Which forwards are better than Draisaitl right now?

[Joey Moss]

Let's stop pretending like there's actually more than 2 forwards better than him.

 

[KidLine93]

We did see that. This current season. They were both injured for weeks/months and MacKinnon just kept producing with Calvert and Donskoi and other rotating parts.

And how did rantanen produce on his own? You're having issues reading what you quoted? I'm not questioning Mackinnon

 

[redwings25]

drai is a beast, a lot like malkin/Crosby drai mcjesus will go back and forth on whos better that year. Kenny has a lot of work to do to build around them but you couldn't ask for 2 better players to build around.

 

[Lias]

Off the top of my head:

Crosby, Stone, Kucherov, Panarin, Malkin, Mackinnon, Matthews, McDavid, Marchand, Bergeron, Stamkos, Huberdeau, Couturier, Point, Vrana

If I look into it, probably some more too

 

[duul]

Off the top of my head:

Crosby, Stone, Kucherov, Panarin, Malkin, Mackinnon, Matthews, McDavid, Marchand, Bergeron, Stamkos, Huberdeau, Couturier, Point, Vrana

If I look into it, probably some more too

Genuinely laughing so hard right now. I just spit coffee into my lap. God damn you.

 

[Lias]

Genuinely laughing so hard right now. I just spit coffee into my lap. God damn you.

Wasn't meant to be a joke. After looking into this further, I can add McCann, Rust, Svechnikov, Boeser, JT Miller, Marcus Foligno, Niederreiter, Pacioretty, Hall, Zucker, Copp, Reilly Smith, William Nylander, Pettersson, Marner, Kase, Forsberg, Bjorkstrand, Giroux, O'Reilly, Cirelli, Radulov, Tatar, Dubois, Hertl, Craig Smith, Gallagher, Danault, Vrana

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Wasn't meant to be a joke. After looking into this further, I can add McCann, Rust, Svechnikov, Boeser, JT Miller, Marcus Foligno, Niederreiter, Pacioretty, Hall, Zucker, Copp, Reilly Smith, William Nylander, Pettersson, Marner, Kase, Forsberg, Bjorkstrand, Giroux, O'Reilly, Cirelli, Radulov, Tatar, Dubois, Hertl, Craig Smith, Gallagher, Danault, Vrana

Don't forget the freight train:

(This post actually is meant to be a joke but I fully endorse the post I quoted. Tavares also got snubbed.)

 

[duul]

Wasn't meant to be a joke. After looking into this further, I can add McCann, Rust, Svechnikov, Boeser, JT Miller, Marcus Foligno, Niederreiter, Pacioretty, Hall, Zucker, Copp, Reilly Smith, William Nylander, Pettersson, Marner, Kase, Forsberg, Bjorkstrand, Giroux, O'Reilly, Cirelli, Radulov, Tatar, Dubois, Hertl, Craig Smith, Gallagher, Danault, Vrana

A solid case could be made for Teddy Blueger as well, when you think about it rationally.

 

[nshlphoenix]

McDavid
Panarin
MacKinnon
Ovechkin

That’s all folks... were done here.

 

[Dr Salt]

A solid case could be made for Teddy Blueger as well, when you think about it rationally.

The Oilers made a mistake not trading Drai and instead Caguilla for Brandon Manning. Caguilla is better because he actually is okay on defense!!!!!!!!!!

(Like another post above this may just be a cruel joke.)

 

[duul]

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The Oilers made a mistake not trading Drai and instead Caguilla for Brandon Manning. Caguilla is better because he actually is okay on defense!!!!!!!!!!

(Like another post above this may just be a cruel joke.)

Man, I am such a big Caggiula fan. That Manning trade was horrific.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

Off the top of my head:

Crosby, Stone, Kucherov, Panarin, Malkin, Mackinnon, Matthews, McDavid, Marchand, Bergeron, Stamkos, Huberdeau, Couturier, Point, Vrana

If I look into it, probably some more too

Weird having Vrana there instead of the other 4 all-stars on that team

 

[the_fan]

McDavid
MacKinnon
Kerfoot

The only ones I can think of better than Draisaitl

 

[a mangy Meowth]

And how did rantanen produce on his own? You're having issues reading what you quoted? I'm not questioning Mackinnon

I apologize. I assumed that you meant MacKinnon since literally nobody else mentioned Rantanen. You're right though

 

[Sweetpotato]

He was better than McDavid the first 20-25 games or so when McDavid was getting his legs back following that insane recovery he made. In fact I’d argue during that period Draisaitl was the best player in the NHL.

Outside of that funky spell he went through for a few games hes been the best player this year.

 

[Isaak16]

Off the top of my head:

Crosby, Stone, Kucherov, Panarin, Malkin, Mackinnon, Matthews, McDavid, Marchand, Bergeron, Stamkos, Huberdeau, Couturier, Point, Vrana

If I look into it, probably some more too

Hmmmm

 

[Lias]

Weird having Vrana there instead of the other 4 all-stars on that team

How exactly is it weird? He's been the Capitals' best forward

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

How exactly is it weird? He's been the Capitals' best forward

Some people have more conventional and effective ways of evaluating players than whatever arbitrary way you're choosing to use. Now your list makes sense.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

McDavid

That’s it

 

[SwedishFire]

McDavid takes all the defending so Drisaitel gets easy minutes

Uh-hum.. 4 point night *cough*

 

[Lias]

Some people have more conventional and effective ways of evaluating players than whatever arbitrary way you're choosing to use. Now your list makes sense.

Looking at points and other counting stats may be conventional, but in no way is it effective.

Using analytics is not arbitrary, it's literally just looking at data

 

[KlefDown]

Wasn't meant to be a joke. After looking into this further, I can add McCann, Rust, Svechnikov, Boeser, JT Miller, Marcus Foligno, Niederreiter, Pacioretty, Hall, Zucker, Copp, Reilly Smith, William Nylander, Pettersson, Marner, Kase, Forsberg, Bjorkstrand, Giroux, O'Reilly, Cirelli, Radulov, Tatar, Dubois, Hertl, Craig Smith, Gallagher, Danault, Vrana

the thread should have been called which forwards is draisaitl better than right? would have been a shorter list

 

[Lias]

the thread should have been called which forwards is draisaitl better than right? would have been a shorter list

Still would have been a list of about 12-15 players

 

[KlefDown]

Still would have been a list of about 12-15 players

agreed.
"Which AHL players are better than Drai?"

 

[Saltcreek]

Looking at points and other counting stats may be conventional, but in no way is it effective.

Using analytics is not arbitrary, it's literally just looking at data

You might want to ask Dallas Eakins on how well that worked out for him.