Brindy vs Toews

[Stickpucker]

With all of the praise being heaped on Toews and Brindy mostly being viewed as hall of very good, how do you compare these players?

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[nobuddy]

Brindy was better.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

brind'amour = goat

still can't believe we got him for primeau

i still own a primeau jersey btw

#gangsta

 

[the halleJOKEL]

brind a mour is more gooder i reckon

 

[tarheelhockey]

If Brind'Amour had Toews' puck skills and played on a dynasty, the HOF wouldn't be a question.

 

[DaveG]

Hell, just make that played on a dynasty and the HoF wouldn't be in question. Had Philly actually been able to seal the deal vs Detroit the argument for him getting in wouldn't get nearly the negative reaction it does.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Isn't Toews a top 10 player in the game today? Was Brind'Amour ever really at that level?

 

[Ole Gil]

The thing that hurts Rod is his down years. His good years are as good as or better than Toews. But he also has a bunch of less than stellar years. Toews seems to be rock steady in terms of consistency.

And playing on that Philly team wasn't exactly a talent wasteland.

 

[nobuddy]

Brind'Amour has five seasons that when era-adjusted come out to over 80 points.

Toews has topped 80 points, never.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Not gonna lie, I'm more impressed watching Toews than I was watching Brindy. I mean I love the guy, wear his jersey, have him in my avatar. But Toews is all over the ice, doing everything night in and night out as one of the main cornerstones of a fantastic team.

Brind'Amour has five seasons that when era-adjusted come out to over 80 points.

Toews has topped 80 points, never.

You can't just adjust one guy and not adjust the other...

Toews' best 3 adjusted seasons: 92, 82, 76
Rod's best 3 adjusted seasons: 88, 85, 84

 

[RodTheBawd]

Not gonna lie, I'm more impressed watching Toews than I was watching Brindy. I mean I love the guy, wear his jersey, have him in my avatar. But Toews is all over the ice, doing everything night in and night out as one of the main cornerstones of a fantastic team.

Yeah, I had to recuse myself from this one because of my bias. Two of probably my favorite top 5 players of all time (maybe top 7 )

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Brind'amour gets underrated because he went from playing second fiddle to Lindros in Philly to Carolina.

Toews gets overrated for several reasons.

I'd go with Toews, but if we're taking team context out of it, it's a little, slightly bitter pill to swallow if I see Toews in the hall, but not Brind'amour.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

They are somewhat different players. I have to go Toews, but it's very close. I think Toews has better hands and is more elusive. Brind'Amour is better on the boards. I'd trust Brindy even more on defense.

Just curious: would you rather have right now (ignore the concussions in the past) Patrice Bergeron or Johnny Toews? I think I'd go Toews there too.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

toews easy

 

[tarheelhockey]

Just curious: would you rather have right now (ignore the concussions in the past) Patrice Bergeron or Johnny Toews? I think I'd go Toews there too.

Toews. Bergeron is a very good player but a pretty average guy to have as your top center.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

i would go with toews

era adjusting one but not the other is silly, especially given the lack of scoring the last several years.

but i like brind'amour better. because when he won the stanley cup it was for the hurricanes not the blackhawks.

 

[nobuddy]

They are somewhat different players. I have to go Toews, but it's very close. I think Toews has better hands and is more elusive. Brind'Amour is better on the boards. I'd trust Brindy even more on defense.

Just curious: would you rather have right now (ignore the concussions in the past) Patrice Bergeron or Johnny Toews? I think I'd go Toews there too.

Toews but it's much closer than most would admit.

Bergeron is RIGHT there.

 

[RodTheBawd]

About as close as Semin is to Bergeron.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

patrice or marc-andre?