Vegas or LA down the middle?

[SeanMoneyHands]

Eichel
Stephenson
Karlsson
Roy (or Blueger if Roy plays third line wing)

vs

Kopitar
PLD
Danault
Lizotte (or Lewis if Lizotte shifts to wing. Both can play center.)

Which team is better down the middle

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great poll as always, @SeanMoneyHands !!

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[Skinnyjimmy08]

Can u make an option "refuse to answer cause don't know"?? Lol

This is honestly tough... Instantly I thought LA but then I find Stephenson has been soooo underrated for a few years now so I was going to then say VGK...

Hmmmmm

I'll probably go VGK... I'm not the biggest fan of PLD and find him rather overrated

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Is Byfield slated to be on wing for the foreseeable future? Cause if he was still projected at C, Kings are my choice easily. If not, Vegas by a hair

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Is Byfield slated to be on wing for the foreseeable future? Cause if he was still projected at C, Kings are my choice easily. If not, Vegas by a hair

Byfield has not yet demonstrated the ability to produce as a top six center at the NHL level.

 

[Trash Panda]

Is Byfield slated to be on wing for the foreseeable future? Cause if he was still projected at C, Kings are my choice easily. If not, Vegas by a hair

Odds are, he is going to be given every chance on Kopitars wing out of camp.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Blueger possibly 3C

 

[NiagaraKraken]

Vegas

 

[Connor McConnor]

Eichel
Kopitar
Stephenson
PLD
Danault/Karlsson
Doesn’t matter

 

[DimitriL07]

Blueger’s on the Nucks

 

[Peat]

Real tough one so I'll go for the set with the best player, which is Vegas with Eichel.

 

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Blueger’s on the Nucks

@VanillaCoke

 

[Sean Garrity]

Eichel
Kopitar
Stephenson
PLD
Danault/Karlsson
Doesn’t matter

This seems accurate. I like Vegas but it’s not by much and I see Eichel as the clear difference maker.

 

[Connor McConnor]

This seems accurate. I like Vegas but it’s not by much and I see Eichel as the clear difference maker.

Stephensons skating ability and two way play overcome PLDs obvious greater offensive talent and that’s the second difference maker (Eichel being the clear favourite).

 

[olli]

its close but I’ll take the team that just won the cup. Eichel is just as good as Kopitar and Kopitar isn’t getting younger. Stephenson is just as good as PLD even tho PLD has shown flashes of being better. Karlsson and Danault is pretty much a wash, both really good defensive Cs.

 

[centipede2233]

Eichel
Stephenson
Karlsson
Roy (or Blueger if Roy plays third line wing)

vs

Kopitar
PLD
Danault
Lizotte (or Lewis if Lizotte shifts to wing. Both can play center.)

Which team is better down the middle

Blueger is on the Canucks…

 

[Evergreen]

Stephensons skating ability and two way play overcome PLDs obvious greater offensive talent and that’s the second difference maker (Eichel being the clear favourite).

I think you're underestimating PLD's defensive ability. He is a very good defensive player.

Personally I'd give the edge to Dubois over Stephenson even though Stephenson is one of my favorite players. I just love the way he skates.

Overall, I'd go with LA in this poll, at least for the next year or two. After that, I think Vegas gets the edge, largely due to Kopitar's age.

My ranking would be as follows, but honestly these guys are all pretty close outside of the Eichel and Kopitar being 1 and 2.

Eichel
Kopitar
PLD
Stephenson
Karlsson/Danault

Roy/Lizotte

 

[pegcity]

I like both

 

[its josh]

LA. Tougher to play against.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

great poll as always, @SeanMoneyHands !!

Quickly becoming one of the all time greats on HF Polls section

Lol all time greats? Yeah right.

 

[Machinehead]

I went with Vegas.

I never got the PLD hype. Another solid player that's made out to be something special because muh size.

On kind of the same token, Danault did make it close. He's a better player than PLD in every game state but powerplay.

 

[mahomes95]

Vegas, they just won the championship.

 

[Atoyot]

I think you're underestimating PLD's defensive ability. He is a very good defensive player.

Personally I'd give the edge to Dubois over Stephenson even though Stephenson is one of my favorite players. I just love the way he skates.

Overall, I'd go with LA in this poll, at least for the next year or two. After that, I think Vegas gets the edge, largely due to Kopitar's age.

My ranking would be as follows, but honestly these guys are all pretty close outside of the Eichel and Kopitar being 1 and 2.

Eichel
Kopitar
PLD
Stephenson
Karlsson/Danault

Roy/Lizotte

Dubois is not a good defensive player.

Very close, went with LA.

 

[innitfam]

I'll take Vegas.

Nic Roy on the 4th line puts then over the top in this one.