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RangerBoy said:
On a recent 32T podcast. Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek were discussing Zibanejad. They said is #1 center in the league. Elliotte said someone said to him that Zibanejad is underpaid at $8.5M AAV. It was one of their podcasts from last week.
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I'm assuming you mean A #1 center not THE #1 center? If so, that's been the case at least since 19-20. The fact that people are breaking this news now shows how underrated he is or at least was.
 
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SnowblindNYR said:
I'm assuming you mean A #1 center not THE #1 center? If so, that's been the case at least since 19-20. The fact that people are breaking this news now shows how underrated he is or at least was.
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kind of like how Fox wasn't considered a #1 D until AFTER he won the Norris lol. The Canadian media, especially, loves to discount the Rangers idk why
 
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RangerBoy said:
On a recent 32T podcast. Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek were discussing Zibanejad. They said is #1 center in the league. Elliotte said someone said to him that Zibanejad is underpaid at $8.5M AAV. It was one of their podcasts from last week.
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Thank God he's underpaid now. The contract takes him until he's at an age where maybe 3 players still produce at a 60ish point level. Maybe he'll be one of them. Loving the now, at least
 
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SnowblindNYR said:
I'm assuming you mean A #1 center not THE #1 center? If so, that's been the case at least since 19-20. The fact that people are breaking this news now shows how underrated he is or at least was.
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To be fair they brought him up to say that he's probably one of the most underrated players in the world. They said he's in consideration as a top 10 player in the league.
 
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To be fair they brought him up to say that he's probably one of the most underrated players in the world. They said he's in consideration as a top 10 player in the league.
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When he was rolling at the end of 19-20, there was no doubt in my mind he was a top 10 player at that moment.

Is there a single player in the league you want at the top of the right circle on the PP than him? Used to be Ovechkin. Maybe MacKinnon? Different players in that spot, but equally effective.

Then he is big, can skate, solid on draws, physical, great passer, elite shot, and the last piece missing was a national TV audience nightly for 6 weeks where he was phenomenal.
 
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JimmyG89 said:
When he was rolling at the end of 19-20, there was no doubt in my mind he was a top 10 player at that moment.

Is there a single player in the league you want at the top of the right circle on the PP than him? Used to be Ovechkin. Maybe MacKinnon? Different players in that spot, but equally effective.

Then he is big, can skate, solid on draws, physical, great passer, elite shot, and the last piece missing was a national TV audience nightly for 6 weeks where he was phenomenal.
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Best one-timers in the league:

Ovechkin
Stamkos
Zibanejad


then who's next? Malkin is probably the best from the opposite side, or at least he was. Kucherov too. Pettersson is getting there. But as far as rhs Zibby is up with the big boys.
 
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I’d like to hear thoughts on:
1) Mika hall of fame
2) Mika number retirement

I think his number gets retired by the rangers if he finishes his contract.
HoF is clearly a tougher task but he’s over halfway to 1000 points and an I crazy to think his best years lie ahead?
 
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egelband said:
I’d like to hear thoughts on:
1) Mika hall of fame
2) Mika number retirement

I think his number gets retired by the rangers if he finishes his contract.
HoF is clearly a tougher task but he’s over halfway to 1000 points and an I crazy to think his best years lie ahead?
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Barring anything catastrophic he is very likely to end his career top 3-4 all time in goals and points as a Ranger, if not higher, so yea pretty likely the number gets retired
 
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TheDirtyH said:
To be fair they brought him up to say that he's probably one of the most underrated players in the world. They said he's in consideration as a top 10 player in the league.
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ESPN's top 100 has him at 16th overall:

www.espn.com

NHL Rank: Counting down from 50 to 1 for 2022-23

Is Connor McDavid still No. 1? How high did Cale Makar climb? We count down the top players for the upcoming season.
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Igor is 11th
Panarin is 18th
Fox is 23rd
Trouba is 74th
Kreider is 81st

Hughes is 44th
Barzal is 50th
 
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ESPN's top 100 has him at 16th overall:

www.espn.com

NHL Rank: Counting down from 50 to 1 for 2022-23

Is Connor McDavid still No. 1? How high did Cale Makar climb? We count down the top players for the upcoming season.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Igor is 11th
Panarin is 18th
Fox is 23rd
Trouba is 74th
Kreider is 81st

Hughes is 44th
Barzal is 50th
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Not that these ratings are gospel but does any other team have 4 top 25 players?
 
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RangerBoy said:
On a recent 32T podcast. Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek were discussing Zibanejad. They said is #1 center in the league. Elliotte said someone said to him that Zibanejad is underpaid at $8.5M AAV. It was one of their podcasts from last week.
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How many posters here used to crush Zbad with the "he's a good 2nd line center but not a true 1st line center"
 
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SnowblindNYR said:
It's all Trotz's fault that Barzal's numbers are down. Funny how Trotz didn't hurt Ovechkin, Backstrom, and Kuznetsov's numbers.
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To be fair they had a dynamite power play. Personally I'm a big believer in barzal, he's an incredible talent. I would definitely take zibanejad over him no question, but he's a phenom too
 
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Do you think Zibanejad would be on team USA or Team Canada (if he was born in either countries that is).

Do you think he'd be more respected (ie: not so underrated) if he was from either one of those countries?
 
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