HFBoards Top 31 NHL Centers - #13

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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)
#10	Steven Stamkos	29			82	45	53	98	23.6%
#11	Jack Eichel	22			77	28	54	82	22.7%
#12	Brayden Point	23			79	41	51	92	37.2%
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[Krewe]

LOL this is silly.

Tavares: 84goals/172pts
Point: 73goals/158pts

When did I compare Point to Tavares? I was clearly comparing him to stamkos. Not everything revolves around the leafs

 

[Love]

Imagine how many votes Seguin would have if he played for a team like the Leafs or Habs

 

[Aladyyn]

My 11th vote for Couturier...

 

[LT]

My 11th vote for Couturier...

...You have him at #3 on your list...?

 

[LT]

How in the world is Couturier beating out Kopitar

 

[Aladyyn]

...You have him at #3 on your list...?

Yes. His overall impact is incredible.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Backstrom and Kuznetsov are both better than Eichel, Stamkos and Point.

 

[NotLeddy]

How in the world is Couturier beating out Kopitar

Kopitar being very bad last season aside (his relative offensive numbers were negative on the Kings of all teams as well, which is scary), Couturier has one of, if not the best, on-ice impact in the league, every Flyers player became much better when playing with him, and he's one of the best two-way centers in the league. He should be among the next few votes here.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

How in the world is Couturier beating out Kopitar

Because Kopitar had a down year, and HF tends to forget anything that didn't happen in the past calendar year.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I choose to believe Kopitar isn't dead yet.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Backstrom or Kopitard.

 

[LT]

Kopitar being very bad last season aside (his relative offensive numbers were negative on the Kings of all teams as well, which is scary), Couturier has one of, if not the best, on-ice impact in the league, every Flyers player became much better when playing with him, and he's one of the best two-way centers in the league. He should be among the next few votes here.

Is there any other evidence besides this one chart? The entire Kings' team was god awful last year.

 

[NotLeddy]

Is there any other evidence besides this one chart? The entire Kings' team was god awful last year.

Here's another chart that is more isolated

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Sequin HAS to win this one now, right?

 

[ccman68]

People here really live in the past. Kopitar and Backstrom should be nowhere near this spot. Couturier does pretty much everything better than them at this point in time.

 

[Martinez]

People here really live in the past. Kopitar and Backstrom should be nowhere near this spot. Couturier does pretty much everything better than them at this point in time.

Is one year removed from a 92 point selke season really living in the past?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Because Kopitar had a down year, and HF tends to forget anything that didn't happen in the past calendar year.

Don't you think last year carries a bit more weight than the previous year? It's a possibility that Kopitar is starting to decline, while Couturier is at his peak

 

[ccman68]

Is one year removed from a 92 point selke season really living in the past?

Yes that’s in the past. He is gonna be 32 when the season starts so expecting him to get back to his old level is a bit ridiculous.

And he definitely didn’t deserve the Selke that year but sadly the award is all about reputation and point totals.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Yes. His overall impact is incredible.

Not that incredible.

 

[Krewe]

View attachment 249837

Here's another chart that is more isolated

Where did you generate this?

 

[NotLeddy]

Where did you generate this?

Tableau Public

Here you go, my friend

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Don't you think last year carries a bit more weight than the previous year? It's a possibility that Kopitar is starting to decline, while Couturier is at his peak

Same thing was said about Crosby after his 89 point season. "He's declining", "he'll never score 100 points again", "he's close to being done as a top 5 center", etc. He rebounded with a 100 point season, and finished 2nd in Hart voting and 4th in Selke voting, and was named 2nd team all-star center.

I'm willing to give Kopitar the benefit of the doubt until he has more than 1 season to suggest he's declining.

 

[Zamuz]

Yes. His overall impact is incredible.

I guess his defense is so much better than Barkovs to make up the 20p difference in their production

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Same thing was said about Crosby after his 89 point season. "He's declining", "he'll never score 100 points again", "he's close to being done as a top 5 center", etc. He rebounded with a 100 point season, and finished 2nd in Hart voting and 4th in Selke voting, and was named 2nd team all-star center.

I'm willing to give Kopitar the benefit of the doubt until he has more than 1 season to suggest he's declining.

nobody is saying there can never be exceptions, but people aren't crazy to pick the 26 (27 in December) year old who was better than a guy who's turning 32. Even if you want to give Kopitar the benefit of the doubt and predict he'll bounce back, Couturier is still a good pick provided he doesn't regress