Winger Rankings #1

[Boreal01]

Defencemen rankings will be wrapping up after today so figured I'd get a jump start on the center/winger rankings

There is no specific criteria, just vote for who you determine to be the best player available (disregard contracts)

Certain players listed as centers may sometimes play wing (or vice versa) so for the purposes of these lists, players will be added based on what their position is officially listed as on NHL.com

As always, feel free to leave suggestions for who should be added in the future

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[Krewe]

Kucherov AINEC

 

[wintersej]

Brad Marchand should be easily top 5 and isn’t an option.

 

[Boreal01]

Brad Marchand should be easily top 5 and isn’t an option.

That's an oversight on my part, I've added him

Wanted to randomize the order of the candidates and accidentally took him off the list entirely

 

[Regal]

I'll give the edge to Kucherov for his recent playoff performances, but Panarin is right there as well.

Top 5 is probably
Kucherov
Panarin
Marchand
Kane
Stone

Then Pastrnak,Rantanen, Huberdeau, Marner in some order, then Ovechkin rounding out the top 10.

Then it gets tricky.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Panarin

 

[SUX2BU]

Kuch #1 Bull shitter

 

[M2Beezy]

I'll give the edge to Kucherov for his recent playoff performances, but Panarin is right there as well.

Top 5 is probably
Kucherov
Panarin
Marchand
Kane
Stone

Then Pastrnak,Rantanen, Huberdeau, Marner in some order, then Ovechkin rounding out the top 10.

Then it gets tricky.

Good list Regally, agreed. If I disagreed it would therefore be a bad list

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Brad Marchand should be easily top 5 and isn’t an option.

Well to be fair this is a poll for best winger in the league. The only option is Kucherov.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Kucherov should be the unanimous answer based on his past 2 playoff runs

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I'll give the edge to Kucherov for his recent playoff performances, but Panarin is right there as well.

Top 5 is probably
Kucherov
Panarin
Marchand
Kane
Stone

Then Pastrnak,Rantanen, Huberdeau, Marner in some order, then Ovechkin rounding out the top 10.

Then it gets tricky.

Kuch, Panarin, and Marchand are the clear top-3.

I think Pasta, Rants, and Marner are right on par with Kane and Stone imo. It just depends on preference.

 

[ted2019]

Kucherov.

 

[hamzarocks]

Kucherov

Panarin
Marchand
Pastranak

Kane
Marner
Rantanen
Huberdeau

Stone
OV

Thats my top 10 in tiers

 

[Regal]

Kuch, Panarin, and Marchand are the clear top-3.

I think Pasta, Rants, and Marner are right on par with Kane and Stone imo. It just depends on preference.

I generally agree. I didn't mean to make it sound like two tiers of the top 5 and bottom 5. I think the top 3 are clear like you say, and the next 6 are all close. Just personally I would take Kane and Stone next and then I can't decide on the order of the other 4.

 

[blundluntman]

Is there really any argument for somebody over Kucherov? I can't think of anything

 

[bobholly39]

Is there really any argument for somebody over Kucherov? I can't think of anything

No.

He has the best season (by far) of any winger in past 3 years. Granted 3 years ago is now a little while ago - but he didn't play at all last season, and the season prior he had a bit of a slow start and was heating up at end when covid hit.

As for playoffs - he has the clear two best playoff runs as a winger in the past 3 years too.

0 Argument for anyone else.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

shit. voted pasta but meant to vote kuch

 

[GreeningOil]

Kucherov AINEC

Agreed

 

[libertarian]

As a Jet fan I can tell you that Ehlers is a much better winger then Connor. OP obviously does not watch Jet games.

 

[abo9]

Kucherov AINEC

That's one instance when AINEC is appropriate

 

[Boreal01]

As a Jet fan I can tell you that Ehlers is a much better winger then Connor. OP obviously does not watch Jet games.

I try to watch a little of every team but I'd be lying if I said Winnipeg isn't one of the more forgettable franchises in the league

My personal view of players doesn't really influence who gets added, candidates are selected based on their average placement across a compilation of rankings combined with a ranking of their stats and advanced performance metrics

 

[libertarian]

I try to watch a little of every team but I'd be lying if I said Winnipeg isn't one of the more forgettable franchises in the league

My personal view of players doesn't really influence who gets added, candidates are selected based on their average placement across a compilation of rankings combined with a ranking of their stats and advanced performance metrics

Fair enough and thanks for the response. I'll tell you right now though that a vast majority of Jets fans who watch most if not all their games will tell you that Ehlers is not just the best winger on the Jets but the best player overall except for Helle.

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

Kucherov.