Matthews v Svechnikov

[That Habs Fan]

I'll admit this is to help me with a potential trade in a keeper pool, but...who will be the better player going forward?

Would have never thought I'd consider the two even remotely comparable, but Svech is having a huge year

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[Surrounded By Ahos]

It’s Matthews until Svechnikov proves otherwise.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Center over winger, and Matthews is further along in his development. The edge is clear, but I think at their prime it'll be close with a slight edge to Matthews due to position.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

Svechnikov is already better

 

[Leon Draisaitl]

Center over winger, and Matthews is further along in his development. The edge is clear, but I think at their prime it'll be close with a slight edge to Matthews due to position.

It's for a fantasy league, positions don't really matter...

 

[Regal]

It's for a fantasy league, positions don't really matter...

Some do, since you have to play so many players at each position. But I'd argue then wingers become more valuable because it's a thinner position for talent.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Svechnikov is an awesome young player but this isn’t close for me. He’s having a down year but Matthews can be a top3-5 player in the league, imo. Svechnikov doesn’t quite have that potential for me

 

[Brucelenok]

Toronto fan here. This notion "center > winger" is a complete bullshit especially when it comes down to a defensive aspect of the game. Funny enough I won't be surprized if Svech in his prime will end up being a better defensive player than Matthews despite being a winger. That said, I see Matthews have more goals and a bit better goalscorer while Svech better all around offensive stat.

 

[34]

Oh come on... enough with the nonsense.

Matthews easily.

 

[filinski77]

	Points/gp	Points/gp	Goals/gp	Goals/gp
	Matthews	Svechnikov	Matthews	Svechnikov
D+1	28th	237th	4th	145th
D+2	21st	14th	2nd	26th
D+3	21st		7th
D+4	16th		5th

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Matthews has been slowly improving his point production, but will most likely remain in the 10-25th range going forward. And has remained a top ~5ish goalscoring all the way through.

Whereas Svechnikov took a huge leap from last year in both goals and points, where he was worlds apart from Matthews, and the 30 game sample size this year is nowhere near enough for anyone to rationally say Svechnikov is the winner here.

 

[kp61c]

Matthews but it's pretty close. Too bad Svech plays only 16 min per game (at least he's not buried on the fourth line as it was an year ago) and is always saddled with 2 grinders.

 

[tony d]

Matthews.

 

[The S5]

Svech is typically saddled with Jordan Staal, whose offensive game is just a notch above nonexistent.
I do think its Matthews but Svech should be playing with Aho and TT.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Svechnikov is already better

Joke take

 

[Dirty Dog]

I'm super impressed with svechnikov and hes exceeding expectations, but its matthews for sure

 

[Mickey Marner]

Svechnikov will first need to demonstrate his ceiling is above Matthews floor.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Toronto fan here. This notion "center > winger" is a complete bull**** especially when it comes down to a defensive aspect of the game. Funny enough I won't be surprized if Svech in his prime will end up being a better defensive player than Matthews despite being a winger. That said, I see Matthews have more goals and a bit better goalscorer while Svech better all around offensive stat.

Centres have more defensive responsibilities than wingers. That’s a simple fact.

Now in this particular case, Matthews is one of the worst defensive centres in the league. So being a centre doesn’t offer him any benefit over Svechnikov.

So it’s fair to simply compare their offensive games. But trying to argue that centres and wingers are equal in their responsibilities is inaccurate.

 

[Icebreakers]

Matthews right now. The guys never never been anything less than a 40 goal pace guy since hes came into the league.

 

[PhilJets]

Matthews

Easily

 

[Panthaz89]

People forgetting Matthews is still having a pretty good year still has a much better overall track record lets see if Svech can keep it up for the whole season.

 

[Leafidelity]

Seriously?

 

[CatchyTune]

Its Matthews right now.

Svechnikov hasnt proven enough to sway me. He is off to a hot start but until he has multiple ppg seasons like Matthews I am not comfortable choosing him.

Hard to tell for the future. Both have potential to be top 5 players at their respective positions.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Matthews. He has the more proven track record. Having said that I’ve liked Svechnikov’s all round game this year better than Matthews. Svech seems to play hard every night and not take nights off. But I need to see him to do this for a whole season first.

 

[Communal Blood]

Matthews.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

convenient timing of this poll