TSN: Matthews, Tavares & Marner on TSN's top 50 players list for the 2018-2019 season

[LeafsNation75]

Marner ranked 45th, Tavares ranked 16th and Matthews ranked 8th.

https://www.tsn.ca/mcdavid-continues-reign-atop-tsn-s-top-50-player-ranking-1.1180403

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[Clark4Ever]

Seems about right.

 

[Marshy]

Main boards are gonna lose their minds with Barkov at 22 and Auston at 8.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Last year Matthews was ranked #10, Marner was ranked #50 and Tavares was at #13, so he actually feel three spots.

 

[ACC1224]

Marner should be higher

 

[Gary Nylund]

Marner slowly climbing, it's gonna take a while for him to crack the top 10. At least another year anyway.

 

[7even]

Main boards are gonna lose their minds with Barkov at 22 and Auston at 8.

tOrOnTo sPOrTs neTwOrK

 

[56 Years No Cup]

No Willie Ny?

 

[Ratboy]

No Willie Ny?

Boom.

 

[Canada4Gold]

No Willie Ny?

Not currently an NHL player

 

[GrizzLeaf]

Not currently an NHL player

Too bad he missed training camp. I was hoping he would crack the lineup

 

[LeafsNation75]

Main boards are gonna lose their minds with Barkov at 22 and Auston at 8.

Someone on the main boards used the TSN = Toronto Sports Network comment and says why was Phil Kessel ranked 40th? I said during his time in Toronto TSN ranked him at 47th, 43rd, 38th and 36th, so it's false Matthews was ranked at #8 just because he plays in Toronto.

 

[thewave]

William sucks, he is a scaredy cat and is larger than Marner who puts it on the line.

Pretty boy status confirmed. William needs to grow a set and show us the pride of Sweden.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Too bad he missed training camp. I was hoping he would crack the lineup

He would definitely be top 10, but without a contract they can't rank a player who possibly could bolt to the KHL

 

[93WrapAround]

Craig Button this morning said he ranked Tavares somewhere in the 30s lol

 

[LeafsNation75]

Craig Button this morning said he ranked Tavares somewhere in the 30s lol

Button keeps adding my personal reasons why I can't stand him and the fact he works for TSN is a joke.

 

[Mess]

Marner should be higher

What do figure about 10 spots higher from #45 to #35?

 

[ACC1224]

What do figure about 10 spots higher from #45 to #35?

Around Gaudreau's spot.

 

[LeafsNation75]

So far it has not happened yet but I wonder how long on the main boards until we see any Islanders fans complaining about Tavares being ranked #16 and Mathew Barzal being ranked #34.

 

[Mitchy]

Main boards are gonna lose their minds with Barkov at 22 and Auston at 8.

tbf, Barkov should be higher. Matthews' placement is fine though.

Can't wait for him to put up gaudy totals this year now that he's finally going to get good PP minutes and has a left winger that has decent finishing ability. Wonder how the mainboards will whine about him then.

 

[thewave]

Matthews should be in the mid to late teens. These guys just mess with everything Toronto so that they can create hits. Matthews is a good player, no doubt but he hasn't proven much if anything in things like POs. He also seems to have some issues with the upper body and it's seemingly persistent. When that happens he plays but his production goes down a lot. If it happens again this year we had better think long and hard about the Matthews strategy.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Matthews is a good player, no doubt but he hasn't proven much if anything in things like POs.

I know the Leafs didn't win this year but in 2017 against the Capitals in the six games Matthews did score 4 goals and 1 assist. So his performance against the Bruins in the playoffs is not his only experience to go on about his play.

 

[stickty111]

Marner should be higher

He should be higher then Barzal.

 

[LeafsNation75]

He should be higher then Barzal.

I can see a legit argument to be made about that.

 

[diceman934]

Marner should be higher

Yes he should but after this year he will no longer be underrated.