought Gaudreau is better, that's fine... but so much better is hyperbole.

Gaudreau - last 2 years = 1.18 PPG.

Marner - last 2 years = 1.29 ppg

Marner has been 0.10 PPG better which is pretty substantial over 2 years. So it's at least close. I would actually take Marner though. Gaudreau tends to have down years. Marner has been more consistent year to year.

Plus Marner is a far better defensive player. But they will just say "look at his linemates"

Gaudreau and Marner are both elite players and are in the same tier IMO. People complaining and saying Gaudreau is "far better" don't make sense to me in the slighest

 

[Busher]

So much salt over Marner lol. Top 5 offensive winger while still playing a complete game and being a key contributer to both special teams. Gone where he should have.

I’d actually have put Marner at #2, let alone #3. He was 1st team all star at right wing for 2 years straight now. Only Kucherov has the pedigree to top that.

 

[Connor McConnor]

After Kuch/Kirill there's arguments to be made for any one of Panarin, Rantanen, Marner, Marchand, Huberdeau or Pasta IMO. Really depends on what you value more.

I like Rantanen's all around game the most personally and had him at #3 so will go with him again here.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Panarin AINEC

 

[Mrb1p]

Patty Kane and Marchand > all wingers

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

So much salt over Marner lol. Top 5 offensive winger while still playing a complete game and being a key contributer to both special teams. Gone where he should have.

It’s not “salt” to point out that better players should be ranked over worse players

 

[EdJovanovski]

Kucherov isn’t #1 in my eyes either

Krav

 

[RapidKnight]

I think Gaudreau has a really good argument for top 3. Monahan was so bad away from Gaudreau it’s unfair to use samples Gaudreau had to drag him around. His production wasn’t even average for a 4th liner. Since it’s impossible to know exactly when Monahan’s decline occurred those samples don’t hold any relevance. The problem is there’s too much uncertainty in a <100 game sample especially with a pretty high on-ice shooting percentage.

Marner went 3rd because he’s the safest choice moving forward and he’s deserving of that spot.

Add Ehlers.