HFBoards Top 31 NHL Centers - #19

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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%
#13	Nicklas Backstrom	31			80	22	52	74	18.9%, 45.8% (TB)
#14	Sean Couturier	26			80	33	43	76	18.1%, 54.3% (TB)
#15	Sebastian Aho	22			82	30	53	83	18.1%, 45.7% (TB)
#16	Ryan O'Reilly	28			82	28	49	77	33.3%
#17	Tyler Seguin	27			82	33	47	80	47.1%
#18	Anze Kopitar	31			81	22	38	60	34.2%
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[LT]

Can't believe I'm doing this, but I think it's Toews here.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Shocked Point is still there.

 

[LT]

Shocked Point is still there.

That's my mistake, that's supposed to be Brayden Schenn. Autofill screwed me

I reset the poll.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Barzal. The last spot will be tough.

 

[bobholly39]

Can't believe I'm doing this, but I think it's Toews here.

I think i've copied your vote in every poll this round - but i'm going Toews too.

No one else stands out enough and Toews just had a strong bounce back year. For one year only I think i take him above any of the others.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Kuznetsov should have gone awhile ago.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Kuznetsov should have gone awhile ago.

Says the guy with a username based on him

He'll either go next or the one after.

 

[LarKing]

Larkin again

 

[canuckinfuts]

Pettersson

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Couture again. If for no other reason than come playoff time every he's basically top 5. But he's not a scrub for the first 82 games either.

 

[zharkenby]

add Hughes

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Toews

 

[LT]

add Hughes

Probably not going to considering he hasn’t played an NHL game yet.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Toews and Kuznetsov round out the top 20 imo

 

[eviohh26]

Kuznetsov should have gone awhile ago.

Yea? Over whom?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Kuzy

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Kuznetsov
Couture
Pettersson

 

[DieTomi]

Barzal. The last spot will be tough.

Last spot?

 

[Hierso]

Pettersson should not win over Larkin, Kuz and Toews. He might be better than them down the line but isn't this a current status of the player pool? Or do we take "potential" into the mix?

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Last spot?

I thought it was top-20 like the NHL network. whoops.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

add cirelli/domi/stastny/danault

 

[papadevil]

Pettersson should not win over Larkin, Kuz and Toews. He might be better than them down the line but isn't this a current status of the player pool? Or do we take "potential" into the mix?

Clearly potential holds some weight (Barkov at 4, Eichel at 11).

I like Pettersson, Larkin, Barzal, or Hischier going into next year over Kuznetsov/Toews personally.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Clearly potential holds some weight (Barkov at 4, Eichel at 11).

I like Pettersson, Larkin, Barzal, or Hischier going into next year over Kuznetsov/Toews personally.

The thing about Barkov and Eichel is they have some of the highest potentials in the league AND they have already been the top player of young teams. Both had above 80 points last year, and Barkov is one of the best in the league defensively (as a forward).

I agree with your 2nd statement. Those 4 all have very high potentials. Personally, I think Pettersson should be below Larkin and Barzal, but he has a higher potential than the two of them.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

add cirelli/domi/stastny/danault

Do you really see Cirelli (right now) as a top-31 centre in the league? Cause I don't at all. He's a great young player, but not near the top of the league.