Is Pettersson a top 5 C in the league?

[Three On Zero]

185 say yes
38 say no

The gap is widening

 

[logan5]

Is Auston Matthews still on the PK? Doesn't measure everything about a players defensive ability, but a pretty good indicator.

Pettersson is considered a top Selke candidate, and you can see that on the PK. He is the teams best penalty killer, and if he is with the lotto line all season, he is probly up there or close to Kucherov, considering how many points he got playing with 3rd liners.

Every player in the top 20 of NHL scoring plays with at least 1 elite player, except for Pettersson (until the last 5 games), so yes, Pettersson is top 5.

 

[TBF1972]

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.

i voted in the neighbourhood with the same reasoning. he is in a tier with other players, which includes the 5th spot imo. within the tier it's probably a matter of taste and preferences.

but if someone has confidently 5 guys ahead of him 'no' is not an unreasonable answer as well. 6th best center in the league is not a bad take. he is clearly a top10 tough.

 

[Felidae]

McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisatl / Matthews
EP
Eichel / Crosby
Barkov / Hughes

So that’s a yea for me

I won’t be surprised if Eichel & EP ascend past Drai & Matthews because they have better all-around games but it’s hard to ignore the latter two’s sustained reg season dominance

I get EP considering he's been a top 10 point producer for 2 seasons while being one of the best two way players in the game.

But Eichel hasn't done anything to suggest he'd surpass Drai or Matthews. Even with his improved two way play, he's "just" a point per game player and not close to being a selke candidate or a top 10 producer in the league.

 

[MNRube]

I get EP considering he's been a top 10 point producer for 2 seasons while being one of the best two way players in the game.

But Eichel hasn't done anything to suggest he'd surpass Drai or Matthews. Even with his improved two way play, he's "just" a point per game player and not close to being a selke candidate or a top 10 producer in the league.

You watch the playoffs? He has another gear he can tap into that a lot of these other guys haven’t demonstrated. Especially Matthews. Playoffs are a different animal altogether

 

[bobholly39]

185 say yes
38 say no

The gap is widening

105 say yes
141 say no

The gap is widening, and Math is fun.

 

[Phrasing]

105 say yes
141 say no

The gap is widening, and Math is fun.

105 yes
100 around 5
42 no

Practice your math.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I voted yes.

Curious what he signs for. 8 years 12.7?

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Outside of McDavid, I’d say most of the others on the list could probably be tagged as “in the neighbourhood”.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

105 yes
100 around 5
42 no

Practice your math.

Not too good at following post quotes or what?

person A: LOLOL HES WINNING BY THE TOTALS OF MAYBE AND YES TO NO LOLOL HES SO GOOD

person B: by that same logic isnt he losing by the the totals of maybe and no to yes?

person C (you): WOW, person B! Youre so stupid for how you tried to add that up!

 

[Phrasing]

Not too good at following post quotes or what?

person A: LOLOL HES WINNING BY THE TOTALS OF MAYBE AND YES TO NO LOLOL HES SO GOOD

person B: by that same logic isnt he losing by the the totals of maybe and no to yes?

person C (you): WOW, person B! Youre so stupid for how you tried to add that up!

Both are stupid. Doesn’t make what I said wrong, even if you don’t like the outcome. Enjoy the sun more.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

Both are stupid. Doesn’t make what I said wrong, even if you don’t like the outcome. Enjoy the sun more.

The second post and your post were making the same point but you took exception to the second post because it didnt reflect well upon your team, same reason you didnt go out of your way to "correct" the first post.

There is no sun here, bud. It's f***ing January, enjoy the snow more.

 

[Phrasing]

The second post and your post were making the same point but you took exception to the second post because it didnt reflect well upon your team, same reason you didnt go out of your way to "correct" the first post.

There is no sun here, bud. It's f***ing January, enjoy the snow more.

In Cancun

 

[Namikaze Minato]

In Cancun

Enjoy but be warned, every CM of snow I shovel now is payment for all the poolside selfies i took while working in SE Asia for years during the winter....


Still worth it.

 

[MrOT]

 

[Connor McConnor]

It’s just funny to me how according to Canuck fans he might not even be the 3rd most valuable player on his team this year behind Hughes and Demko. Some Canuck fans even say JT has been more impactful.

Personally I rate him in the 5-7 spot so it’s not far off from the voting results

 

[Rowlet]

It’s just funny to me how according to Canuck fans he might not even be the 3rd most valuable player on his team this year behind Hughes and Demko. Some Canuck fans even say JT has been more impactful.

Personally I rate him in the 5-7 spot so it’s not far off from the voting results

He's gotten the short end of the stick, Miller has been able to play with Boeser all year and Pettersson has been stuck with Kuzmenko and Mikheyev who forgot how to play hockey.

I believe there was also a point where Hughes - Hronek was on the ice almost exclusively with the Miller line, though I don't know what's happening with that anymore.

 

[Coffee]

It’s just funny to me how according to Canuck fans he might not even be the 3rd most valuable player on his team this year behind Hughes and Demko. Some Canuck fans even say JT has been more impactful.

Personally I rate him in the 5-7 spot so it’s not far off from the voting results

Confirmation bias. You see some opinions by some fans and assume the whole fanbase has the same consensus.

JT and EP have been equally valuable this year.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

It’s just funny to me how according to Canuck fans he might not even be the 3rd most valuable player on his team this year behind Hughes and Demko. Some Canuck fans even say JT has been more impactful.

Personally I rate him in the 5-7 spot so it’s not far off from the voting results

Yeah and some Oiler fans have crapped on Draisaitl this year. You need to learn to pick out the outlier opinions.

 

[ponder]

I think there’s a clear top 4 of:

McDavid
MacKinnon
Matthews
Draisaitl

In that order. Then it gets arguable between Petey and guys like Hughes, Barkov, Crosby and Eichel. I voted “in the neighbourhood.”

 

[McPoyle]

JT and EP have been equally valuable this year.

So is JT also a top 5 C in the NHL?

 

[winnipegger]

Absolutely he's a special player... His play style seriously reminds me of gretzky (of course not to that level but you get what I mean)

 

[Ben White]

So is JT also a top 5 C in the NHL?

This season in a vacuum? Yes. In general? No.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Is he even the top C on his own line?

Pettersson Miller Boeser

 

[Ben White]

Is he even the top C on his own line?

Pettersson Miller Boeser

Off course he is