Marchand or Kucherov?

[dwright5314]

Who do you take for the next 4 years?

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[bobholly39]

Kucherov

I hate marchand. Sorry

 

[rent free]

Kucherov without any doubt

 

[Ainec]

kuch

 

[Panthaz89]

Kucherov is 25 and isn't slowing down any time soon.....he also likely isn't going to miss nearly as many games.

 

[Taluss]

March is damn good. A real POS but damn good. Lots of respect for him... actually *lots of good stuff to say about his playing abilities. But I think this is Kuch no question

 

[Tramux]

If we count in possible suspensions then its Kuch easy, if not still Kucherov but it is as close as it gets

 

[Clode]

Bruins fan saying Kucherov

 

[Jray42]

Kucherov easily.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Hall over both. I’ll go Kucherov here due to age.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

All depends on how hard Kuch tries imo, he has the talent to be the 2nd best player in the world but doesn’t bring it consistently. Last night Kuch looked like that elite player though he had some bad puck luck. Saturday he looked meh. He’s an inconsistent player but when he’s on he’s as good as anyone not named Connor McDavid.

 

[nbwingsfan]

$6.15M/ year vs $9.5M a year for essentially the same production with Marchand being better defensively.

Seems awfully easy with contracts included, no?

 

[DFC]

This is actually really close, I think. Kucherov CAN be the better player, but we're deep enough into the season that his performance, combined with last year's playoffs, is worrisome to say the least. Kucherov's style of play walks a very, very fine line. He's cerebral and methodical, and relies on dynamic changes in speed, like, he'll lull you to sleep and then suddenly have a burst of speed and create a play. However, when he's not 100% dialed in, and he's miss-timing those bursts, it just looks like he's playing so, so, so soft, and then giving the puck away.

If Kuch doesn't find his game soon, unfortunately I think the answer might be Marchand here.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

This is actually really close, I think. Kucherov CAN be the better player, but we're deep enough into the season that his performance, combined with last year's playoffs, is worrisome to say the least. Kucherov's style of play walks a very, very fine line. He's cerebral and methodical, and relies on dynamic changes in speed, like, he'll lull you to sleep and then suddenly have a burst of speed and create a play. However, when he's not 100% dialed in, and he's miss-timing those bursts, it just looks like he's playing so, so, so soft, and then giving the puck away.

If Kuch doesn't find his game soon, unfortunately I think the answer might be Marchand here.

Yeah, but last night definitely inspired confidence in Kuch for me

 

[DFC]

Yeah, but last night definitely inspired confidence in Kuch for me

The third period did for me. The first two, not so much. It's always a matter of walking that fine line for him. And he has to be in shoot-mode, which, as we know, he often strays from.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Eh the careers are kind of heading in the opposite direction. Marchand is a great player but if we are talking the next 4 years you have to choose Kucherov.

 

[sr edler]

All depends on how hard Kuch tries imo, he has the talent to be the 2nd best player in the world but doesn’t bring it consistently. Last night Kuch looked like that elite player though he had some bad puck luck. Saturday he looked meh. He’s an inconsistent player but when he’s on he’s as good as anyone not named Connor McDavid.

It's amazing he's only 25, feels like he's been around forever going back to the triplet line. But yeah, he seems to have some of – let us call it Alexander Mogilny Syndrome.

If you're disinterested, at least try to hide it better.

 

[DFC]

It's amazing he's only 25, feels like he's been around forever going back to the triplet line. But yeah, he seems to have some of – let us call it Alexander Mogilny Syndrome.

If you're disinterested, at least try to hide it better.

I think that's a lazy argument. It's too easy to say "He's not trying." His style of play looks that way a lot of the time, but it also looks that way when he's completely on top of his game and scoring boatloads of goals. He glides. He doesn't turn on the jets until he has a reason to do it. He makes soft stickhandling moves. And, when he's not dialed in, these lead to turnovers. But it's not a matter of effort. It's a matter of his 100% finesse game being a detriment when it's not working.

 

[tony d]

Kucherov. Marchand's good but to much of a pest for me.

 

[Halla]

kucherov easily. 100pt winger > 85pt winger

 

[Emerz]

kucherov easily. 100pt winger > 85pt winger

85 in 68 games, pace of 103 points, you make it sound like he just barely PPG.

I wouldn't go around saying Matthews is just a 69 point center because he misses time with injuries.

 

[hangman005]

Kucherov without a doubt.

Makes it so much easier to call him Kuchy Kuchy Koo before he punches me in the face for doing that.

 

[Regal]

$6.15M/ year vs $9.5M a year for essentially the same production with Marchand being better defensively.

Seems awfully easy with contracts included, no?

Kucherov is still under 5 for this year though and Marchand is 30. Is Marchand going to keep up his play into his 30s? The odds of a 25 year old Kucherov maintaining his production seem better