HFBoards Top 31 NHL Centers - #10

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Rank	Player	Age	Team	Country	GP	G	A	P	%
#1	Connor McDavid	22			78	41	75	116	85.7%
#2	Sidney Crosby	32			79	35	65	100	71.8%
#3	Nathan MacKinnon	23			82	41	58	99	71.3%
#4	Aleksander Barkov	23			82	35	61	96	38.1%
#5	Patrice Bergeron	34			65	32	47	79	50.9%
#6	Evgeni Malkin	33			68	21	51	72	64.3%
#7	Auston Matthews	21			68	37	36	73	35.0%
#8	Mark Scheifele	26			82	38	46	84	28.9%, 53.7% (TB)
#9	John Tavares	28			82	47	41	88	28.2%,46.3%(TB)
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[bobholly39]

Stamkos

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Maybe I'm still stuck in 2017, but Kopitar is my choice. IMO, if he can rebound, he's on the same tier as guys like Barkov and Bergeron, who went much higher in the poll.

 

[Dr Salt]

Couturier

 

[Aladyyn]

Maybe I'm still stuck in 2017, but Kopitar is my choice. IMO, if he can rebound, he's on the same tier as guys like Barkov and Bergeron, who went much higher in the poll.

Couturier is better than all of them

 

[Machinehead]

@TopCheese Stamkos is better than he used to be

 

[blinds]

Couturier.

Back-to-back 30+ goal, 76-point seasons with Selke-level defense and deployment.

Guy plays 22 minutes a night with 2+ on the PK.

53%+ CF%.

5.6% and 7% CF% relative.

~45% OZS.

Guy puts up great numbers while still playing a defense-first game.

 

[Rebels57]

Very few players are saddled have been saddled with the degree of difficult usage that Couturier has faced the last 2 seasons, yet he has dominated the opposition while on the ice. He's Bergeron level right now, even if not yet perceived as such by national media.

 

[ccman68]

Point is so much better than Stamkos. If you don’t watch the players play then don’t f***ing vote.

Couturier is probably who should be winning this though.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Maybe I'm still stuck in 2017, but Kopitar is my choice. IMO, if he can rebound, he's on the same tier as guys like Barkov and Bergeron, who went much higher in the poll.

I started thinking this way, but then considered that Couturier really isn't that far off from that kind of pedigree right now.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Kuznetsov is 10th in C pts over the last 2 years and literally 1 year ago had the best (statistically) playoff run of the decade.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Doubt he’ll win for awhile, but I’m going to start the campaign for Seguin. Scores over 70 points each of the last 6 season, even in years he’s been injured. His all around game is much improved he can be trusted in all situations. I’m not sure how many times Seguin hit the post/crossbar this season, but I’m pretty sure he led the league in it. Still scored 33G, 80P on a team that struggled with offence.

 

[Krewe]

Stamkos should be right after or before Tavares, but Point is above both of them.

 

[GlitchMarner]

I like Couturier, but I'm surprised there's so much love for him suddenly because Aho destroyed him in a poll I made not too long ago

Sebastian Aho Versus Sean Couturier

 

[Trap Jesus]

I like Couturier, but I'm surprised there's so much love for him suddenly because Aho destroyed him in a poll I made not too long ago

Sebastian Aho Versus Sean Couturier

Polls like this can be weird because people usually like a certain "type" of player and value them more highly than others, and those votes kind of eat into one another. Like I can guarantee right now that a lot of people that like Couturier also like Kopitar and O'Reilly and would put them above a player like Stamkos, but those votes kind of eat into one another, same as Stamkos eats away at votes for other centers that are more offensively inclined. I still think it gives you a fair representation of what people think, but no system is perfect for ironing things like this out.

 

[Snippit]

Couturier.

Back-to-back 30+ goal, 76-point seasons with Selke-level defense and deployment.

Guy plays 22 minutes a night with 2+ on the PK.

53%+ CF%.

5.6% and 7% CF% relative.

~45% OZS.

Guy puts up great numbers while still playing a defense-first game.

45% OZS isn't exactly abuse. Plus don't forget most shifts start on the fly. I think OZS gets overstated a little bit w.r.t usage.

There are a lot of guys on this list much better offensively than Couturier.

 

[buffalosabrebills]

Stamkos but Couturier and Point are right there.

 

[jetsforever]

This list is looking good for Canada.

 

[lakai17]

The center who just held Lord Stanley over his head.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Couturier is better than all of them

No he isn't.

 

[Magua]

Among centers over the last 2 seasons, Couturier ranks 11th and 12th in cumulative ES/All Strength scoring. While his scoring is right there with the best, using point totals doesn't even begin to describe the quantitative 3-zone impact he has on play.

While imperfect and not the end all be all, Couturier has the highest Goals Above Replacement and Wins Above Replacement of any player in the NHL the last 2 seasons. Not centers. All players.

The Flyers have been a 1 line team that turns into a bottom 5 team without him on the ice. Even Giroux craters -- though not entirely his fault -- when playing apart from him, which isn't true in the reverse. No Flyers player except Gudas was above 50% in xGF%, CF%, or GF% over the last 3 years apart from Couturier.

 

[Regal]

Kuznetsov is 10th in C pts over the last 2 years and literally 1 year ago had the best (statistically) playoff run of the decade.

But the point difference between him and several others left is marginal and he's the worst defensively on this list

 

[Zamuz]

Couturier.

Back-to-back 30+ goal, 76-point seasons with Selke-level defense and deployment.

Guy plays 22 minutes a night with 2+ on the PK.

53%+ CF%.

5.6% and 7% CF% relative.

~45% OZS.

Guy puts up great numbers while still playing a defense-first game.

even though that is nice, IMO havig a 20 point gap is too big even if the player is elite defensively.

 

[NotLeddy]

Eichel then it gets interesting

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Stamkos then Eichel.
Stamkos is a leader on the best team in the NHL, with an impressive resume. Eichel went PPG on a bad team, but should continue to grow with the rest of his team.

Then it will be the Point, Couturier, O'Reilly, Seguin area.