Slafkovsky vs Marner for a playoff run

[TheBeastCoast]

This is just a wild poll to even contemplate making.

 

[The90]

Why does a player need to have played in the playoffs to be taken over Marner? Marner has already shown many times that he's not good in the playoffs. It won't difficult for a player to perform better than Marner in the playoffs.

Bedard and B. Tkachuk have never played in the nhl playoffs. Would anyone really take Marner over either of them for a playoff run?

47 points in 50 playoff games is not good these days lol

Slaf 48 points in 78 games, regular season. One of these things is not like the other.

 

[BM14]

Marner disappears every playoff so picked slav

One needs to appear to be able to disappear.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Better comparison would be Slaf or Laf as both have 0 playoff points.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

How come you never talked about points?

because my argument isn’t that Slafkovsky is better at all He’s the one with the ridiculous comment that’s Slafkovsky is a bust with 19 goals. My point being a great player in marner hit 19 goals in his 2nd season after being drafted so it’s not the shot he thinks it is.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

because my argument isn’t that Slafkovsky is better at all? He’s the one with the ridiculous comment that’s Slafkovsky is a bust with 19 goals. My point being a great player in marner hit 19 goals in his 2nd season after being drafted so it’s not the shot he thinks it is.

Come on even you know Marner and Slaf are not the same thing and VERY likely never will be.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

Come on even you know Marner and Slaf are not the same thing and VERY likely never will be.

Did I say they were? Did you even read my first sentence? My god.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Did I say they were? Did you even read my first sentence? My god

You are trying to make a comparison that does not and never will exist.

What you are doing is essentially the equivalent of comparing Gary Leeman to Auston Matthews because Gary Leeman also has a season of 50 goals.

It doesn't work that way.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

You are trying to make a comparison that does not and never will exist.

What you are doing is essentially the equivalent of comparing Gary Leeman to Auston Matthews because Gary Leeman also has a season of 50 goals.

It doesn't work that way.

you have reading comprehension issues

my argument is literally only that he’s not a bust. which I think is a completely reasonable take. Marner is worlds ahead of Slafkovsky and that’s obvious to almost everybody

 

[GOilers88]

Why does a player need to have played in the playoffs to be taken over Marner? Marner has already shown many times that he's not good in the playoffs. It won't difficult for a player to perform better than Marner in the playoffs.

Bedard and B. Tkachuk have never played in the nhl playoffs. Would anyone really take Marner over either of them for a playoff run?

Whether you think he's good or not he's put up 47 points in 50 playoff games. Slafkovsky hasn't so much as sniffed playoff hockey in his young career.

Saying a player who has never played playoff hockey will be a better playoff performer is absolutely strange. Until he actually does it, and does it better, it's just a guess, and it's not unreasonable to pick the guy who HAS gone a shade under PPG in the post season over his career.

 

[cyris]

Slaf because he blows Knies out of the water!

Wow your first overall pick has been marginally better than our late second round pick. Congrats.

 

[Boreal01]

Slafkovsky receives an incredible amount of unnecessary hate but this is very easily Marner

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Jimmy Bonneau

 

[93gilmour93]

HF Boards in a nutshell .....

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

It's extremely difficult for a player to perform better than Marner in the playoffs when they don't get there, impossible in fact.

The poll question is hypothetical...

Last year in the playoffs Marner had 14 pts in 11 games

Year before that 8 pts in 7 games.

I don’t even know why I’m bringing this up. I’m comparing these stats literally to nothing. Because that’s what Slaf is in the playoffs. Literally nothing.

Make the playoffs twice then argue when Slaf goes ppg+ in two playoff appearances.

So you would take Marner for a playoff run over any of Bedard, B. Tkachuk, and Tage Thompson?

47 points in 50 playoff games is not good these days lol

Slaf 48 points in 78 games, regular season. One of these things is not like the other.

