The Conn Smythe Trophy 2023 tracker

[Yackiberg8]

1) Draisaitl
2) Hintz
3) Rielly

As a leafs fan, and a guy who likes marner (hence half of my name), I really don't think he has been our most impactful player. I get the point argument, but he got 3 assists in game 1, a game where I found him rather poor. ROR/Rielly have been critical in scoring and orchestrating critical goals. Matthews has been excellent on both sides of the rink. Marner has played well, but I think there isn't a clear argument of him over the other 3.

Rielly has been terrible defensively as usual .

 

[iCanada]

Yeah. That's consistent with pretty much every player who ever played.

The list of players with a higher ppg in playoffs over regular season in a large sample size is basically Claude Lemieux.

 

[Tuggy]

Not Barkov.

 

[Bank Shot]

Yeah, but that chart isn't a very accurate representation of regular season vs playoff scoring.

Guys like Draisaitl and Mackinnon get rewarded for being 50-60 point regular season scorers in years they missed the playoffs.

It should only include seasons that a player made the playoffs to be accurate.

 

[Dieseloil]

Has anybody every won it on the losing end in the SCF (or the losing end of the conference finals) ?

Yes

 

[MPGA]

Tkachuk

 

[5minutemajor]

What’s up with the 27yo thingy?

 

[psycat]

It`s really early and anything can happen. Drai, Marner, Hintz change from game to game. I have a feeling McDavid will get hot eventually too.

Brave guess that the worlds best player who had a torrid pace over the entire year might get "hot"(ie score at or close to his per game average).

 

[LemonSauceD]

I think Bunting deserves some talk here.

 

[TheDizee]

Grubauer so far for me.

 

[5minutemajor]

My leaderboard after the first round:

1. Matthew Tkachuk
2. Leon Draisaitl
3. Akira Schmid

 

[Dion TheFluff]

I'll do one for each of the remaining teams and put them in order

1) NJD - Akira Schmidt
2) DAL - Roope Hintz
3) FLA - Matthew Tkachuk
4) EDM - Leon Draisaitl
5) TML - Mitch Marner
6) SEA - Philipp Grubauer
7) VGK - Alex Pietrangelo
8) CAR - Sebastion Aho

I think 2 - 5 are pretty much interchangeable though

 

[jonlin]

1. Matthew f***ing Tkachuk

He is unreal. Does everything on the ice. He scores, he passes, he hits and chirps. Must be the frontrunner now for 99% of ppl. It`s one thing to score points, but when you actually also make your opponents playing miserable too its over the top. And this against Boston and Toronto

8gp 5g 9a 14p +7 29 hits CF% 64.4 FF% 61.4

 

[Macheteops]

Its like you don't understand small sample sizes. lol

It's like he doesn't understand much

 

[5minutemajor]

1. Matthew f***ing Tkachuk

He is unreal. Does everything on the ice. He scores, he passes, he hits and chirps. Must be the frontrunner now for 99% of ppl. It`s one thing to score points, but when you actually also make your opponents playing miserable too its over the top. And this against Boston and Toronto

8gp 5g 9a 14p +7 29 hits CF% 64.4 FF% 61.4

Yes. As at right now, it would be kind of dull to even list a top3. Tomorrow, maybe, but right now it has to be unanimous.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

1. Matthew f***ing Tkachuk

He is unreal. Does everything on the ice. He scores, he passes, he hits and chirps. Must be the frontrunner now for 99% of ppl. It`s one thing to score points, but when you actually also make your opponents playing miserable too its over the top. And this against Boston and Toronto

8gp 5g 9a 14p +7 29 hits CF% 64.4 FF% 61.4

He's done it all year. Absolutely put the team on his back. If Connor McDavid didn't have a historic season (even for Connor McDavid), MT would deserve MVP votes.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Per team:

Tkachuk/Montour
Hintz
Drai
Schmid
Chandler Stephenson
Rielly
Grubauer
Aho


Overall:

Tkachuk
Hintz
Drai

 

[ORRFForever]

If Edmonton wins the Cup, McDavid will win the Conn Smythe - no matter how many points Dr. Drai has.

 

[CanuckHockey]

I like Draisaitl. Feel like he tends to get overshadowed by 97 a bit (and I mean fair enough), but he's dynamite in the playoffs.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

It's Tkachuk then everyone else so far.

5-9-14 in 8

 

[matsqq]

Tkachuk and Draisaitl

 

[TheGoldenJet]

If Edmonton wins the Cup, McDavid will win the Conn Smythe - no matter how many points Dr. Drai has.

Kind of a Crosby over Malkin in 2017 type deal?

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Kind of a Crosby over Malkin in 2017 type deal?

Or Crosby over Kessel in 2016

 

[TheBeard]

Grubauer is sneaking into the convo.

 

[BertMcDrai]

Still Drai.