Top 30 Centers In The League Right Now?

[Ben White]

Ill bite:

McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Matthews
Hughes

Thompson
Crosby
Pettersson
Barkov
Stamkos (C/W)

Aho
Zibanejad
Point
Malkin
Miller (C/W)

Tavares
Eichel
Scheifele
Hintz
Bergeron

Hischier
Stutzle
Barzal
Lindholm
Larkin

Hertl
RNH
Kuznetsov
Thomas
Kopitar

HM: Horvat, PLD, ROR, Kadri, Couture

Pretty good list but Couture is not even a #2C anymore. Well he is a the Sharks but…

 

[Jeune Poulet]

People are sleeping in Josh Norris

He's that boring?

 

[wetcoast]

Ill bite:

McDavid
MacKinnon
Draisaitl
Matthews
Hughes

Thompson
Crosby
Pettersson
Barkov
Stamkos (C/W)

Aho
Zibanejad
Point
Malkin
Miller (C/W)

Tavares
Eichel
Scheifele
Hintz
Bergeron

Hischier
Stutzle
Barzal
Lindholm
Larkin

Hertl
RNH
Kuznetsov
Thomas
Kopitar

HM: Horvat, PLD, ROR, Kadri, Couture

Pretty good list.

Pretty good list but Couture is not even a #2C anymore. Well he is a the Sharks but…

He has Couture as a HM so around a top 40ish center and that seems to fit what he is right now.

 

[wetcoast]

Only on pace for only 61 pts with the best team in the league as the 1C. I understand hes a top 2-way forward, and that has value, but hes lost a step in his game.

Pavelski had 81 pts last season and is on pace for 74 this season. Decent 2 way game, had over 100 hits last season, top faceoff man. I dont know why you think Berg is THAT much better.

Because it's Patrice Bergeron being talked about here and yes he is still that good.

 

[amnesiac]

What a terrible, brutal, inexcusable list. Just awful. If I ever made a list it would be way way WAY better than this. WAY better

Waiting....

 

[wetcoast]

if Pettersson didnt have a down year last season, Id maybe agree. Jack Hughes has only got better every year, and is already elite in his 3rd season. Not saying EP isnt this season, but Im giving the JH the advantage here.

I'm a huge EP40 fan but I think that Jack Hughes is better right now.

Horvat having a career year in his contract year isnt proof enough (much like Kadri). Hes a career 55 point player. If he does it again next season, then sure.

Horvat is such a hard guy to evaluate.

21-22 through this season he is 6th in goals among centers but 32 in points.

Bo is great in the faceoff circle but not really a top end 2 way player.

I'd also rather Kadri right now for a playoff run.

 

[TBF1972]

Waiting....

as a neutral he needs some time to find 30 names with a link to the canucks.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

Difficult list to make but this is what I came up with.

1. Connor McDavid
2. Nathan MacKinnon
3. Leon Draisaitl
4. Auston Matthews
5. Tage Thompson
6. Sidney Crosby
7. Jack Hughes
8. Elias Pettersson
9. Brayden Point
10. Aleksander Barkov
11. Steven Stamkos
12. John Tavares
13. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
14. Bo Horvat
15. Mika Zibanejad
16. Sebastian Aho
17. Mark Scheifele
18. Pierre-Luc Dubois
19. Roope Hintz
20. Nico Hischier
21. Tim Stutzle
22. Evgeni Malkin
23. Dylan Larkin
24. Elias Lindholm
25. J.T. Miller
26. Patrice Bergeron
27. Mathew Barzal
28. Anze Kopitar
29. Dylan Cozens
30. Brock Nelson

This is the first list to include Dubois. I think after next season he’ll be solidly in this list. Many won’t want to jump on a career year but he has such a unique skill set. Not many C’s can physically dominate like him, score at a high rate and draw penalties like the best of them. It’s a fairly subjective topic and really there are probably 30+ guys that could be in the 15 to 30 range. Just depends on your exposure to those players.

 

[deca guard]

Waiting....

i was thinking it was sarcasm

 

[amnesiac]

i was thinking it was sarcasm

Yeah maybe...

 

[deca guard]

Yeah maybe...

now i dont know if your being sarcastic lol . and now you know why i hate sarcasm

 

[Lavar Ball]

1. McDavid
2. MacKinnon
3. Matthews
4. Draisaitl
5. Hughes
6. Crosby
7. Barkov
8. Thompson
9. Point
10. Pettersson
11. Aho
12. Zibanejad
13. Bergeron
14. Eichel
15. Hischier
16. Hintz
17. Malkin
18. Stutzle
19. Tavares
20. Scheifele
21. Larkin
22. Barzal
23. Lindholm
24. Miller
25. Thomas
26. Hertl
27. Kopitar
28. Dubois
29. Horvat
30. Kadri

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

1. Hughes
2. Jack Hughes
3. Jack H
4. J Hughes
5. Hughes, Jack

You forgot the son of our gm ! If you need a coach also he got experience

Now we ser Hughes giving s*** to Hughes, Hughes then yell at the others Hughes, Bench brawl, now imagine the 2 others Hughes

 

[LarKing]

Larkin actually getting some respect in an HF thread. Are you guys feeling alright?

 

[NyQuil]

Larkin actually getting some respect in an HF thread. Are you guys feeling alright?

Clearly not enough respect.

Everyone, give Larkin more respect for LarKing here.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Come playoff time I'd still rather have Crosby than some of these guys.

 

[Dack]

Do people realize that Draisaitl has spent almost half of his season on McDavid's wing (again)? Or that when he's actually centered his own line they've been considerably outplayed 5v5?



I know he gets a ton of points but can a guy really be a top 3 (or even top 5) center when he doesn't play the position half the time and isn't even winning his matchups while playing behind the best player in the league?

 

[Phrasing]

Do people realize that Draisaitl has spent almost half of his season on McDavid's wing (again)? Or that when he's actually centered his own line they've been considerably outplayed 5v5?



I know he gets a ton of points but can a guy really be a top 3 (or even top 5) center when he doesn't play the position half the time and isn't even winning his matchups while playing behind the best player in the league?

Is it true he’s playing center half the time? NHL has him as a C (I know, not always reliable) and he is top 10 in even strength points among centers.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

McDavid
Matthews

Having Matthews in the same tier as McDavid is just silly.

I Had to Wikipedia fact check that Connor doesn't have Matthews as a second family name.

 

[glenngineer]

What I wouldn't give for the Wild to someday have a center make a list like this...

As a Preds fan, I feel your pain.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Is it true he’s playing center half the time? NHL has him as a C (I know, not always reliable) and he is top 10 in even strength points among centers.View attachment 649877

According to natural stattrick, Draisaitl plays about 48% of his ES minutes with McDavid. His xGF%, GF%, SCF%, HDCF%, etc. are all <50% without McDavid and >50% with. So he's not stapled to McDavid, but I absolutely think it's fair to say that he benefits quite a bit from playing with the best hockey player in the world.

 

[TBF1972]

Clearly not enough respect.

Everyone, give Larkin more respect for LarKing here.

and what does la send the other way?

 

[Dack]

Is it true he’s playing center half the time? NHL has him as a C (I know, not always reliable) and he is top 10 in even strength points among centers.View attachment 649877

Per Naturalstattrick he's spent about 45% of his 5v5 icetime with McDavid this year.

I consider that 45% of his icetime spent playing wing, he might take some faceoffs and what not but when both are on the ice I think McDavid is the defacto center.