HFBoards Top 31 NHL Centers - #26

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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%
#19	Evgeny Kuznetsov	27			76	21	51	72	26.4%, 55.0%
#20	Elias Pettersson	20			71	28	38	66	26.4%, 45.0%
#21	Jonathan Toews	31			82	35	46	81	39.2%
#22	Logan Couture	30			81	27	43	70	33.3%
#23	Mathew Barzal	22			82	18	44	62	36.3%, 57.6% (TB)
#24	Dylan Larkin	23			76	32	41	73	35.0%, 42.4% (TB)
#25	Matt Duchene	28			73	31	39	70	24.7%
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[FromRussiaWithLove]

Hertl or Zibanejad

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Hertl or Zibanejad

wait, Hertl plays center?

 

[neverretirejoe]

wait, Hertl plays center?

Quite a few Sharks fans believe he’s our #1C. I think he will prove it this season.

 

[AB13]

Can’t believe Barzal and Duchene went higher than some of the remaining guys like Monahan, Zibanejad and Hertl, incredibly strange voting.

 

[Juxtaposer]

wait, Hertl plays center?

Finally played a full season at C last season and proved that’s where he belongs. He was out best forward without question and had another dominating playoff performance.

That last is what pushes him over Zib and Monahan for me. Love Zibanejad thought and wouldn’t be upset if he won this.

 

[DieTomi]

Hertl

 

[Ace of Hades]

Horvat. I will take him over any player left on the list. Horvat is superior than Monahan. Horvat is extremely underrated around here.

accumulated 60 points, playing with trash wingers, and taking most of the faceoffs at any player while playing the toughest minutes on the team.

 

[Love]

Horvat

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Monahan gets carried by Gaudreau and struggles to tread water without him.

Line Stats - Natural Stat Trick

After Gaudreau failed miserably in the playoffs, Flames fans came out in droves to say that Monahan was terrible and that Gaudreau would’ve posted a better playoff performance if he were playing with a decent center.

I guarantee you that excuse would not have been made if Gaudreau been playing with Tomas Hertl, who is just flat out better than Monahan. Horvat, Zibanejad, and Getzlaf should also all go before Monahan.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Monahan gets carried by Gaudreau and struggles to tread water without him.

Line Stats - Natural Stat Trick

After Gaudreau failed miserably in the playoffs, Flames fans came out in droves to say that Monahan was terrible and that Gaudreau would’ve posted a better playoff performance if he were playing with a decent center.

I guarantee you that excuse would not have been made if Gaudreau been playing with Tomas Hertl, who is just flat out better than Monahan. Horvat, Zibanejad, and Getzlaf should also all go before Monahan.

Sadly people will look at Monahan's regular season point totals without context and vote him ahead of more deserving players.

 

[ccman68]

Monahan has become pretty underrated. He doesn't really get carried by Gaudreau anywhere near as much as people make it seem like.

 

[biturbo19]

Some combo of Monahan/Horvat/Schenn/Krejci for the next few imo. Not really that concerned about the order among them.

 

[biturbo19]

Monahan has become pretty underrated. He doesn't really get carried by Gaudreau anywhere near as much as people make it seem like.

I think he does get "carried" by Gaudreau in some respects, and it inflates his production a bit. But at the same time...he also "carries" Gaudreau in plenty of aspects as well. He does so many of the things that Gaudreau needs from his center to really thrive. It's a very symbiotic duo imo.

 

[CraigsList]

Lol, Monahan is criminally underrated around these boards.

 

[CraigsList]

Monahan gets carried by Gaudreau and struggles to tread water without him.

Line Stats - Natural Stat Trick

After Gaudreau failed miserably in the playoffs, Flames fans came out in droves to say that Monahan was terrible and that Gaudreau would’ve posted a better playoff performance if he were playing with a decent center.

I guarantee you that excuse would not have been made if Gaudreau been playing with Tomas Hertl, who is just flat out better than Monahan. Horvat, Zibanejad, and Getzlaf should also all go before Monahan.

Except Monahan is past performances has been pretty decent overall. The Flames as an overall group were complete and utter trash in the 2019 playoffs.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Monahan still produce fine without Gaudreau due to his ability to finish but he struggles to drive play. I don't think he should be voted in yet though.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Even as a flames fan i think monahan is gonna be a bit high, but not gonna split hairs over 3-4 spots

 

[Machinehead]

Horvat. I will take him over any player left on the list. Horvat is superior than Monahan. Horvat is extremely underrated around here.

accumulated 60 points, playing with trash wingers, and taking most of the faceoffs at any player while playing the toughest minutes on the team.

Zibanejad did everything in the second paragraph with 74 points.

 

[super6646]

Monahan still not on the board after an over ppg season. What a joke hf...

 

[Ace of Hades]

Zibanejad did everything in the second paragraph with 74 points.

Who were Zibanejad's regular linemates?

 

[wetcoast]

Horvat. I will take him over any player left on the list. Horvat is superior than Monahan. Horvat is extremely underrated around here.

accumulated 60 points, playing with trash wingers, and taking most of the faceoffs at any player while playing the toughest minutes on the team.

I think it's a tossup between Hertl and Horvat.

Took Hertl and his 57 ES points.

 

[wetcoast]

Some combo of Monahan/Horvat/Schenn/Krejci for the next few imo. Not really that concerned about the order among them.

Hertl has to be in that list if not tops right?