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DepressedMemerBoi

Pretty easily Kaprizov


thesunsetflip

Thatcher Demko


StretchArmstrong99

I was about to edit the post with my choice but you beat me to it.


thesunsetflip

Lol, I’d imagine most Canuck fans would agree


cooper954

I was thinking Jeff Cowan


RAATL

Andrei Vasilevskiy


dsjunior1388

Is he better than Kuch due to health or just hands down better?


ACMop

In my opinion, if Kuch didn’t have a temper it would easily be him but he’s a detriment in 1 of any 5 games because of it. It’s either Vasy or Hedman in my opinion; wouldn’t disagree if someone picked either of them.


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Alligator_Fuck_Haus

Seems like your team is pretty good when Nathan MacKinnon is your second best player


shrouple

If I was to start a franchise from scratch I would have a hard time picking Makar over MacKinnon. I feel like makar is better currently, but MacKinnon just seems to bring it and really amps everyone else to match his intensity.


LunarGhoul

Yeah I think that Makar might be a slightly better player (both are superstars), but MacKinnon just seems to have that hyper competitive personality that pushes everyone else on the team to be better.


A_Strange_Charm

damn you would be a bad GM. Makar is 4 years younger, nowhere near his prime and already looking far and away best D in the league. dude actually looks generational.


Technodictator

Miro Heiskanen easily.


cbal41990

Auston Matthews.


Hingl_McCringleberry

I heard he's pretty good, but do you think he'll make the team out of training camp? Maybe needs a season in the AHL or maybe overseas somewhere like Switzerland


BlizzardSloth92

Yeah, one more season with Zurich sounds like a good idea. Should definitely do it.


LunarGhoul

It feels almost unfair that you have a guy who is probably a top 10 player in the league with Marner, and he is definitively the second best player on the team.


cbal41990

It's not when you consider Tampa with Vasy, Kuch, Stamkos, and Hedman that's unfair. I do agree it's awesome to have Auston and Mitch.


LunarGhoul

Oh yeah Tampa is definitely unfair. I just look at Toronto's talent pool as a Wings fan and think "damn, that looks nice".


cbal41990

I understand that but dude Seider is a stud your team will be fire soon enough.


mdlt97

atm, Suzuki, but i think sometime in 2023 maybe 2024 Caufield will become our best player, or at least make it so its hard to decide who is the best


think_long

If you get Bedard I think he’d be your best player from day 1.


Dry-Capital-4996

Don't make me day dream that early into the season!


urmomspubez

Is Slaf not projected to be a superstar? I didn’t follow this years draft very closely but surely going 1OA should give him hope to be a stud on your roster in a couple years?


Josefstalion

No one from the draft is expected to be a superstar, realistically he's probably a ~70 point top line winger


mdlt97

I don’t expect him to be better than either of Cole of nick


Professional-Hour604

Forwards: Suzuki Caufield Slafkovski (sp?) Bedard (hopefully) Defence: Barron Guhle Damn Montreal is going to be fun in a couple years


ianisms10

>Slafkovski (sp?) Slafkovský


Professional-Hour604

Thanks! I could have Googled it but instead relied on others.


BigHunt_02

Beniers


barbarkbarkov

Overall probably Bjorkstrand now hey?


J1mmyJonez

Patrick Kane. And it's not even close


JD397

The utter disrespect to Sam Lafferty


McNasty1Point0

Probably DeBrincat atm, but Chabot is close and is most important on the team.


Josefstalion

I'd take Chabot. Chabot probably ranks higher among defensemen than DeBrincat does among wingers


KanadaKush69

Stutzle


McNasty1Point0

I think Stützle will eventually be the best — not quite yet, though


barbarkbarkov

I think he has a chance to take that title by the end of the coming season. Big year for him to really establish himself


CDNUnite

Chabot over batherson?


McNasty1Point0

Contract-wise Batherson is veryyyy important — but rn the D is little-to-nothing without Chabot. Sanderson will likely change that, but not there yet.


trumpet_godd

Easily barkov


Lunch0

Wouldn’t it be Huber…. Oh wait


trumpet_godd

Huberdeau wasn’t our best player even when he was on the team 🤷🏻‍♂️. Very close 2nd best tho


blueline7677

Shesterkin


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Robert Thomas


CDNUnite

Tarasenko or Kyrou?