47 pts in 50 is pretty bad when we're talking about a near 100 pt player in the reg season, especially when we look at the goal totals. Marner is playing with Matthews, Nylander, and Tavares so he's still going to put some points even if he's not playing well.

Whether you think he's good or not he's put up 47 points in 50 playoff games. Slafkovsky hasn't so much as sniffed playoff hockey in his young career.

Saying a player who has never played playoff hockey will be a better playoff performer is absolutely strange. Until he actually does it, and does it better, it's just a guess, and it's not unreasonable to pick the guy who HAS gone a shade under PPG in the post season over his career.

I'm not saying its unreasonable to take Marner. I'm saying its not unreasonable to take Slaf.

Slafkovsky has the attribute of a player who you would expect to thrive in the playoffs (6'3 230 lbs high compete physical and skilled power forward). Taking this kind of mystery box over an underperforming playoff player isn't a bad bet.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

What in the actual f*** is this poll lmao

 

[nbwingsfan]

Marner has been very bad by Marner standards in the post season, but still produced at an okay pace
Rookies rarely do well their first post season.

This isn’t a serious poll

 

[93gilmour93]

Close it up , I'll vote slaf tho in honor of the thread

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Marner is not a playoff performer. No current Leaf is though.

 

[The90]

The poll question is hypothetical...



So you would take Marner for a playoff run over any of Bedard, B. Tkachuk, and Tage Thompson?




47 pts in 50 is pretty bad when we're talking about a near 100 pt player in the reg season, especially when we look at the goal totals. Marner is playing with Matthews, Nylander, and Tavares so he's still going to put some points even if he's not playing well.



I'm not saying its unreasonable to take Marner. I'm saying its not unreasonable to take Slaf.

Slafkovsky has the attribute of a player who you would expect to thrive in the playoffs (6'3 230 lbs high compete physical and skilled power forward). Taking this kind of mystery box over an underperforming playoff player isn't a bad bet.

the 20th highest active p/pg player is ‘pretty bad’ according to you. A fan of a team who’s had 2? 70 point players in 30 years lol good logic.

 

[93gilmour93]

 

[Joe n]

The poll question is hypothetical...



So you would take Marner for a playoff run over any of Bedard, B. Tkachuk, and Tage Thompson?




47 pts in 50 is pretty bad when we're talking about a near 100 pt player in the reg season, especially when we look at the goal totals. Marner is playing with Matthews, Nylander, and Tavares so he's still going to put some points even if he's not playing well.



I'm not saying its unreasonable to take Marner. I'm saying its not unreasonable to take Slaf.

Slafkovsky has the attribute of a player who you would expect to thrive in the playoffs (6'3 230 lbs high compete physical and skilled power forward). Taking this kind of mystery box over an underperforming playoff player isn't a bad bet.

By your own logic, Knies is a better choice than Suzuki for the playoffs since he has similar attributes.

 

[Tuggy]

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[Kudo Shinichi]

By your own logic, Knies is a better choice than Suzuki for the playoffs since he has similar attributes.

No, because Suzuki has already shown to be great in the playoffs, which is the opposite of Marner. Suzuki was the best player (after Price) of a team that went to the cup final. And he did that as a 21 year old.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

The poll question is hypothetical...



So you would take Marner for a playoff run over any of Bedard, B. Tkachuk, and Tage Thompson?




47 pts in 50 is pretty bad when we're talking about a near 100 pt player in the reg season, especially when we look at the goal totals. Marner is playing with Matthews, Nylander, and Tavares so he's still going to put some points even if he's not playing well.



I'm not saying its unreasonable to take Marner. I'm saying its not unreasonable to take Slaf.

Slafkovsky has the attribute of a player who you would expect to thrive in the playoffs (6'3 230 lbs high compete physical and skilled power forward). Taking this kind of mystery box over an underperforming playoff player isn't a bad bet.

I'd take Marner for a playoff run over any player that hasn't made the playoffs because they haven't madee the playoffs