who would you rather McDavid or Matthew's?

[NMKT87]

I voted other because I wasn't sure what Matthews was in possession of. It never was specified... The guide from back to the future? Sole access to Gary Roberts?

 

[Damisoph]

Silly question. McDavid every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Poor Matthews.
I can see it now. we win the lottery, we draft him and everyone is gonna be "But he's not Conner..."

 

[SEER]

Poor Matthews.
I can see it now. we win the lottery, we draft him and everyone is gonna be "But he's not Conner..."

I think it will take a good three years in the NHL for both, to make a true comparisson and to know who the better catch was..., Daisy.. Who knows..? McDavid could turn out to be injury prone... Matthews could give up hockey and become a figure skater.. Morgan Rielly could come back next season and add his defensive game to his WHL offensive totals... and wow everybody..?

Too many people get way too over-hyped by what a few media people say... Everything is speculation, until we see these guys play in the big league for awhile..

But.., for the question to this thread.., It's Micky-D for me...

 

[Loosie]

We need let McDavid go, he was never ours. We're not getting him.

 

[TheProspector]

Eichel and Matthews have put up nearly identical numbers in the USHL -- Matthews in 2015, Eichel in 2014:

2014 USHL Eichel 1.875ppg (302% of average) starting the season at 16.94 years old
24 GP, 20G, 25A (45P)

2015 USHL Auston Matthews 2.00ppg (296% of average) starting the season at 17.05 years old
24 GP, 20G, 28A (48P)

Matthews = Eichel.

McDavid is a generational player. Eichel and Matthews are good, but not nearly that good.

 

[mallory67]

Matthews.

McDavid's career will not be what people think.
Absolutely McDavid is more talented ... but the Edmonton curse and NHL hits will add up.

 

[Phatic]

this is one of those AINEC polls.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Matthews - he is younger.

 

[Voodoo Child]

The answer is unquestionably McDavid...but we don't have him so why dwell? If Matthews can become a Stamkos-Tavares-Seguin level player, that's also good for us.

Marner-Matthews-JVR
Kapanen-Nylander-Komarov
Holland-Kadri-Leivo
(4th line)

Or if we get Stamkos (I think we won't but less and less so every day)...

Marner-Stamkos-JVR
Kapanen-Matthews-Nylander
Holland-Kadri-Komarov
(4th line)


And of course guys like Brown, Timashov, Lindberg, Gauthier, Dzerkals, Leipsic and Johnson, in addition to the picks (11?) we have this year. Looks like a forward group with a great mix of size and skill - I daresay that (IF - these guys reach or come close to reaching their true potential) it could even be a Stanley Cup contending caliber group of forwards.

By comparison, Edmonton...

Eberle - McDavid - Pouliot
Hall - RNH - Yakupov
(3rd line with Draisatl)
(4th line)

McDavid is God.
Eberle is highly skilled, but small, soft and easy to play against.
Pouliot is a surprise but he's a 2nd-3rd liner not a top liner.
You can already see Hall's past injuries slowing him down.
RNH...like Eberle but a little more complete but injury prone.
Yakupov is a bust, he looks like the worst 1st overall since Patrik Stefan.

Others, like Draisatl look great...but the rest of them are terrible. And don't even start me on that defense - even after trading our best defenseman, we still have two guys better than anything they have and better prospects.

The NHL isn't the NBA - one superstar doesn't make you into a championship contender.

And for the love of god...let's let McDavid play a few full seasons before we say he's better than Wayne Gretzky (the most prolific player ever) or Mario Lemieux (the most dominant forward ever)!

 

[Steve]

There is no player in the league (or world for that matter) that I would want more than McDavid for this team as it sits.

 

[BayStreetBully]

Matthews because as of today we have a 10-20% shot at him next year.

McDavid is unrealistic for now so who cares.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

There both young phenols so it's all good.

LOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenols

The phenol I would rather would be passed to me from Snoop Dogg.

 

[Jerkini]

This is quite possibly the stupidest poll i've ever seen on this site.

 

[HellasLEAF]

not feeling this poll

 

[HamiltonNHL]

This is quite possibly the stupidest poll i've ever seen on this site.

not feeling this poll

Indeed.

 

[BooRadley]

This is a landslide.

I wonder if having the two Fins or Matthews and a Fin vs McDavid would sway some votes.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Poll should be Marner/Matthews or McDavid/Dubois...

 

[tmlms13]

I wouldn't care if McDavid was born in Moscow to a former KGB Agent and Matthews grew up at Maple Leaf Square Condos.

I'm taking McDavid.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

McDavid or Matthews.

Both Please !!

 

[Prince N]

Well I wouldn't say that... more like do you wanna be a billionaire or a millionaire

Don't try to be too slick...I pick Billionaire which automatically makes me a millionaire which means I get both players...powned!!!

 

[Leafidelity]

I just wonder if the WWE head office of the nhl has an agenda

What?

 

[wc17]

This is a joke post right. Close this thing up!

 

[BertCorbeau]

Yeah this is lopsided

Closed.