Patrick Kane vs Auston Matthews

[illpucks]

Who will go down as the better American born player?

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[All Mod Cons]

Kane easily. Next Matthews poll.

 

[the paisanos guy]

I picked Kane but think it will be close in the end

 

[Madap]

Kane easily. Next Matthews poll.

Easily? Matthews has a better ppg up to this point in their careers, is better defensively, and plays a premium position. I won’t even discuss their goal scoring.

It’s fine if you think Kane will have a better career, but don’t act like it’s going to be “easy”.

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Literally no one knows

 

[Steven Toast]

Are we just going to systematically compare Matthews to every NHLer ever?

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

I don't know if Matthews can beat Kane's 3 cups

 

[jetsforever]

Matthews has a chance to be a better "player" but it'll be hard to surpass 3 Cups in terms of "career".

 

[Regal]

I think Matthews has a good shot, but who knows. Kane's playoff resume in particular will be tough to top.

 

[Dumais]

Well, considering one has done what I assume, the other needs to do; for this to be a question.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Easily? Matthews has a better ppg up to this point in their careers, is better defensively, and plays a premium position. I won’t even discuss their goal scoring.

It’s fine if you think Kane will have a better career, but don’t act like it’s going to be “easy”.

Kane will easily win this poll. He can't even beat Barkov. Next Matthews poll.

 

[CanadienShark]

Kane is a loooooong ways ahead of Matthews. Unless Matthews takes another big step forward, this is easily Kane.

 

[Party Kane]

Kane with ease. There's no way Matthews will ever win a Hart, Lindsay, Art Ross as long as Mcdavid, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, etc are in the league and don't even get me started on the 3x cups and playoff resume Kane has. This one isn't close.

Kane's still arguably better than Matthews to this day on a team with way less offensive help

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Kane is the obvious answer just due to having already having a very accomplished career but there is certainly a chance (up to you how high) that Matthews could surpass Kane.

Voted Matthews due to the silliness of comparing 2 players nearly 10 years apart in a career projection poll.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Something catastrophic would likely have to happen for it not to be Matthews when all is said and done.

 

[HotPie]

Kane is the obvious answer just due to having already having a very accomplished career but there is certainly a chance (up to you how high) that Matthews could surpass Kane.

Voted Matthews due to the silliness of comparing 2 players nearly 10 years apart in a career projection poll.

Come on, be honest dude. You voted Matthews because you're a Leafs fan.

 

[WillTheThrill]

Who knows? Nobody

 

[Crow]

Matthews has the talent to pass him. Looks like Matthews will spend a lot more of his career in a higher scoring environment as well. Still voted Kane because everything needs to go right for Auston. Playoff success might be the difference in the end.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Kane is great at everything except playing defense. Not like Matthews is a stud defensively either.

 

[All Mod Cons]

It's going unsurprisingly

 

[hockeyisgud]

It's going unsurprisingly

If you guys make more realistic polls, he might actually get a non-Leafs fan vote.

 

[sdf]

What if only in terms of stickhandling

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Matthews has a chance to be a better "player" but it'll be hard to surpass 3 Cups in terms of "career".

As a Leafs fan I am very excited about the next 4-5 yrs, what we are building resembles pre dynasty Hawks. The Hawks had a cpl play off heart breaks before they won it all, so has the Leafs core. I just have this feeling that we win that 1st round the cup is ours, kinda like you just knew the Caps were gonna win once they finally beat the Pens

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Kane is great at everything except playing defense. Not like Matthews is a stud defensively either.

Matthews is pretty solid defensively. Kane is one of the worst defensive forwards in NHL history.

 

[authentic]

Kane is great at everything except playing defense. Not like Matthews is a stud defensively either.

Never understood the need to constantly compare players if you don't really know anything about their games.