Brady Tkachuk vs Mitch Marner

[NyQuil]

It's hard to figure out what is going on, truth be told. Tkachuk is better than Marner. Stutzle is better than Matthews. Norris is better than Tavares. Sanderson is better than any Leafs D. Ullmark is better than any Leafs goalie. Zub would be the 2nd best dman over both teams. Pinto is an excellent centre. Ridley Greig is one of the best bottom 6 forwards out there.

And yet they're miles apart each season.

Is Brady Tkachuk currently overrated?

That's just a cop-out answer. giving the captaincy to players who had no idea what it takes to win in the nhl because of last names and marketing was the cop out.

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[BraveCanadian]

So Marner is the whole key to Leafs success?

As much as any individual outside a goaltender can be, yeah, he pretty much is.. He’s who is going out on the first shift of every situation for the Leafs.

 

[gritdash60]

Marner would run and hide if he saw this vote, and Brady would grab me by the throat and make sure i vote for him.

 

[DitchMarner]

It's quite astonishing how far apart they are in stats now...

Marner is tied for fifth in points (1.31 PPG) whereas Tkachuk has a .79 PPG average and is outside of the top 50 in scoring. Granted, Marner does average considerably more TOI per game.

It looks like the Sens will make the playoffs this year, so we should finally be able to see playoff Tkachuk.

 

[Three On Zero]

Marner easily, Brady is overrated

 

[Felidae]

It's quite astonishing how far apart they are in stats now...

Marner is tied for fifth in points (1.31 PPG) whereas Tkachuk has a .79 PPG average and is outside of the top 50 in scoring. Granted, Marner does average considerably more TOI per game.

It looks like the Sens will make the playoffs this year, so we should finally be able to see playoff Tkachuk.

Isn't a lot of that TOI gap Marner playing on the PK?

Regardless, not really convinced TOI explains the difference in production. Marner in 2018-19 averaged 19:49 TOI as a 21 year old and its still a more productive season than anything Brady has done

 

[DitchMarner]

Isn't a lot of that TOI gap Marner playing on the PK?

Regardless, not really convinced TOI explains the difference in production. Marner in 2018-19 averaged 19:49 TOI as a 21 year old and its still a more productive season than anything Brady has done

Yeah, I hear you.

To be honest, Brady seems quite overrated to me on this site. I get that he's a power forward and that's enticing, but I don't think he belongs in the same tier as established superstar wingers like Marner.

I'm not convinced he'll be a lot better in the playoffs than MM, either (it at all). I guess we'll see.

 

[Pete Taylor]

Really surprised at results. Mitch really is constantly underrated. Hes the fall guy for the entire leafs roster, yet is the most consistent. This poll should really be lopsided the other way.

 

[JKG33]

It's quite obviously Tkachuk. And we have a trade to back this up. It took Huberdeau (very similar to Marner), Weegar (a top pairing D man) and a 1st to get Matt Tkachuk.

 

[acor]

Are results of this poll result of people confusing Brady with Matt Tkachuk?

Can't think of other explanation.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Are results of this poll result of people confusing Brady with Matt Tkachuk?

Can't think of other explanation.

No, the first word in the poll is Brady.

 

[Crow]

Are results of this poll result of people confusing Brady with Matt Tkachuk?

Can't think of other explanation.

Just a bias at the time it was made. Everyone wanted to pile on Marner due to narratives from the playoffs.

This site loves them. Everyone just piles on to some idea that gets repeated regardless of its basis in reality.

Look at what’s going on with Bedard. 3/4 of this site was convinced he sucks earlier in the year. It’s still probably half now because people get attached to their opinions, identifying themselves with it.

What I find odd is that when someone bumps a thread with opinions that were made with obviously clouded judgment, the staff here locks it. I’m sure they have their reasons, but I’m not sure what they are. Maybe people would question their recency bias a bit more if it was shown to them later.

 

[Fatass]

Brady Tkatchuk is awesome and on a good contract. Marner is just a much better overall player. His next contract will be crazy, but he’s worth it.