Where does Panarin rank among left wingers?

[ViD]

He finished second in points behind Marchand, safe to say he's currently second best LW in the NHL or there's more to it?

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[Ryan Michaels]

He finished second in points behind Marchand, safe to say he's currently second best LW in the NHL or there's more to it?

Um certainly not safe to say... I mean I think almost everyone would still put Benn ahead of him, identical point per game pace this year, significantly outscored Panarin the season prior, more complete player, best player on his team and furthermore the best player on his line. Which is no insult, but yes certainly there is more to it then the most recent single season point total, as there almost always is.

As a side not I'm sure I will already have been beaten to this point, which sort of proves the point.

 

[JaegerDice]

Lol, he is not the 2nd best left-winger in the NHL, no.

He's very good though.

 

[ViD]

Lol, he is not the 2nd best left-winger in the NHL, no.

He's very good though.

Who are the better ones ?

 

[Sky04]

Who are the better ones ?

Jamie Benn? Who has placed 1,2 in NHL scoring the previous 2 years and averages 81 points/season over the past 4, yeah that doesn't get erased by 1 year where Panarin outscores him by 5 points in 5 more games..

 

[Tifosi]

lol not even top 5.

 

[halcyon]

Sort of unrelated but I'll just ask this here: has the Panarin is only good because he plays with Kane narrative died out now or is that still a thing?

He had 17 points in 9 games and won Best Forward at the WC playing without Kane.

Kane still had a very good season this year but he didn't duplicate his out-of-this-world performance that he had last season, and yet Panarin still scored roughly the same amount of points as he did before.

 

[halcyon]

lol not even top 5.

Who are 5 better left wingers?

 

[Tifosi]

Who are 5 better left wingers?

Benn
Ovi
Marchand
Sadd
Forsberg
Ehlers

 

[Senor Catface]

I guess the whole "Anisimov is a top center" thing got a little far-fetched?

 

[halcyon]

Benn
Ovi
Marchand
Sadd
Forsberg
Ehlers

Ovi is living off his reputation right now. He is not actually a better player than Panarin at this point in time.

53 points Saad is not better than 74 points Panarin.

Forsberg is very debatable and probably being propped up by recency bias due to Nashville's playoff run.

Lmao at Ehlers.

 

[kp61c]

Benn
Ovi
Marchand
Sadd
Forsberg
Ehlers

i can agree with benn being better. then the list gets atrocious fast.

 

[ChiHawk21]

Benn
Ovi
Marchand
Sadd
Forsberg
Ehlers

bad bad list

 

[JaegerDice]

Ovi is living off his reputation right now. He is not actually a better player than Panarin at this point in time.

53 points Saad is not better than 74 points Panarin.

Forsberg is very debatable and probably being propped up by recency bias due to Nashville's playoff run.

Lmao at Ehlers.

Saad isn't sheltered as hard as Panarin and gets a larger percentage of his points 5v5. Also far better over 200ft. Im not sure if he's better, but he's certainly at least on par with Panarin.

Forsberg is 100% iron-lock better than Panarin. I cant believe thats even a debate.

Benn certainly is.

I might be crazy, not actually sure Ovechkin is still better than Panarin.

Ehlers isn't as good, at least not yet.

 

[Tifosi]

Ovi is living off his reputation right now. He is not actually a better player than Panarin at this point in time.

53 points Saad is not better than 74 points Panarin.

Forsberg is very debatable and probably being propped up by recency bias due to Nashville's playoff run.

Lmao at Ehlers.

I'll take Sadd over Panarin anyday, especially in the playoffs. Forsberg doesn't have Kane, Ehler is just as good and is going to get better.

 

[JaegerDice]

Who are the better ones ?

Jamie Benn
Brad Marchand
Filip Forsberg
Max Pacioretty
Taylor Hall

Roughly on par:

Johnny Gaudreu
Brandon Saad
Ondrej Palat

Not quite as good, but in the same conversation:

Ehlers
Schwartz
Skinner
Ovechkin (right now, anyway)

All, obviously, IMO

 

[Hogan86]

Who are the better ones ?

Benn, Ovi, Forsberg, Marchand, Gaudreau, Schwartz, Skinner...I take any one of those Left wingers over Panarin.

 

[kp61c]

Benn, Ovi, Forsberg, Marchand, Gaudreau, Schwartz, Skinner...I take any one of those Left wingers over Panarin.

i won't, except for benn.

 

[VoynovsParoleOfficer]

gaudreau certainly deserves consideration... id safely assume he would be a PPG lock if playing long term with Kaner

Benn
Marchand

besides that everything else is debatable to me. Forsberg might be the closest comparison

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

He is on a line with Kane and is last in the league for DZFO%.. I wouldn't have him in my top 5 left wingers in the league

 

[ViD]

Jamie Benn
Brad Marchand
Filip Forsberg
Max Pacioretty
Taylor Hall

Roughly on par:

Johnny Gaudreu
Brandon Saad
Ondrej Palat

Not quite as good, but in the same conversation:

Ehlers
Schwartz
Skinner
Ovechkin (right now, anyway)

All, obviously, IMO

Are you guys for real ?

Panarin has been around top 10 in scoring both seasons he was in the league including his rookie season.

And for those that say he's only good because of Kane, he just won the best forward award at the WHC.

He's easily top 3.

 

[Lays]

Benn
Ovi
Marchand
Sadd
Forsberg
Ehlers

Saad is definitely not better, Ehlers isn't either (isn't Ehlers RW?)

 

[ChiefWiggum]

1. Benn
2. Marchand
3a. Panarin
3b. Taylor Hall

Panarin is severly underrated but he is not better than Benn

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

3rd, behind Benn and Gaudreau.

 

[Mike Hasselhoffman]

1. Benn
2. Marchand
3. Panarin
4. Forsberg
5. Gaudreau
6. Pacioretty
7. Hall
8. Ovechkin
9. Saad
10. Landeskog

That's my list.