rataylor may be a lot of things but Habs Homer is not one of them -lmao
it's OK Ev, just learn the Leaf's mantra "there's always next year"
I mean we can just do a straight comparison to judge if you want?
Top 6 as of today
Filppula-Stamkos-Callahan
Palat-Johnson-Kucherov
and
MacArthur-Turris-Chiasson
Hoffman-Zibanejad-Ryan
So
Stamkos >>> Turris
Filppula ~= MacArthur
Callahan >> Chaisson
Palat > Hoffman
Johnson > Zibanejad (at this point of their careers, who knows long term)
Kucherov < Ryan (probably, although Kuch is damn good)
Regardless, that still adds up to Tampa's top 6 being significantly better than Ottawa's. I'm not sure how this is much of a debate, and I'm not a Tampa homer or an Ottawa hater. I think it's pretty well documented I'm a Pens homer and a Philly hater lol.
And Hoffman, Macarthur and Turris are proven studs???
None of these guys are top line guys on a good team
And youre way overrating Bobby Ryan, as most people do
Ottawa is not a good team
and these 4 guys are not "young"
This is their prime, and theyre still being outplayed by all 4 of the tampa players were talking about
Even Hoffman is almost 26
I cant even believe were talking about Hoffman and Macarthur as legit comparables!
Macarthur is past his prime and at his absolute best he was nothing more than a decent 2nd line winger
Hes now a 3rd line guy!
He’s now on pace for 59pts (20goals). In his last 10 games he’s averaging a 66pt season. The thing missing this season is those multi-point games, if he had even 6 multi-point games this season he’d be on pace for a minimum of 70pts. 6pts in 46games isn’t much, especially for someone who is learning a Leadership role from out of no-where. Last yr Spezza was the capt, yr before was Alfy, I don’t think Karlsson was expecting to be a leader anytime soon.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
did anybody watch EK in his last game in TO..thats the old EK right there. hes turning the corner....he may not make 70, but lets face it hes a DEFENCEMAN!
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4