Are Matthews and Tavares Franchise #1 C's

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There seems to be lots of negativity on the main boards, with regards to Matthews and Tavares. You would think they are 3rd-4th liners the way they are bashed on here by the Leaf haters.

This is for Leaf fans only. Do you believe Tavares and Matthews are #1 Franchise C's.

For me, they are 2 of the very best in the NHL today.

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[Stephen]

Their negativity should be your joy. The team looks amazing.

 

[Liminality]

I think both are around the top 15 of centers in the league and would be #1 C's on most teams.
What is a franchise center by definition?

 

[hector morrison]

Don;t feed them! The answer is obvious! You really shouldn't need anyone else to validate what you know to be true!

 

[BM14]

Why isn't there an option for both to be franchise Cs?

That's what they are.

 

[Nineteen67]

Regardless of what they think, Im going to sit back and watch them all year and enjoy the heck out of it

 

[DarkKnight]

There seems to be lots of negativity on the main boards, with regards to Matthews and Tavares. You would think they are 3rd-4th liners the way they are bashed on here by the Leaf haters.

This is for Leaf fans only. Do you believe Tavares and Matthews are #1 Franchise C's.

For me, they are 2 of the very best in the NHL today.

 

[Legion34]

Ummmm yes.

 

[Tall Morty]

Why isn't there an option for both to be franchise Cs?

That's what they are.

You can vote twice.

 

[BM14]

You can vote twice.

It should be a singular option instead of skewing the other choices.

 

[Marshy]

Leafs success (or good fortune) and saltiness of haters would make a good line graph.

 

[ninetyone]

regardless of whether you're a fan or not, or how much you wish one (or both) would fail, there's no denying by anyone that these are elite players, superstars, franchise players, however you want to define them.

Anyone arguing this either doesn't know hockey or is trolling/jealous - period. It's beyond obvious, truly no point arguing.

I can't wait to watch this team play next year. And there will be pressure, because they are THAT good.

 

[Tall Morty]

It should be a singular option instead of skewing the other choices.

It’s true, I was honestly surprised when it wasn’t the first option.

 

[Notsince67]

I think both are around the top 15 of centers in the league and would be #1 C's on most teams.
What is a franchise center by definition?

One that you never trade

 

[Pi]

If they aren't, there aren't many franchise centres in the league.

 

[Marshy]

It’s true, I was honestly surprised when it wasn’t the first option.

When I saw it wasn't an option I instinctively knew I could pick 2.

 

[43Kadri43]

They’re both top-10 centres (wouldn’t be surprised if Matthews is top-5 this year). If that’s your definition of franchise centre, then yes, they’re franchise centremen.

 

[Community]

One that you never trade

Gretzky isnt a franchise C? Jk

A franchise player is somebody you can build a winning franchise around with them as your best player which is easily possible with either Matthews or JT.

 

[hfman]

There seems to be lots of negativity on the main boards, with regards to Matthews and Tavares. You would think they are 3rd-4th liners the way they are bashed on here by the Leaf haters.

This is for Leaf fans only. Do you believe Tavares and Matthews are #1 Franchise C's.

For me, they are 2 of the very best in the NHL today.

thy are both 3rd liners at best.

 

[Superstar]

Is this a serious thread? Why take main board nonsense into the Leaf board?

 

[Tall Morty]

When I saw it wasn't an option I instinctively knew I could pick 2.

Ok? You and 32 other people not named Jeffrey Pedler (who may just not think Matthews is one.)

Literally the answers could have been:

They both are
Matthews is, Tavares isn’t
Tavares is, Matthews isn’t
Neither of them are

 

[93LEAFS]

They are both pretty clearly in that tier of the top 20 centers in the league that you would be comfortable building a team around. If someone doesn't think that, they probably have brain damage.

I'd argue both are closer to the top 5, than to 20. Probably around 5-12. But, they are absolutely franchise centers.

 

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I think both are around the top 15 of centers in the league and would be #1 C's on most teams.
What is a franchise center by definition?

A player that you build the team around.

Example: Auston Matthews and John Tavares

 

[Buds17]

Both are, yes.

 

[34]

Is this a serious thread? Why take main board nonsense into the Leaf board?

It is a poll/discussion for BOTH Auston and JT to see where all the Leafs fan stand.