Top 30 NHL Players #26 (Tiebreaker) Scheifele v.s. Zibanejad

[Brando]

1.	Connor McDavid			16.	Seth Jones
2.	Nathan MacKinnon			17.	Roman Josi
3.	Leon Draisaitl			18.	Patrice Bergeron
4.	Sidney Crosby			19.	Mark Stone
5.	Nikita Kucherov			20.	Alex Pietrangelo
6.	Artemi Panarin			21.	Elias Pettersson
7.	Alex Ovechkin			22.	John Carlson
8.	Evgeni Malkin			23.	Mitch Marner
9.	Patrick Kane			24.	Brayden Point
10.	Victor Hedman			25.	Steven Stamkos
11.	David Pastrnak
12.	Auston Matthews
13.	Jack Eichel
14.	Brad Marchand
15.	Alexsander Barkov

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[The Moose is Loose]

Zibanejad was a lot better this year which is enough for me since they are so close

 

[amnesiac]

Scheifele, been consistently great for years now.... Zibanejad has to prove he can do what hes doing over more than just one season.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Zibanejad

 

[leafsfan5]

wow this poll is close

 

[heretik27]

I like Scheifele's consistency over the last few years and he plays for my favorite team so I'm biased, but there's still an argument to be made for the proven commodity. Plus he was excellent in the playoffs for us.

 

[Halla]

tough call. Schiefele has been a ppg player for 4 years and is basically a lock for 80-85pts if healthy

went with Zibanejad because he hit a level Schiefele hasnt even sniffed this year (41g/75pts in 57 games)
not like it was out of nowhere either, he had what 30g/75pts last year?

 

[lakai17]

Zibby.

 

[CanadienShark]

Scheifele has done better for longer, but Zibanejad had a better peak this year than Scheifele this year. Tough call. Tough names to spell too.

 

[The S5]

Zibanejad is a more dynamic player. If he can produce at a similar rate next year, he passes Scheifele, and a good number of others on the list ahead of him.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Totally unbiased take:; Zibanejad AINEC

 

[Star Ocean]

Scheifele, been consistently great for years now.... Zibanejad has to prove he can do what hes doing over more than just one season.

what are you talking about? Zibanejad has had two great seasons. pay attention next time.

 

[heretik27]

what are you talking about? Zibanejad has had two great seasons. pay attention next time.

But by that same token Scheifele's had 5 great seasons then, with 4 seasons at PPG to the 1 season Zibby's played at PPG+ for just over 2/3rds of the season. Zibby's gotta repeat these results for it to be decisive imo which is what the other poster was saying. I don't think that's too out of line, especially since Scheifele is a pretty damn good player.

 

[Crabapple]

Zibby by a hair. Love both though.

 

[Xspyrit]

Heartbreaking as it is probably 2 of my favorite forwards in the game

The other is Mark Stone. Wow can't believe he was voted #19

Sens are really good at producing hockey players! Too bad it cost a lot of money eventually

Also heartbreaking to not see Karlsson in that list anymore. I know it allowed the Sens to get the 3rd OA this year and Josh Norris but I really hope EK recovers and rebound big time.

 

[amnesiac]

what are you talking about? Zibanejad has had two great seasons. pay attention next time.

what Zib is doing this year is nothing compared to what he did last year.... Pay attention next time!

and as the other poster mentioned, Scheifele has double the "great" seasons Zibanejad has.

 

[HOPE]

what Zib is doing this year is nothing compared to what he did last year.... Pay attention next time!

and as the other poster mentioned, Scheifele has double the "great" seasons Zibanejad has.

Little hint:
Panarin.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Scheifele is more consistent and reliable.

 

[Gavy]

Zibinajed is so overrated

 

[HyPnOtiK]

Both are well below Couturier.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

I think its been something like 10 years since people started looking at shooting % as a measure of sustainability of production, and people still don't understand how shooting % works.

Zibanejad had a hot shooting year. He was never good enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Scheifele. I can't believe people continue to fall for this crap over and over again without fail.

The fact that HF even considered Zibanejad a top 30 player let alone a top 50 player is/was a joke.

 

[bert]

I think its been something like 10 years since people started looking at shooting % as a measure of sustainability of production, and people still don't understand how shooting % works.

Zibanejad had a hot shooting year. He was never good enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Scheifele. I can't believe people continue to fall for this crap over and over again without fail.

The fact that HF even considered Zibanejad a top 30 player let alone a top 50 player is/was a joke.

Maybe people actually watch the games and not just the advance stat line. He has had a slow start that doesnt erase how good he has been the past few years lol.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Maybe people actually watch the games and not just the advance stat line. He has had a slow start that doesnt erase how good he has been the past few years lol.

shooting % isn't an advanced stat. its goals/shots on goal