Is Brady Tkachuk currently overrated?

[SquidNasty]

Is Brady Tkachuk currently overrated?

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[Coffees]

Nope

 

[ViD]

His brother is definitely overrated now

 

[NyQuil]

He might just be the most overrated player in the league. Boomer media loves him because he's a throwback style player but he's complete garbage defensively and the leadership is also questionable. He's immature and just wants guys to get paid.

 

[Coffees]

He might just be the most overrated player in the league. Boomer media loves him because he's a throwback style player but he's complete garbage defensively and the leadership is also questionable. He's immature and just wants guys to get paid

Talk about over exaggeration

 

[HabsAddict]

I really like the physical aspect of his game but he is not Captain material. Then again, it's fine by me.

"Don't stop your enemy from making mistakes".

 

[Coffees]

I really like the physical aspect of his game but he is not Captain material. Then again, it's fine by me.

"Don't stop your enemy from making mistakes".

They need to convert him to centre and have Alfy do skills training with him

 

[Crow]

No not really. Think people see him for what he is. Good top line forward.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I think he's probably properly rated, but given his brother's rating, I think you could argue he's a little underrated.

Brady is an absolute unicorn when you look at power forwards who play physical, get pucks to net, and produce offense. I've said for years that, in a vacuum, he's a better all around player than his brother, though it's really close, and could go either way depending on team needs.

Matthew has shown to be the more skilled playmaker and more opportunistic goal scorer - give Matthew an elite puck transporter on his line (Gaudreau, Bennett) and it's obvious seen how effective he can be.

Since 2020-21:
Brady
5v5 rates
0.96 g/60
2.10 p/60
1.79 p1/60

Misc rates
11.71 hits/60
2.11 GvA/60
1.61 TkA/60

Matthew
5v5 rates
0.99 g/60
2.58 p/60
1.98 p1/60

Misc rates
4.93 hits/60
3.16 GvA/60
1.55 TkA/60

I think if you switched their situations, their production rates probably converge to nearly equivalent. Matthew is the better pure offensive talent, but the disparity in their team situations has made the gap look larger than it really is, while Brady is the better goal scorer and more impactful all around force.