Zibanejad vs Barzal

[Ben White]

Who’s the better player?

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[Michael HOMERUNing]

Barzal, And It's Not Even Close

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Do we need to do Zibanejad polls every time he goes on a hot streak?

Barzal, not close.

 

[bobholly39]

Who’s the better player?

I'll give you my opinion on Zib - I'm very unsure about what player he is.

Never topped 51 point in a season until 2019, and just seemed some average player like many others.
In 2019, still not ppg, but closer, so some potential, but its probably career year non-repeatable.
Then last year out of nowhere - he's almost rivaling Drai/McDavid on ppg, and Matthews/Ovi on goal pace, among league leaders.
And then - he had like 11 points in 27 games and sucked bad to start, and last year seemed a pipe dream.
And now - he starts again and has 15 points in 5 games.

I simply don't trust him enough to vote him above Barzal (nor EP in other thread). I feel like he could be rated very very high if he can convince me last year and these past few games is what he's capable of - but I want to see him be more consistent rest of season first to get a better idea of who he is.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Zibby only good vs Flyers.

 

[Riseonfire]

NYR trying hard to find things to feel good about.

 

[Castle8130]

Covid really hurt Zibby, but he has gained the muscle in his legs back about 7 games ago. His core strength is also back, which allows him to shoot that blistering shot of his.

All in all, Zibanejad would probably have more points than barzal had he not gotten covid. Aside from points, I think Barzal is the more useful player and has a bigger impact during the playoffs.

Final answer: Barzal

 

[Kupo]

Who’s the better player?

You create the worst threads.

 

[Kupo]

NYR trying hard to find things to feel good about.

I don’t think he’s a Rangers fan.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Next time he scores on Philly can we have Zibby vs McDavid?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Barzal's reputation is far higher than his actual level. Zibanejad has heavily outproduced Barzal the past 3 seasons, is several tiers higher as a goal scorer, and kills penalties at a high level.

Barzal produces the occasional highlight reel play and suddenly he's better AINEC? They have identical production this season even after Zib's horrible start.

 

[Riseonfire]

Barzal's reputation is far higher than his actual level. Zibanejad has heavily outproduced Barzal the past 3 seasons, is several tiers higher as a goal scorer, and kills penalties at a high level.

Barzal produces the occasional highlight reel play and suddenly he's better AINEC? They have identical production this season even after Zib's horrible start.

It's almost as if they play on different teams with different coaches at different stages of maturity. Pepe real sad.

 

[Riseonfire]

Barzal's reputation is far higher than his actual level. Zibanejad has heavily outproduced Barzal the past 3 seasons, is several tiers higher as a goal scorer, and kills penalties at a high level.

Barzal produces the occasional highlight reel play and suddenly he's better AINEC? They have identical production this season even after Zib's horrible start.

1 more thing --- When the Rangers went to the Stanley Cup that 1 time against the kings, THEY"RE LEADING SCORER IN THE REG SEASON DIDN"T CRACK 60 POINTS. The Isles leading scorer (Okposo) out did the Rangers top dog by 10 points and the Isles missed the playoffs. Clearly Okposo was better than anyone on that SCF Ranger squad. PEPE REAL SAD

 

[Ben White]

You create the worst threads.

What is a bad poll though? If I wanna investigate the HF status of Zibanejad, especially after his recent crazy hot streak, in comparison to Barzal, considering Zibby’s higher scoring rate over the last few seasons and Barzal’s generally higher status as an NHL star and super talent, your opinion about whether the poll is “bad” (by which you mean “not close”) or not is pretty irrelevant.

 

[BigHitter67]

Who’s the better player?

what??... lol

 

[The S5]

Barzal's reputation is far higher than his actual level. Zibanejad has heavily outproduced Barzal the past 3 seasons, is several tiers higher as a goal scorer, and kills penalties at a high level.

Barzal produces the occasional highlight reel play and suddenly he's better AINEC? They have identical production this season even after Zib's horrible start.

So, you are just figuring out that we live in the highlight, hot take era? "Did you see that move that Barzal made that was plastered on Instagram? That was sick dude!".

 

[Ignite111]

How many times are we going to do this poll.

Mat Barzal Or Mika Zibanejad?

 

[Tender Rip]

Barzal. It is not close.

And I like Zib.

 

[Voight]

Do we need to do Zibanejad polls every time he goes on a hot streak?

Barzal, not close.

Every time he faces the Flyers*

 

[topshelf15]

Different styles for sure...One in Barzal is a great playmaker and if he had better wingers to pass to,he likely is a PPG player every year...Zbad is very much a shooting center that can strike for 30 to 40 goals...Barzal for me as I feel he can generate more offensive chances on his own,but can see an arguement for Zbad

 

[Machinehead]

I don't get people saying it's not close. Zibanejad is having a bad season and he has as many points as Barzal in one fewer game.

 

[Machinehead]

It's almost as if they play on different teams with different coaches at different stages of maturity. Pepe real sad.

The Islanders have more goals than the Rangers and Zibanejad gets way more difficult usage, so I can't imagine what you're implying here.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

I’ll take Barzal in the first half of the season and Zibenejad in the second half.

Second half Zibenejad is up there with the greatest ever.

 

[ThatsSoSlavin]

I don't get people saying it's not close. Zibanejad is having a bad season and he has as many points as Barzal in one fewer game.

12 of those points came in two games, a crazy feat but how often is that going to happen? The constancy separates them imo

 

[Machinehead]

12 of those points came in two games, a crazy feat but how often is that going to happen? The constancy separates them imo

Does it make it not close?