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Is Pettersson a top 5 C in the league?
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McPoyle
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Hes behind McDavid, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Matthews, Hughes, Crosby, and Barkov.
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Yes.
Behind only McDavid, Draisaitl and McKinnon and in a group with about 4 other guys who trade positions year to year.
This year he’s top five.
Behind only McDavid, Draisaitl and McKinnon and in a group with about 4 other guys who trade positions year to year.
This year he’s top five.
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SillyRabbit
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This season? No.
Because:
McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Have always been better than him.
Outside of last season, Matthews has always been better than him.
And Hughes has been better than him this season.
Pettersson has not been as good this season as he was last season (outside of the past four games).
So I think he has an argument for top 5 when he's at his best, but this season the highest I could place him is 6th as of the beginning of January 2024.
Voted for "In the neighbourhood."
Because:
McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Have always been better than him.
Outside of last season, Matthews has always been better than him.
And Hughes has been better than him this season.
Pettersson has not been as good this season as he was last season (outside of the past four games).
So I think he has an argument for top 5 when he's at his best, but this season the highest I could place him is 6th as of the beginning of January 2024.
Voted for "In the neighbourhood."
MrOT
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Easily.
McDavid
Mackinnon
Pettersson
Matthews
Hughes
Crosby
Barkov
Draisaitl
Point
Eichel
Miller
Aho
Thompson
Thomas
Barzal
McDavid
Mackinnon
Pettersson
Matthews
Hughes
Crosby
Barkov
Draisaitl
Point
Eichel
Miller
Aho
Thompson
Thomas
Barzal
MrOT
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I think that if this is his true self when playing with 1st line quality linemates the list looks something like this:
McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Matthews/Pettersson/Hughes
Crosby
Point
Barkov
Eichel
McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Matthews/Pettersson/Hughes
Crosby
Point
Barkov
Eichel
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McDavid
Mackinnon
Matthews
Eichel / Hughes / Pettersson
Crosby / Point / Barkov / Draisaitl
Mackinnon
Matthews
Eichel / Hughes / Pettersson
Crosby / Point / Barkov / Draisaitl
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Ace of Hades
#Demko4Vezina
Top 3 without any question
McDavid
Matthews
MacKinnon
no way.
McDavid
Matthews
MacKinnon
He is A LOT behind Matthews. He is not on that level. He is not a top 5 C,
no way.
Ace of Hades
#Demko4Vezina
No he isn't. Take off the homer goggles.
Matthews has the edge in goal scoring. While Petey is better defensively, playmaking and has put up more points this season.
Matthews isn't better than Draisaitl either.
Matthews is better defensively and obviously the best goal scorer in the world. Matthews is way better than Draisaitl, who has been average at best this season.
Ace of Hades
#Demko4Vezina
Matthews is in the very top of the league in stripping pucks every season.
The top 3 C in the league are McDavid, MacKinnon and Matthews.
McFlyingV
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Not sure how Eichel is in a tier above any of the guys you put below him let alone even in their tier. Thats a weird choice for sure.
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Did you not watch him dominate on the playoffs when it mattered last year? One of the biggest factors that won Vegas a cup
McFlyingV
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If playoff performance mattered I'd think you'd have Draisaitl a little higher considering he's one of the top all-time ppg players in playoff history.
There's plenty reasons Vegas won the cup besides Jack Eichel's play.
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Need to do more than just score points in this league
As a Canucks fan, he’s top 5. You can say “in the neighbourhood” and wouldn’t be wrong tho . My ranking would be:
Mcdavid
MacKinnon
Drai
Matthews
Pettersson
You can argue Hughes for the 5th spot. You could even argue Jack Eichel this season. Point deserves an honourable mention as well. Crosby is still playing at an elite level, though I can’t confidently say he’s top5 any longer. I think the best take on this is that the other 4 guys are almost set in stone as the top 4, while Pettersson is the best option at the 5th spot for now.
Mcdavid
MacKinnon
Drai
Matthews
Pettersson
You can argue Hughes for the 5th spot. You could even argue Jack Eichel this season. Point deserves an honourable mention as well. Crosby is still playing at an elite level, though I can’t confidently say he’s top5 any longer. I think the best take on this is that the other 4 guys are almost set in stone as the top 4, while Pettersson is the best option at the 5th spot for now.
I’d take Pettersson over Matthews any day of the week
Matthews is nothing but a goal scorer who’s a non factor in the post season
I don’t think so. A lot of fans were ragging on him this year for not being good enough before these past 4 games, and while he might have been playing through something and with inferior linemates, I still think he’s a little too inconsistent to be rated that high. Last year he was much better at controlling the ice when he was out there. He hasn’t found that level consistently this year despite the points. I think McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews and Draisaitl are clearly ahead and I’d also put Barkov and Hughes ahead. And even just for this year I’d put all but Draisaitl ahead. And Miller has an argument for this year as well. I’d say he’s somewhere in the top 10 but top 5 just feels a bit high
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McFlyingV
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I'm sure Vegas getting elite level goaltending out of Hill and scoring almost 20 goals above expected in the playoffs had nothing to do with them winning, it was just Jack Eichel.
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Ahh yes, the useless advanced stats argument
Eichel was a beast at both ends of the ice when it mattered most for his team
McFlyingV
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Surely if their playoff performance was sustainable we'd be seeing it this season no?Ahh yes, the useless advanced stats argument
Eichel was a beast at both ends of the ice when it mattered most for his team
Also I'm not saying Eichel wasn't great in playoffs he was. But one playoffs doesn't catapult you up the rankings.
