Top 50 players in the league #3

[Dion TheFluff]

1) Connor Mcdavid
2) Nikita Kucherov

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add: Elias Pettersson x5
Kirill Kaprizov
Charlie McAvoy x2
Miro Heiskanen x2

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[amnesiac]

MacK over Drai

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[Zegs2sendhelp]

Got Mack here pretty comfortably

add caufield (kidding another vote for ep)

 

[ted2019]

MacKinnon

 

[wetcoast]

1) Connor Mcdavid
2) Nikita Kucherov

comment who to add next
add: Elias Pettersson x4
Kirill Kaprizov
Charlie McAvoy x2
Miro Heiskanen

Add Miro voted Mac just like last round.

 

[Xspyrit]

Got Mack here pretty comfortably

add caufield (kidding another vote for ep)

lol I was going to make the exact same joke

 

[wetcoast]

I think Marchand and Crosby have arguments for being in the top 10, even Point to a much lesser degree but none of them at 3rd.

Good grief.

 

[Buck Naked]

Draisaitl. Got his Hart, Lindsay, Art Ross. What does MacKinnon have? Nuttin. He comes next though.

 

[Boreal01]

Drai

 

[Alex K]

Skaters and goalies should be separated, because it's unfair in terms of popularity. Goalies are less popular thus they have no chance to be high on this list.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Nate the Skate.

 

[Crow]

I’d prefer to have hedman.

 

[Plural]

I’d prefer to have hedman.

Oh, that's a good one. I went with MacKinnon but Hedman is not far off IMO. Definitely deserves a lot of consideration for this spot.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Vasi

 

[Isaac Nootin]

I voted Mack last round, but I'm ok with Kuch as well.

McDavid
Kuch
Mack
Matthews
Hedman/Panarin/Drai

 

[Anahome]

Mack
Vasy
Drai/Hedman

 

[ManofSteel55]

Voted McKinnon. Draisaitl comes next easily.

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[bobholly39]

Last 3 seasons combined:

Drai - 209 games, 299 points, 124 goals (1.43 ppg)
Mack - 199 games, 257 points, 96 goals (1.29 ppg)

Last 2 seasons only:

Drai - 127 games, 194 points, 74 goals (1.53 ppg)
Mack - 117 games, 158 points, 55 goals (1.35 ppg)

Gap grows looking at just past 2 years.

Drai swept the awards last year - Mack has no awards to show.

It's true that Mack has been better in the playoffs - but Drai has actual decent enough production there, just low game count. 11 points in 8 games past 2 years. Are Mack's playoff performances really enough to outdo the massive edge in regular season production Drai has over the past 3 years? Especially since - Colorado still has yet to make it out of round 2 in the playoffs, so it's all early round performance.

Similar tier players - but my vote is Drai. I'd have Mack at #4

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Last 3 seasons combined:

Drai - 209 games, 299 points, 124 goals (1.43 ppg)
Mack - 199 games, 257 points, 96 goals (1.29 ppg)

Last 2 seasons only:

Drai - 127 games, 194 points, 74 goals (1.53 ppg)
Mack - 117 games, 158 points, 55 goals (1.35 ppg)

Gap grows looking at just past 2 years.

Drai swept the awards last year - Mack has no awards to show.

It's true that Mack has been better in the playoffs - but Drai has actual decent enough production there, just low game count. 11 points in 8 games past 2 years. Are Mack's playoff performances really enough to outdo the massive edge in regular season production Drai has over the past 3 years? Especially since - Colorado still has yet to make it out of round 2 in the playoffs, so it's all early round performance.

Similar tier players - but my vote is Drai. I'd have Mack at #4

Mac has great linemates but he is the go to guy. I think there should probably be a bit of an asterisk with Draisaitl when just looking at his raw point totals considering who he plays with IMO.

 

[amnesiac]

Skaters and goalies should be separated, because it's unfair in terms of popularity. Goalies are less popular thus they have no chance to be high on this list.

Has nothing to do with popularity... They are just far more inconsistent and system dependent.

There's been how many different Vezina winners in a row now?

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Mack. Add EP.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

After Mac I think I'd go Hedman. It's just so difficult to accurately compare forward impact with defenseman impact, though, so it's easier to rank the "gaudy offensive forward totals" ahead of what defensemen bring.

But in terms of controlling the game, Hedman probably ranks up there with any of the names left on the board.

 

[Puikiou]

Mackinnon.

Add Chabot.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

After Mac I think I'd go Hedman. It's just so difficult to accurately compare forward impact with defenseman impact, though, so it's easier to rank the "gaudy offensive forward totals" ahead of what defensemen bring.

But in terms of controlling the game, Hedman probably ranks up there with any of the names left on the board.

for myself I would probably tier it

1) McDavid
2) MacKinnon, Kucherov
3) Matthews, Draisaitl, Hedman, Panarin, Crosby, Marchand, Barkov, Vasilevskiy and Kane.

any one of those players I listed would be fine at 4 IMO

 

[Garthinater]

Mac has great linemates but he is the go to guy. I think there should probably be a bit of an asterisk with Draisaitl when just looking at his raw point totals considering who he plays with IMO.

Oiler fans believe mcdavid is unanimously the best player in the league.

At the same time, they try and say that drai doesn't get boosted by playing with the best player in the league.

Lots of flip flopping.