Bowen Byram vs Brady Tkachuk

[joe dirte]

Both are solid young players, but I see Byram as a #1, even Norris level D. Brady will be a horse of a winger that I'd do unspeakable things to get on McJesus' wing but I always take the dominant D over the winger.

Bowen Byram on the Oilers would be the best thing to happen to them since.... well, McDavid himself.

 

[Ararana]

I honestly think either team would be thrilled with either player. There's no wrong answer here.

 

[flyfysher]

Has to be Tkachuk now but Byram over time. High end D wins out over a high end winger. Byram will be a high end D man. You can literally see it the same way you could see it with Makar. And Byram is freaking 19 years old!

 

[Hasbro]

My two worries with Tkachuk would be power forwards tending to have short peaks and like his father and brother he has the playoff choker gene.

 

[Fire Benning]

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voted tkachuk but its obviously way too early to tell. byram looks promising thus far though

only dominic bolts fan would post a graph with a 3 f***ing minute sample size

 

[missionAvs]

only dominic bolts fan would post a graph with a 3 f***ing minute sample size

Can't argue with science.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

only dominic bolts fan would post a graph with a 3 f***ing minute sample size

Unfortunately there are a whole lot of people posting them.

 

[Critical13]

There’s no way Brady should lose this poll at this point in time. He’s certainly the safe pick. But holy shit Bo Byram looks insane through his first week of being an NHL’er. He lead the Avalanche in ice time last game lol.

You just stated why some us take Byram.

Imagine a rookie on a team as good and deep on D as the Avs coming an and winning prime minutes in all situations?

A defenceman, no less? I didn't love Byram's last year in the dub but his game has translated beautifully to the high skill Avalanche style.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Unfortunately there are a whole lot of people posting them.

obviously the point of me posting that wasnt his 3 minutes of power play time, it was that so far he seems to be a noticeable positive in expected goal driving which is pretty cool

overall though brady is the far more proven commodity so i had to vote for him for now.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

obviously the point of me posting that wasnt his 3 minutes of power play time, it was that so far he seems to be a noticeable positive in expected goal driving which is pretty cool

overall though brady is the far more proven commodity so i had to vote for him for now.

The sample size for even strength play is also far too small for the data on that chart to have any meaning; it only serves to mislead people and just shouldn't be posted at all. You know this and it's irresponsible of you to post it anyway.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

I’d stick with Tkachuk, but you can’t go wrong with either player

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

My two worries with Tkachuk would be power forwards tending to have short peaks and like his father and brother he has the playoff choker gene.

Keith played 20 seasons and had over 500 goals. Has Brady even played a playoffs game? This whole comment is a big miss. If you take Byram so be it , but don't invent issues to degrade him with. I'm extremely jealous that the Sens have this kid.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Tkachuk is a better bet. Byram has a chance though to be better. He’s less proven.

 

[Halla]

gotta go with the potential #1D over the 1LW

man, imagine the sens with Chabot and Byram....but they went for Duchene and got peanuts in return

good thing they kind of redeemed themseleves with the EK trade

 

[Agent Zub]

I get that Brady types are some of the most rare players in the game. But he's a player who should always be the the 3rd best player on the first line or on the second line. He doesn't have the skill to be a legitimate line driver himself.

So for me I quite easily take Byram because his upside/impact is much higher as a potential top pair defenceman.

 

[Agent Zub]

gotta go with the potential #1D over the 1LW

man, imagine the sens with Chabot and Byram....but they went for Duchene and got peanuts in return

good thing they kind of redeemed themseleves with the EK trade

Or Stutzle and Zegras.

 

[topshelf15]

Yeah bad trade for us to be sure....We should have had both...But the real answer for now is you cant wrong with either,Tkachuk is Ottawa,s Lando

 

[avsfan09]

Yeah bad trade for us to be sure....We should have had both...But the real answer for now is you cant wrong with either,Tkachuk is Ottawa,s Lando

Avs fans are pretty aware of Landeskogs importance. If Tkachuk provides that, there's no reason to compare them.

 

[not a troll]

After tonight's game, I take Byram.