For my money, other than Crosby, Bergeron and Kopitar have been the best 2 centres in this league over the last 15 years. Mcdavid is on a different level of course out of the new crop. If I was starting a team tomorrow and could have any 2 centres at age 20 to start my team with (Crosby and Mcdavid excluded) Its Kopitar and Bergeron.
ROR is on the list, and Kerfoot isn't even as good as Kadri who leafs traded away, Kadri was a top 10 C last year
Aves could have MacGinnon anywhere from #1 to #5 in franchise history (if including Quebec).
Yea who needs those multi dimensional player’s that play both offense and defense!
The majority of the players in these lists are not one-dimensional. You think guys like Matthews, Crosby, Hughes, Point and Pettersson "can't play the position correctly"? Give me a break. As good as Bergeron's defense is, it doesn't make up for the fact that he's pacing for 60 points.
The bruins record says otherwise, and he is huge reason for that record. He’s been to what ,3 cups, won 1 and currently working to add a 4th to his resume. Some of these guys have been in the league for 5 mins and people are tripping over themselves to crown then the best ever. Let’s at least give their nhl testies time to drop before we start the coronations of Tage Thompson and the like.
Actually the fact it was 12 years ago is pretty good reason for his deserving to be there. In 2-3 years when these generational talents start showing age, and the goal totals slow, what others part of their game will they go to? Bergerons offensive numbers may have dipped but his defensive numbers are actually getting getting better which is hard to believe. I’ll take Bergeron game and career over 2-3 years of record breaking goal seasons and zero cups .
