Who Is The Best Player That Nobody Talks About?

[pi314]

Obviously media attention plays a big part in who gets noticed.

Who is the best player that nobody really talks about?

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[Leafidelity]

Jamie Benn

 

[K Fleur]

Blake Wheeler.

 

[Dzonna]

Carey price

 

[triggrman]

Filip Forsberg gets no love here...

 

[rent free]

Gaudreau. He bad a career high 84 points this season and is rarely talked about. Probably the least talked about 84 point season in a while.

 

[ziggyjoe212]

Brian Dumoulin.

Overshadowed by a roster full of stars and 2 high scoring dmen, he was the most important defenseman in the 2017 SC run. One of the best defensive players in the league.
He is limited offensively so he isn't a sexy name, but his defensive game is unmatched on the team.

 

[McNuge]

Wheeler for sure, he is consistently good and is often over looked while probably being the best player on his team.

 

[Alf the dwarf]

Barkov, the most underrated player by media atleast

 

[AKL]

Barkov, the most underrated player by media atleast

For how much people gush about Kopitar and Bergeron, Barkov should get a lot more love.

 

[Silky mitts]

Giordano, never see him talked about

 

[Old Gregg]

Malkin

 

[Reddawg]

Barkov, the most underrated player by media atleast

I can get behind this, he had the quietest damn-near PPG season I've ever seen.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Blues do not play the Panthers often, and they never get national coverage, but when I do get to watch Barkov play, I always ask myself who is this beautiful stallion and why is the NHL hiding him from us.

He is so impressive every time I see him.

 

[Kranix]

Matthews

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Brian Dumoulin.

Overshadowed by a roster full of stars and 2 high scoring dmen, he was the most important defenseman in the 2017 SC run. One of the best defensive players in the league.
He is limited offensively so he isn't a sexy name, but his defensive game is unmatched on the team.

Great comment here, man. Dumoulin is highly underrated. Great shut-down player, great skater, physical when he needs to be, and can move the puck fairly well.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Barkov is a top-5 defensive forward in the NHL who is a PPG player that has never hit 80 points due to injury.

Why is he consistently ranked below Eichel and Matthews, who are PPG players that have never hit 70 points due to injury, but who also don’t bring remotely the same defensive game?

 

[oXo Cube]

John Klingberg

It's probably Barkov though if we're serious.

 

[saxonmiller]

Manson, Raanta, Pastrnak, Giordano, Aho, Rantanen, S. Jones, Benn, Radulov, Barkov, Trochek, Granlund, Forsberg, Barzal (even with a Calder, still not talked about a whole lot it seems), Skjei, Stone, Malkin, Dumoulin, Couture, Schwartz, Wheeler, Scheifele

A few names I can think of from almost every team. Non-extensive.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Mikko Rantanen got 84 points in his second NHL season. Rarely do you hear about him and when you do its mostly about him leeching points because of MacKinnon.

 

[eviohh26]

Seth Jones.
Maybe Barkov? I've been following him like a hawk and have had him last 2 years in my pools.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Matthews

 

[StoneHands]

John Gibson
Wheeler
Granlund
Voracek
Pavelski
Trocheck
Monahan
Forsberg
Arvidsson
Rakell

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden Point, Mark Giordano, Jaccob Slavin, Dougie Hamilton, Filip Forsberg, idk there’s a bunch more

 

[rinne]

Barkov.

There was a short period of time during the spring when Barkov was subject of discussion relatively lot even in this forum. But that lasted for what? Two weeks or so? Apart from that... There really isn't lot. And it has been so since his draft year. There was no "Laine" kind of hype even though Barkov played one hell of draft year. Hell, even Mikael Granlund probably had more hype at some point...

For a center who is currently arguably top5 at his position, there sure isn't a lot of talk about Barkov.