Leafs Best Player ranking of 2013-2014 season #1

[TMLegend]

The right answer is Bernier.

 

[Lauro]

Bernier for me too.

 

[613Leafer]

Bernier was a top 5 or so goalie in the league and plays a premium position.

Kessel was a top ~15-20 forward in the league but plays the least important position in hockey.

Close, but I'll go with Bernier.

 

[Legion03]

Bernier was a top 5 or so goalie in the league and plays a premium position.

Kessel was a top ~15-20 forward in the league but plays the least important position in hockey.

Close, but I'll go with Bernier.

But Kessel was a top 5 RW, which is his position, just like Bernier's position is goalie. Don't think it's fair to push Kessel into a far larger group of players to make him seem like he wasn't as good.

Can't vote but I'd say Kessel is first, and I agree with it being close, but Bernier is second for me.

 

[TheKingSlayer]

Clearly Reimer had the best season. Without him, we don't get Nylander. Come on guys!

 

[Sypher04]

I see Bernier and Kessel as the two guys.

 

[hatterson]

I bounced between Kessel and Bernier and finally settled on Bernier.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

It's close but it came down to Kessel and Bozak.

Bernier played well for 45 games, not enough for me to make him #1.

Kessel played well, but had too many ups and downs. He finished the year with only 6 points in 12 games a sore spot, and a minus. Plus he didn't play as well when Bozak was hurt. If this poll was for best scorer, he would win. But best player? Perhaps.

Bozak played 58 games and all were pretty consistent, he had 9 points to Kessel's 6 in the last 12 games of the year. He was a plus on the year, a force in shootouts that resulted in key wins. The only down stat he had last year was faceoffs. But when you look at his body of work, he was certainly one of our 2 best players last year.

For this, I went with Bozak.

 

[Mess]

Bernier was Leafs MVP

His .923 sv% (8th best) on a team that was 30th in shots against was a significant accomplishment.

Even with Bernier the Leafs were 8th last and his injury for just a few weeks sunk the Leafs season.

Without Bernier last year this team would have been a bottom 5 lottery team.

 

[achtungbaby]

Without Bernier this team drafts top 3.

 

[hockeyfanz*]

If it was MVP then for me it is Bernier as we fell apart once he was injured.

Hard to vote if you do not know what you are voting on....best player and MVP is different. Best Player was Kessel.

This is EXACTLY my thought.

Best Player ---> Phil Kessel by a long shot.

MVP-----> Jonathan Bernier.

 

[hockeyfanz*]

Without Bernier this team drafts top 3.

Damn you Bernier.

 

[ACC1224]

Best Player, as the poll states (not MVP), is easily Kessel.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Went with Bernier as I feel he was responsible for stealing more games than anybody on the team.

Was a top 5 goalie until the injury.

 

[Morbo]

Thrill.

 

[SnazzyNazzy]

Obviously Phil, unless you want to get cute with it.

 

[diceman934]

Best Player, as the poll states (not MVP), is easily Kessel.

It is not so clear to me as this was the bold part:

LAST SEASON'S PERFORMANCE.

If that is the case it is not best player but best performance and it is clearly Bernier.

I will now vote Bernier.

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

Kessel, then I'd vote JvR and Bernier to round out the top-3. After that its a whole lot of meh performances

 

[achtungbaby]

Damn you Bernier.

Always acquiring good pieces at the wrong times, that's our motto.

 

[Bullseye]

Their season was over as soon as Bolland went down so I would've vote Bolland if he were a choice.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

kessel.

 

[Teeder9]

Their season was over as soon as Bolland went down so I would've vote Bolland if he were a choice.

We literally still won without him. The season ended the exact second Bernier was hurt

 

[Paradoc]

This poll ain't about who the best leafs player is. It's who was the leafs best player based on last season's performance. So in other words, who was the leafs MVP.

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

Bernier was a top 5 or so goalie in the league and plays a premium position.

Kessel was a top ~15-20 forward in the league but plays the least important position in hockey.

Close, but I'll go with Bernier.

Where does the fact that one played 100% of the season while the other only 67% factor into the equation?

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

Reimer getting votes is ridiculous. Not selecting Kessel or Bernier is pretty silly in general