Who is the better player between Marner Matthews tavares

[Hunter368]

If I had a choice to take one today........easy choice. Marner without any hesitation, when factoring performance, skill, age and contract.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

HF is going to say Marner because they want him payed more than Matthews to screw the leafs cap. Luckily real NHL agents and employees don’t base their numbers off polls.

 

[6ix]

This year, Marner.

 

[ccman68]

HF is going to say Marner because they want him payed more than Matthews to screw the leafs cap. Luckily real NHL agents and employees don’t base their numbers off polls.

Seems like a lot of leafs fans are saying Marner as well so that doesn’t make a lot of sense.

And not like Dubas is looking at this poll while deciding what to pay Marner.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Matthews
all 3 are great though

 

[Connor McConnor]

How would you know? Matthews is just getting started, and Tavares is still in his prime and still has time to be a major player for some playoff runs. Matthews and Tavares achieving what Forsberg and Sakic did is the hope, and it is a hope, but they are among the most realistic of all candidates today to do it.

No... they aren't. Neither will be close to Sakic and Forsberg don't get this twisted.

 

[Los merengues]

HF is going to say Marner because they want him payed more than Matthews to screw the leafs cap. Luckily real NHL agents and employees don’t base their numbers off polls.

*People who know hockey are going to say Marner

 

[BayStreetBully]

*People who know hockey are going to say Marner

All three are equally amazing. They’re a three-headed monster. Can’t go wrong with any of them.

 

[Cleatus]

I rank them as Marner, Tavares, Matthews this season. Matthews probably winds up becoming the best in the not too distant future though.

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

Marner AINEC. Anyone not caught up in the hype machine know this.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Marner>=Matthews>>>Tavares

 

[Los merengues]

All three are equally amazing. They’re a three-headed monster. Can’t go wrong with any of them.

No they are not. Like Kuch, Stamkos, Point arent either. Marner is The best followed by Tavares and them Matthews. They are all great players but not on The same lvl.

 

[BlueBaron]

Marner AINEC. Anyone not caught up in the hype machine know this.

What is funny is you do not know how ironic you are being.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

This season:
Marner >= Tavares > Matthews

Going forward:
Marner = Matthews > Tavares

 

[authentic]

I think Matthews could be the best if he had the intensity that Marner had, but he seems really inconsistent to me with effort level. Marner plays hard every game. I voted Marner, but could change in the future.

This is basically it. Matthews was better, and should be better going forward, but he mostly hasn't been better since late last season if I'm being honest, offensively or defensively except for short stretches here and there.

 

[780il]

If I had a choice to take one today........easy choice. Marner without any hesitation, when factoring performance, skill, age and contract.

This

 

[Love]

Tavares has 47 goals and 37 of them are at even strength (leads the league). He also drives play better than both Marner and Matthews according to possession stats. He’s getting underrated here in a big way.

If Tavares scores 40 ES goals he’ll be the first player since Stamkos (48 ES goals in 11-12) to do it. Ovechkin also did it once in 07-08 (43 ES goals). Other than Ovechkin and Stamkos each doing it once, it hasn’t happened since the 90s.

 

[dukeofjive]

Marner is having an epic season, Tavares is having is best season and mathews is having a rough season.

Voted for my boy marner.

 

[OilCanada92]

Marner is having an epic season, Tavares is having is best season and mathews is having a rough season.

Voted for my boy marner.

Most players are setting new career highs this season. Scoring is up. Tavares had 86 points in 2014-15 and was 1 point away from winning the Art Ross. Right now, he has 88 points and is 16th in scoring. 2014-15 was more impressive.

 

[Crabapple]

Marner until Matthews can put together a consistent (health and production) season.

 

[Jyrki Lumme]

It's honestly hilarious that Matthews was seen as good right until he signed his contract, now he's a disappointment. Marner is now seen as a god, but he's gonna be overpaid as soon as he gets signed.

Honestly I don't know who the best is, but it doesn't matter, they're all Leafs.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Marner should make more than Matthews

 

[ole ole]

Its Matthews, when he's on he's at a level the other two can't match. Marner and JT are having slightly better seasons glued to each others hips and healthy all season. Since Matthews and Nylander got reunited he's mostly been just as good, he's certainly still the best player on this team going forward.

Edit: sorry, I answered this thread seriously, I can tell by the other responses that was a waste of time. Both guys are ">>>>" than Matthews, yep, I'm sure you guys know the Leafs.

Wow. Who would have thought.When he's on he's the best.To bad he's rarely on compared to Marner.

 

[authentic]

Tavares has 47 goals and 37 of them are at even strength (leads the league). He also drives play better than both Marner and Matthews according to possession stats. He’s getting underrated here in a big way.

If Tavares scores 40 ES goals he’ll be the first player since Stamkos (48 ES goals in 11-12) to do it. Ovechkin also did it once in 07-08 (43 ES goals). Other than Ovechkin and Stamkos each doing it once, it hasn’t happened since the 90s.

That is pretty crazy, and he's not a bad defensive player either. It's amazing what he can do while being limited in his skating speed compared to most players in the league now, such a smart player and strong on the puck, arguably the best player in the world infront of the net.

 

[Placid Perspicuity]

If there was a legitimate time to have the “Leafs fan voting _____” vs “Neutral (lol!) fan voting ______” option in a poll, this was it.

I can see why many people think Marner is the best. He’s certainly been the most noticeable on many nights carrying the puck this season. However, all three bring a very different style of play, and both Tavares and Matthews do things that Marner simply cannot do. I think that’s part of the reason Marner and Tavares work so well together.

Let’s not forget that neither Marner or Matthews are a finished product yet. Honestly, as a Leaf fan who has watched every shift of their NHL careers, I can say that neither is vastly better than the other.