Nylander is still without a contract. Why doesn't someone offer sheet him? He'd look good in O&B but I'm sure that won't happen.
It really is.Wow that's a joke.
How the hell can taylor hall for example be that far ahead?
Hall winning MVP was an enormous joke, and is the result of him trending at the right time, but the boting system is stupid as wellIt really is.
You know it's been 6 years since Stamkos has beaten Giroux in scoring in a given year. SIX.
Oh...and Hall has beaten Giroux in scoring 1 time in 8 years...yet is ranked #6???
How about this list!! THN top 50 players.
1. McDavid
2. Crosby
3. Kucherov
4. Karlsson
5. Hedman
6. Hall
7. Bergeron
8. MacKinnon
9. Scheifele
10. Ovechkin
11. Kopitar
12. Bobrovsky
13. Tavares
14. Malkin
15. Wheeler
16. Kuznetsov
17. Matthews
18. Marchand
19. Laine
20. Stamkos
21. Jones
22. Hellebuyck
23. Giroux
24. Subban
25. Vasilevskiy
26. Kane
27. Panarin
28. Seguin
29. Byfuglien
30. Doughty
31. Barkov
32. Burns
33. Gaudreau
34. Pastrnak
35. Fleury
36. Benn
37. Forsberg
38. Carlson
39. Price
40. Eichel
41. Barzal
42. Rantanen
43. Kessel
44. Quick
45. Josi
46. Tarasenko
47. W. Karlsson
48. Marner
49. Couturier
50. Monahan
What do you guys think of sabres off-season? Can they actually make some noise next year? I literally paid no attention to them, so I have no clue about their players or coaches.
I fully agree. Stamkos is just such a turd and non factor when it comes to playing for team Canada or playoffs. It's very off putting and kinda feels like Rick Nash 2.0. Tavares on the other hand is a beast, such a shame he didn't sign in a west.There's more to hockey than points, Giroux tries, but his lack of size and speed limits him defensively, and when games get more physical.
Bergeron and Marchand are definitely better than Giroux.
However, I'd agree that Wheeler is a bit overrated. So is Stamkos. And Tavares.
Winnipeg obviously needs a new coach, 5 players in the top 30 and they come up short?
To me, what this list simply shows is the Flyers won't be a top 8 team until Patrick and Provorov raise their game to top 50 level.
The top teams right now are TB, Winnipeg, Toronto, Nashville, Pitt, Wash, Boston, LA is fading, Chicago has faded, Vegas is "show me."
The core of this team will be Hart, Couts, Patrick and Provorov. Maybe TK (if he gets stronger and more defensively responsible).
Players like Voracek, JVR, Ghost are going to be complementary depth, as will Giroux in a couple years as he starts to fade.
Hopefully some of Frost, Lindblom, Ratcliffe, Allison, Farabee, O'Brien and Rubtsov, as well as Sanheim and Myers can fill out the roster.
Build enough quality depth around the core players and we should be a perennial Cup contender in a couple years.
Well Housley looked pretty clueless behind the bench last season, but they had a good offseason. Adding Dahlin, Skinner, Hutton, and Mittelstadt to their lineup should result in progress. Didnt love the return on the O'Reilly trade though.
What a shit show. Kopitar dragged his team kicking and screaming into playoffs playing with corpse of Brown and some kid by name Iafallo while being his usual selke self.Hall winning was a joke.
15 points behind the leagues top scorer.
9 points behind the top scorer on a playoff team.
A great example of why individual player awards are meaningless in player vs player comparisons. Yet another thing the media ****s up.