HFBoards Top 31 NHL Centers - #8

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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%
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[LT]

Didn't know Matthews had some Mexican heritage

 

[Deadly Dogma]

voted Tavares but can see an argument for Stamkos, Scheifele, Point, Eichel, Monohan and Aho
Th next 7 are splitting hairs IMO

 

[super6646]

Didn't know Matthews had some Mexican heritage

I mean he does have some of that Latino complexion, but I didn’t know until looking it up myself either.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

So tempted to vote Kopitar, but I'm not sure how much he'll rebound from last year. If he returns to around 70 points and Selke-level defense, then he'd be my choice.

Otherwise, Scheifele probably gets my vote.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Didn't know Matthews had some Mexican heritage

You've never seen his mom, or heard her talk in interviews?

 

[jetsforever]

Does Matthews have dual citizenship?

 

[bobholly39]

Hard to pick here. I really like the top 7 (disagree strongly with the order of 4-7 though) - but after this it gets tricky. I'll probably say Tavares/Stamkos in some order as the next 2. It's crazy to think that no one really stands out. Some names to consider also for me:

Point - he only has one year, too soon to vote him this high over one year.
Backstrom/Kopitar - Off years
Seguin - Off year too, compared to others at least
Oreilly - Great year, but he's simply not top 10C imo
Eichel - maybe?

 

[LT]

You've never seen his mom, or heard her talk in interviews?

No I don’t pay much attention to player interviews or things like this.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Voting for Scheifele again, who I would've voted over Matthews.

 

[Snippit]

Next 7 ish are pretty much a toss up, homer voted Eichel

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

No I don’t pay much attention to player interviews or things like this.

Must be because I live in Ontario and get force-fed Leafs broadcasts. I don't think a game can go by without the camera panning to Ema in the crowd and them mentioning her being Mexican.

 

[Krewe]

Why is stamkos stealing points votes. You’d think him getting demoted to 2c would tell you something

 

[M.C.G. 31]

voted Tavares but can see an argument for Stamkos, Scheifele, Point, Eichel, Monohan and Aho
Th next 7 are splitting hairs IMO

I think you can make a case for Couturier in there too.

 

[Machinehead]

That Mexican flag doe

 

[Buck Naked]

Couturier next up. Fantastic player.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Point is getting underrated here.

 

[BananaSquad]

If Matthews is 7, than Eichel has to be 8.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Backstrom is so underrated

 

[Love]

Point is getting underrated here.

If he can keep his shooting percentage at 21% then sure. If his shooting percentage goes back to normal then he has no business being anywhere near the 8th best centre in the world.

 

[JoVel]

People voting Stamkos over Point are disgusting.

 

[Larry Lightning]

Voted Scheifele here. Really don’t want to see Stamkos voted in before Point. C’mon HFBoards don’t let me down.

 

[HabsMD97]

scheifele is quite overrated, no way is he a top 10 center. This should be Point here

 

[Clint Eastwood]

John Tavares

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

John Tavares