Stamkos or Tarasenko

[DudeImJason]

going forward which one of these forwards would you say is the better option?, all stats (no ATOI, and for 1st team in SIG)

Tarasenko - consistently around 40g, 35a, and without Hitchcocks defensive system may take game to next level?

Stamkos - couple unlucky injuries in the past couple seasons but back healthy and w/ the emergence of Kucherov could be quite the deadly duo

[StuntMan12]

I'd take Tarasenko easily. Younger than Stamkos and has shown he is very durable throughout the years and still potential for more production.

[jdreed3184]

With FOW and Hits, I like Stamkos here. I expect Stamkos to do 35-35 with his usual 100 hits and 450 faceoffs.

I'd say Tarasenko is safer (age + no injuries) but Stamkos is a stud in your format and still relatively young.

Honestly, you can't go wrong here - both great players that are going to have great years.

[BreadManPanarin]

I'd take Tarasenko easily. Younger than Stamkos and has shown he is very durable throughout the years and still potential for more production.

Stamkos showed that he was very durable throughout the years until he suddenly didn't anymore. Same could happen to Tank.

I think Stamkos if fully healthy probably has higher total points upside, but Tank is a safer bet to play 82 games.

[DudeImJason]

Stamkos showed that he was very durable throughout the years until he suddenly didn't anymore. Same could happen to Tank.

I think Stamkos if fully healthy probably has higher total points upside, but Tank is a safer bet to play 82 games.

these are some good points, and I think Stamkos injuries are more freak accidents then him being injury prone, it's not like he's missing 15 games a season from pulled groins and hamstrings like Datsyuk/Letang

[SelkeSmooth]

Straight pts I think this is a toss up. Maybe slight edge to Tarasenko (though the supporting cast in TB is far better offensively)

Multi-cat league Stamkos has a big edge in fw/hits. To me if you're looking at 2 players and they're maybe 0-15 pts apart and the lesser has multi-cat coverage, you're better off going with that. Easy enough to pick up the 15 pt difference somewhere else.