News Article: Barzal 10th Best NHL Center per players/execs

[DarkHorse2]

Ranking the NHL's top centers: Where execs put McDavid, Matthews, Crosby

The article requires an ESPN+ subscription, but ESPN gave a panel of NHL players and execs a list of 30 centers to rank, and Barzal came in 10th.

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[Konk]

Shame that the cutoff for being considered elite is at 9.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Shame that the cutoff for being considered elite is at 9.

man that one poster's pedantry still makes me chuckle

we are on a hockey forum, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised he was so keen to move goalposts

 

[Konk]

man that one poster's pedantry still makes me chuckle

we are on a hockey forum, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised he was so keen to move goalposts

You just have to laugh at people like that.

 

[Hunn]

Ranking the NHL's top centers: Where execs put McDavid, Matthews, Crosby

The article requires an ESPN+ subscription, but ESPN gave a panel of NHL players and execs a list of 30 centers to rank, and Barzal came in 10th.

This little gem at the end of the article:

• Of the 30 centers in the pool, only four failed to make the top 10 on any of the 20 ballots: Bo Horvat of the Canucks, Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

[MattMartin]

Where is Strome? Top 5?

 

[EXTRAS]

Barzal needs to take more faceoffs

 

[danteipp]

Where is Strome? Top 5?

Same thing I was wondering. Worst case, he can't be worse than No. 9, with Barzal at No. 10.

 

[SI90]

Where is Strome? Top 5?

stole my thunder lol my first thought

 

[13th Floor]

This little gem at the end of the article:

• Of the 30 centers in the pool, only four failed to make the top 10 on any of the 20 ballots: Bo Horvat of the Canucks, Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Stamkos has had a really weird career. Was so good, but then constantly hurt, and it's like his team doesn't even need him.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Stamkos has had a really weird career. Was so good, but then constantly hurt, and it's like his team doesn't even need him.

He had a 21.6 g/60 in the playoffs last year!

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Found this interesting. Only 2 Centers are still playing in these playoffs on this list. Barzal is one, Point at #9 is the other.