Gaudreau,Scheifele,Matthews,Benn,Wheeler

[StuntMan12]

Pick (1) for next season in a pts league - 1 year ... all listed as just forwards

Johnny Gaudreau
Mark Scheifele
Auston Matthews
Jamie Benn
Blake Wheeler

[rataylor22]

Gaudreau for me. Not thinking particularly hard on it either.

[Wonko]

Gotta think Benn has a bounce back 80+ point campaign. 87, 89 and then last seasons 69 after missing 5 games and a down year for all of Dallas. I will eat my shorts if he doesn't score over 75 this season, but more likely he puts up 80+.

[FinnishFlash]

Benn in a one year.

[The Bottlenecker]

Gambling on Matthews. Why not?

[StuntMan12]

Gambling on Matthews. Why not?

That's who I'm leaning towards as well. He didn't get a whole lot in assists ... (29) you would think he would improve a bit on that and can see him scoring 40+ as he did last season.

[Eskimo Brother]

Really tough pick.
The easy bottom one for me is Gaudreau. Never been as high on him as everyone else. The other four are all very close though.

[StuntMan12]

Much of a chance Matthews improves on his 40 goal season? Does this projection look about right?
GP/G/A/PTS
Auston Matthews (TOR) 82-44-35-79

he had 29 assists in his rookie year, do you guys expect his assist totals to increase much if at all from last season?

[CascadeFilly]

Benn, followed closely by Scheifele.

[Leafs2010]

Matthews or Scheifele for me. When positions don't matter and it's equally weighted pts-only I give the benefit of the doubt to the center over the winger.

[suvojitde]

Benn, followed closely by Scheifele.

Agreed - and a close contest.

[RizzeeDizzee]

I'm a big time Wheeler believer. He followed up 78 points with 74 despite metrics that were unsustainably low. He's as rock solid as you can get, and this is only for next year. Or to put it another way, while all the other four might have the potential for more than 75 points (which I see as Wheeler's floor), they come with more ifs than Wheeler, so I'm taking Wheeler.

[StuntMan12]

Scheifele
Tarasenko
Gaudreau
Benn
Draisaitl
Matthews

That's how i have them ranked right now, really think Laine and Scheifele continue to click and Laine winning the Rocket Richard Trophy

[StuntMan12]

I picked Draisaitl over these guys in a $25 1 year league:

Jamie Benn
Vladimir Tarasenko
Auston Matthews
Johnny Gaudreau
John Tavares

Good move, not much difference or what do you take from it?

[Big Baby]

I would have taken Matthews over Draisaitl. Maybe Benn as well. What cats?