Barzal vs. Matthews

[Adele Dazeem]

Better player looking back 10 years from now.

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[Ctrain2k]

This would be a blowout if Matthews wasn’t on the leafs.

 

[Hugh Mungus]

This would be a blowout if Matthews wasn’t on the leafs.

I know right! Barzal easily.

Barzal in his rookie season has outscored Matthews' best season by 16 points

As of right now this is barzal until proven otherwise.

 

[Asiantuntija]

There is not really many thinks, besides goalscoring what Matthews does better. Going with Barzal.

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

Barzal he's already better and he will play more games too. Doesn't appear to be a bandaid.

 

[LGB51]

Barzal the better playmaker, Matthews the better goal scorer.

 

[McFlyingV]

Hard choice. Barzal has the better season so far offensively, albeit Matthews probably would have had a similar season if not for injuries. I'd like to see if Barzal can repeat last year, but he's only 4 months older than Matthews. Matthews is a better goalscorer, Barzal the better playmaker.

Going with Matthews until I see another year out of Barzal.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I think that in general, playmaking F2 type centers tend to have a bigger effect on success than goal scoring F3 type centers. For that reason, I’m taking Barzal.

These players are very very close. There is nothing wrong with taking either one of them. Barzal is only 4 months older, but Matthews already has proven this over two seasons, Barzal has a better career PPG than Matthews in either of his seasons, Matthews is the best ESG scorer in the NHL as a 19-20 year old, Barzal has 85 points but Matthews has never hit 70. They’re pretty much even at this point but I just like the playmaking center more than the goal scoring center.

 

[HarrisonFord]

It's going to be funny looking back at this poll after Barzal has to go against top line matchups next year instead of 2nd lines like Matthews has been doing since day 1

 

[wingnutks]

It's going to be funny looking back at this poll after Barzal has to go against top line matchups next year instead of 2nd lines like Matthews has been doing since day 1

Barzal was getting teams top line match ups after the all star break last year and his point production went UP.

Yea yea, run and gun offense, fly the zone, didnt play any defense....

 

[TheDoldrums]

love a world where 1.04 PPG to 1.02 PPG is so obviously superior that it doesn't matter that one scores goals at Laine's pace and the other at Marner's.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

pretty comfortably Matthews. he's already better despite being younger

 

[Spirit of 67]

It's Matthews.

As we will all see.

 

[garyturner3]

I know right! Barzal easily.

Barzal in his rookie season has outscored Matthews' best season by 16 points

As of right now this is barzal until proven otherwise.

So much wrong with this post....

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

This one should be Matthews all the way.
Barzal is a nice player without a doubt but Matthews is just a complete player.

 

[Nizdizzle]

Time will tell, and I imagine seeing this thread bumped as early as next year. I'm confident that Matthews is firmly the better player

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Man this is close and anyone saying one is much better than the other hasn’t watched both of them. 85 point rookies are really rare and usually turn into very special players. Matthews goal scoring in his rookie year was also elite but his points were quite a bit less than Barzal. But then Barzal was older. Gun to my head I take Matthews but I think it’s pretty much a coin flip.

 

[tony d]

Close but Matthews.

 

[K Fleur]

Barzal he's already better and he will play more games too. Doesn't appear to be a bandaid.

I don’t think that’s really a fair label for Matthews already.

I mean he’s played more games after his first 2 seasons than McDavid did in his first 2. Wouldn’t have been a fair label for McDavid then either.

 

[X66]

That kid who won the Calder isn't even better than my teams second line center(Tavares).

This will be more apparent next year when he has to do all the heavy lifting.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Anyone that actually watches Matthews would know that he does a lot more than put up points

 

[Holymakinaw]

Matthews AINEC.

 

[StevenB]

Matthews for now but if Barzal has another season like that I’ll be inclined to take him

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Barzal already is based on 1 year of work.

 

[Morgs]

Matthews is younger than Barzal lol.