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[The Guvnah]

Oh... Me new at internets.

[Big Ev]

i would actually take Tavares over Stamkos if he leaves New York

[27Blue]

me too. he is already a more valuable hockey player and he will pass him in fantasy one day too.

[bigbabybuda]

My comment was cheeky because blaze is my boy and he was getting some slack here but we got into about a year ago about this. I feel all things being = Tavares is the better hockey player. I think his hockey I.Q is higher has better hands, is a better facilitator and is stronger, while Stamkos is a better skater, has a better shot and most importantly way better teammates. In 2 more years I believe with the development of Strome, Nino, Reinhart and others, while Tampa's other stars continue to age Tavares will begin to out score him. Tampa has some nice players coming up but no were on the same level as MSL and Vinny. Time will tell! For example 1 year ago I got lambasted on this site by almost everyone for saying Tavares was better then Giroux long term. Take Jagr a way and all of a sudden the majority have Tavares a head if Giroux. All I'm trying to say is that things can change quick and maybe we should be careful about how hard we come down in people if there opinions are different on players, myself included because in six months u can end up looking like a total ass

[bigbabybuda]

I'm sorry for the grammar btw. My phone is a cheap piece if shit and switches words around all the time :-)

[The Guvnah]

me too. he is already a more valuable hockey player and he will pass him in fantasy one day too.

I doubt it. How is he already a more valuable hockey player though? All Stamkos needs is somebody to pass him the puck and he'll score 50 goals a season.

[bondon]

I doubt it. How is he already a more valuable hockey player though? All Stamkos needs is somebody to pass him the puck and he'll score 50 goals a season.

Some would argue that Tavares would as well if he were playing with the likes of MSL.

Keep in mind too, that with the players that the Islanders have surrounded Tavares with, that a lot of the time he is the one that has to do the facilitating for others or else the Isles won't score.

[The Guvnah]

Some would argue that Tavares would as well if he were playing with the likes of MSL.

Keep in mind too, that with the players that the Islanders have surrounded Tavares with, that a lot of the time he is the one that has to do the facilitating for others or else the Isles won't score.

Fair enough. I've got nothing against Tavares, I think he's a great player. I have a man-crush on Stamkos though, so I guess I'm a little biased! I will be interesting to see if Stamkos can keep up with what he's doing as the team around him changes. It will also be interesting to see what Tavares will do as the team around him (hopefully) improves.

[27Blue]

I doubt it. How is he already a more valuable hockey player though? All Stamkos needs is somebody to pass him the puck and he'll score 50 goals a season.

most people get confused about the fact that 'best player' is not the same as 'player with the most points'... especially on a fantasy site. but JT is a better rounded player with a much tougher assignment. he does more to help his team win than stamkos does. both guys are top 5 forwards in the nhl, and stamkos is the best goal scorer in hockey... but if i am redrafting the league, tavares gets picked before stamkos in my books. i can't wait until the olympics when these two flank crosby on canada's top line. i also think the day will come that tavares routinely outpoint stamkos.

[The Guvnah]

most people get confused about the fact that 'best player' is not the same as 'player with the most points'... especially on a fantasy site. but JT is a better rounded player with a much tougher assignment. he does more to help his team win than stamkos does. both guys are top 5 forwards in the nhl, and stamkos is the best goal scorer in hockey... but if i am redrafting the league, tavares gets picked before stamkos in my books. i can't wait until the olympics when these two flank crosby on canada's top line. i also think the day will come that tavares routinely outpoint stamkos.

Well if we're re-drafting the league, Jonathan Toews goes first overall!