ESPN’s top 50 players in the playoffs

[Cup or Bust]

I don't have any clue what this list is based on but it is obviously not based on having a clue.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

That applies to 30 teams every year. It’s still better to have a yacht than not.

Not saying otherwise. Just pointing out how ridiculous both sides of this argument sound.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

The Oilers get a free pass playing the worst team in the playoffs yet again. What a joke. Easy to pad the stats.

Weird, you guys didn't even having a winning record against the worst playoff team.

 

[klefbombs shoulder]

Any list that doesn't have McDavid and Draisaitl at 1 & 2 for playoffs can't be taken seriously.

 

[Derailed75]

Has this thread devolved into an argument about which one of two of the best players in the leagues team underperforms less in the playoffs?
Kinda weird flex guys!

 

[wetcoast]

Like 99% of the things ESPN does for hockey, it's shit

It's a prediction based in part on how far voters think teams will go but everyone here is skipping over that right?

 

[M88K]

It's a prediction based in part on how far voters think teams will go but everyone here is skipping over that right?

Sure it is.... Matthews at 1st definitely shows that to be the case.

It's either clickbait to drive traffic, or, and the more likely case because ESPN, complete shit.
I'll go with option 2 until ESPN actually puts out something decent that involves hockey.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Played for the Maple Leafs. Lol.

Like the Leafs, driven clicks, attention and revenue.

 

[TheNumber4]

Bahahahah Matthews at 1. Way to lose what little credibility ESPN had left.

 

[sbhnur]

ESPN was right, this guy is unstoppable!

 

[Duder54]

Frankly, I'm not even sure Matthews belongs on the list at this point.

Is there anyone in the league who elevates their game as much as Draisaitl come playoff time? The list would be short, that's for sure.

The Oilers get a free pass playing the worst team in the playoffs yet again. What a joke. Easy to pad the stats.

Weird, the last time I checked, the Oilers weren't playing the Maple Leafs...

 

[keglu]

Frankly, I'm not even sure Matthews belongs on the list at this point.

Is there anyone in the league who elevates their game as much as Draisaitl come playoff time? The list would be short, that's for sure.

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Weird, the last time I checked, the Oilers weren't playing the Maple Leafs...

These stats can be misleading for players who were slower starters and missed playoffs during that time.
For example in Mackinnon case if you take seasons 17/18 forward his RS/PO is 1.41->1.3
For Draisaitl it is 1.3->1.62.
Still obviously Draisailt and McDavid improvments are very rare historically.

 

[Dead Coyote]

ESPN just felt really bad about Arizona, okay?

This is literally one of the guys who first broke the story, funnily enough.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Any list that doesn't have McDavid and Draisaitl at 1 & 2 for playoffs can't be taken seriously.

If they were actually the 2 best players in the playoffs, you'd think their team might have had a little more success in the playoffs?

 

[flying squirrel]

Is there anywhere showing playoff stats by what each player does in playoffs by...

• Players total & average in 1st round only?
• Players total & average in 2nd round only?
• Players total & average in 3rd round only?
• Players total & average in 4th round only?

All stats, what eras, and other variables change equations...

• Seems scoring playoff points/averages -vs- better teams during later rounds would carry more weight when trying to find best playoff performers.
• Or does a players like, say Leafs Mathews who has feasted on 1st round opponents most his playoff career.
• Get same love & weight has a player who's been preforming in 2nd, 3rd ,& 4th rounds too?
• Sorry Mathews fans, it's just Leafs have bowed out in 1st round so much, it was easy choice for example here (Nothing personal).
• This thinking works same for players who seem to never get past 2nd round playoffs.

Does a player who scores in 1st rd 3 year straight, deserve same playoff scoring respect as player who scored well during 4 playoff rounds in one yr? Just because they both average similar scoring per playoff game? Those seem like completely different playoff animals: when considering what, who, and when in playoffs. Doesn't it? Stats, averages, etc. are good but they don't aways tell whole story after other intangbles/varibles are added into equation.

 

[YukonCornelius]

I don't have any clue what this list is based on but it is obviously not based on having a clue.

Just more evidence that ESPN should have nothing to do with hockey.

 

[jackjohnson]

Might be one of the worst lists I’ve ever seen, lmao. Kucherov at #6 stands out as particularly gross given his playoff history and performance this season.

NHL Playoff Rank: The top 50 players, led by Auston Matthews at No. 1

With Matthews in the top spot, where do MacKinnon, McDavid and Panarin rank? What about the top goalies? Here's what our voters think.

www.espn.com

JT Miller 29 and Boeser not in top 50 in the playoffs makes it the dumbest list ever. Pettersson at 13 is funny

 

[Satire]

I think most would have some order of Makar, MacKinnon, McDavid, Kucherov, and Draisatl as an agreed upon top 5 so the only really terrible part of the list is putting Matthews at #1.

 

[Ned Bouhalassa]

 

[dukeofjive]

If they were actually the 2 best players in the playoffs, you'd think their team might have had a little more success in the playoffs?

That must be why Gretzky won all those cups when he left the oilers…

 

[bambamcam4ever]

That must be why Gretzky won all those cups when he left the oilers…

I said two players, not one. And he was no longer the best player by the time he went to LA anyway. So I'm really not sure what point you were trying to make.

 

[The Macho King]

I hate that I love him.

 

[dukeofjive]

I said two players, not one. And he was no longer the best player by the time he went to LA anyway. So I'm really not sure what point you were trying to make.

That your opinion is not facts and that your wrong…

Hope that helps.

 

[BCNate]

I don't see Arturs Silovs on that list.

 

[bobholly39]

I hate that I love him.

I just hate him.

But I love hating him, does that count?