Jeff Skinner vs. Evander Kane

[Darren_Kennedy]

Had a fun debate with a friend today over Jeff Skinner and Evander Kane.

Essentially he favours Skinner long term in standard leagues (with both Pims and SOG, no hits) while I like Kane.

His thought is that Skinner will put up 65+ points while Kane doesn't do enough in PIMs to make up for the gap in core production.

My contention is that if Kane can ever get to 60+ points he'll immediately be a top 20 player based on the strength of his peripheral categories.

Interested to get your take on this.

[Dobber]

I think, offensively, that Kane can get just as many points as Skinner and in a points-only league I would rather own Skinner by a hair. In multi-cat leagues it's not even close, the other categories put Kane over the top. Kane just needs two or three more years. His type of player always takes awhile.

[mister_mcgoo]

I'm with Dobber here...in pts-only it's pretty much a crap shoot (especially with Skinner's injury history), but in any league that counts peripheral stats like PIMs and Hits, Kane wins handily. He fits the power forward mold to a T and power forwards take a couple more years to develop

[Darren_Kennedy]

I think, offensively, that Kane can get just as many points as Skinner and in a points-only league I would rather own Skinner by a hair. In multi-cat leagues it's not even close, the other categories put Kane over the top. Kane just needs two or three more years. His type of player always takes awhile.

I need you talking to the managers in my league. I'm standing by Kane, but most of them are calling him a bust (a bust! at 22 years old.....sigh)

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I'm with Dobber here...in pts-only it's pretty much a crap shoot (especially with Skinner's injury history), but in any league that counts peripheral stats like PIMs and Hits, Kane wins handily. He fits the power forward mold to a T and power forwards take a couple more years to develop

Agreed - players like Benn, Perry, Iginla...are perfect examples of why power forwards need a bit of extra time

[Shake]

Agree with Dobber 150%.