List your top 10 Cs

[Miri]

This season? Or overall based on recent years?

This season overall based on recent years since cca 1970.

 

[ManofSteel55]

For this season only. Some guys are so close they could be interchanged. I wrestled with Draisaitl because he spends a lot of time on the wing, but decided to leave him in. It was either "he's a C and he's 2nd", or "he's a W and isn't on the list".
1. McDavid
2. Draisaitl
3. McKinnon
4. Crosby
5. J. Hughes
6. Bergeron
7. Thompson
8. Barkov
9. Point
10. Matthews

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

I love how Thompson is being put into the top 10. When the dude is allergic to playing defense and his main value comes from scoring and he is shooting almost 20%.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Here's a different take: based off faceoff wins
Bergeron
Horvat
Crosby
Kopitar
Hischier
Lindholm
Compher
Draisaitl
Hertl
J. Staal

Free Hertl.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

I love how Thompson is being put into the top 10. When the dude is allergic to playing defense and his main value comes from scoring and he is shooting almost 20%.

Ahhh the stat watcher who obviously hasn’t watched TT play a game all season.

 

[Connor McConnor]

McDavid
MacK
Drai
AM
Hughes
Crosby
Bergeron
EP
Point
Barkov

 

[Ncit3]

McDavid
MacK
Drai
AM
Hughes
Crosby
Bergeron
EP
Point
Barkov

Pretty solid list. I might put Zibanejad in there somewhere near the bottom. I just like his style of play. Barkov is getting on this just because of defense, I assume?

 

[BonMorrison]

Travis Boyd
Tyson Jost
Derek Stepan
Trevor Lewis (also plays wing!)
Colin White
Connor McDavid
Blake Lizotte
Steven Lorentz
Sam Gagner
Jayson Megna (not to be confused with Jaycob)

 

[Svencouver]

This season only:

1. McDavid
2. MacKinnon
3. Pettersson
4. Hughes
5. Thompson
6. Draisaitl
7. Bergeron
8. Crosby
9. Point
10. Matthews

 

[Dion TheFluff]

1) McDavid
2) MacKinnon
3) Matthews
4) Draisaitl
5) Hughes
6) Crosby
7) Barkov
8) Thompson
9) Aho
10) Point

 

[Grifter3511]

For this season only. Some guys are so close they could be interchanged. I wrestled with Draisaitl because he spends a lot of time on the wing, but decided to leave him in. It was either "he's a C and he's 2nd", or "he's a W and isn't on the list".
1. McDavid
2. Draisaitl
3. McKinnon
4. Crosby
5. J. Hughes
6. Bergeron
7. Thompson
8. Barkov
9. Point
10. Matthews

While these lists may be subjective, any list that is 'for this season only' that doesn't include Elias Pettersson is objectively wrong.

 

[ManofSteel55]

While these lists may be subjective, any list that is 'for this season only' that doesn't include Elias Pettersson is objectively wrong.

I had him in. I pulled him out so I didn't look like I was trolling the Leaf fans by leaving Matthews out. But yes, he's having a great year.

 

[miscs75]

Denis Potvin
Ed Westfall
Anders Lee
Pat Flatley
Brent Sutter
John Tavares
Michael Peca
Mark Streit
Kenny Jonsson
Alexei Yashin

 

[Machinehead]

I love how Thompson is being put into the top 10. When the dude is allergic to playing defense and his main value comes from scoring and he is shooting almost 20%.

And yet, Draisaitl is no lower than 3rd on anyone's list.

 

[LuLover96]

I had him in. I pulled him out so I didn't look like I was trolling the Leaf fans by leaving Matthews out. But yes, he's having a great year.

Based on this season only, I'd take Point out instead of Matthews. Petey would be ~6 imo.

 

[Ita]

What's the argument for having Hughes over EP for performance for this season?

Based on what exactly? That he scored 6 more goals in two fewer games played? That's the only stat that's better than EP this year.

I can see one argued that Hughes have the higher ceiling because he's younger, but current year performance? Some of you have Hughes at 4-5 range and EP isn't even top 10.

 

[Kerberos]

1 - McDavid
2 - MacKinnon
3 - Draisaitl
4 - Hughes
5 - Thompson
6 - Pettersson
7 - Bergeron
8 - Crosby
9 - Barkov
10 - Kopitar/Point

 

[Fourier]

its crazy that McDavid is as good as he is but is ranked 52nd in faceoff wins. I guess every monster has a skill they are just normal at

If there is a skill to be normal at that is it. He's at 52%. If he would have been at 58.4% which would put him in the top 10 for centers with 250 or more draws statistically it would have improved the Oilers goal differential by less than 1 goal.

 

[Herby]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a player who is viewed so differently between fans opinions and players and coaches when they are interviewed than Kopitar.

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

I don't understand why people put Barkov on these top 10 C lists. He feels like a name people throw on these lists to make it seems like they know more about hockey than everyone else.

Convince me he's better than Aho, EP, Hughes, Point. Hell, convince me he's better than Kopitar, Thompson or Malkin? I would expect even Tavares or Zibby to beat him on a number of facets.

 

[Ace of Hades]

1. McDavid
2. Mackinnon
3. Draisaitl
4. Crosby
5. Pettersson
6. Matthews
7. Bergeron
8. Point
9. Thompson
10. Aho

 

[BrockLobster]

Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
Barzal
McDavid
Barzal

Did I win? Seems like I win.

You missed a barzal.

 

[Raistlin]

And Bo Horvat has the second most face off wins

Horvat has become a Bergeron level faceoff demon since moving to the Isles. Point scoring regressed back to the mean now that he has to play in a tight system. So at least LL got his bang for buck in the circle at least.

 

[BrockLobster]

Take off the homer glasses.

You do know he was making a funny yes?

 

[Paradise Circus]

as a nucks fan living in pure darkness, nice to see Petey getting some recognition