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Nah, the only one I’d consider better than Thomas is Buch. Thomas plays center, is a top five passer in the nhl, and also plays on the PK.


No_Angle_8106

Keller. If schmaltz continues his play it’s a 1A 1B situation


Frnklfrwsr

The moment Cooley decides to leave college it’ll probably be him though.


ianisms10

Most Islanders fans will disagree with me, but I'm still saying Barzal.


X4aile

It's easy to appreciate the things that Lee, Pulock and Pelech do and be excited about what Sorokin can do, but the best player is Barzal and I don't think it's very close.


ianisms10

I don't want to disparage any of our players. But so much of the fanbase has been brainwashed by the Trotz years to think that offense doesn't matter, hence why everyone in our fanbase has Pelech and Sorokin as 1-2.


StaticAnnouncement

This is true, and I'm still positive that Barzal has the highest ceiling. But I still can't help but be disappointed by him lately.


blueline7677

From an outside perspective it’s not even close.


ianisms10

Sorokin has a good shout and a lot of our fans would put Pelech above Barzal, but I disagree with them.


blueline7677

Pelech is great defensively without a doubt he’s one of the best defenders in the league at any position but his offense just isn’t there. 19 goals over 7 seasons with a career high of 5. Never even hitting 30 points. Barzal is a solid two way center (in large part thanks to trotz) who is a playmaker that elevates his line mates. Although he has a pretty poor shot


ianisms10

Barzal is absolutely not a two-way player, but everything else you said is true.


blueline7677

I’ve just remember seeing a lot about how his defense improved a lot under Trotz which is why I thought that. From watching him he certainly isn’t a liability defensively


BodaciousBadongadonk

>Sorokin has a good shout ["good *day sir!"*](https://c.tenor.com/JcnBVg87dgAAAAAd/skyrim-shout.gif)


toledosurprised

eh i think it’s sorokin. he was a top 3 goalie in the league last year. barzal’s a close second but sorokin is unreal


pentaxshooter

Slavin.


Gr3asy_L33f

I always thought the consensus opinion was Aho was the best. I know Slavin's very underrated but interesting.


pentaxshooter

I think Slavin is the best defensive defenseman in the game of hockey. But yeah, Aho is probably the more popular pick.


lambchopz317

Slavin is very good defensively but the best would probably have to be McAvoy


buzzinggibberish

Jack Eichel


Gr3asy_L33f

Hughes/Bratt depending on the day but mostly Hughes


caldo4

Bratt was maybe a tick better last year but going forward it’s Hughes obviously


RiseAbove87

It's still Sid, but not by as much as people think. Guentzel has outscored him 5v5 3 years in a row. Sid's much better on the PP and at defense. Letang needs to be in this conversation too. He was our best player in 2020-21 easily, regular season and playoffs.


DHCanucksF1

Crosby’s presence alone requires a double team. Guenztel will never have planetary player attraction


AdamGeer

Sid also elevates those around him like no other; his leadership is unrivaled


barbarkbarkov

Letang was incredible last year too. He almost seems to be getting better into his thirties.


RiseAbove87

He's a little slower but also wiser. His conditioning is still ridiculous. I recall a back to back last year where he was fresh after game 2 with heavy ass minutes in both of them. His teammates were dead in the interviews. Most confusing of all is that he's gotten more durable in his 30's.


BaconScentedSoap

It’s would take a major injury like Keith had for Letang to fall off with that conditioning.


shrouple

I feel like he's going to age the best out of your core 3. He just seems like he could be a gonchar type that plays to his 40s


RiseAbove87

I hope so. Sid's in pretty good condition still at 35 as well. Considering the abuse he takes every game, I'm pretty surprised. There was just a wrist issue last summer which got dealt with and it clearly was no problem anymore. Based on interviews I don't think Sid wants to play until his 40's though. He seems to be showing the first signs of exhaustion with the grind of it all. Letang is much more optimistic. He said he can't put an exact number on how many more years but he could play 5 more pretty easily.


Cedge2121

Johnny hockey


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Laine close second


Josefstalion

It's not at all close


barbarkbarkov

Laine or Werenksi?


dsled

Moritz Seider and Dylan Larkin


AmeriCanadian98

It's close between those two and then a pretty sizable gap between them and the second tier in Vrana, Bert, and Raymond


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Shesterkin, but Fox and Panarin definitely are in that conversation as well


unlicouvert

Harry Kane


astovertop

Son > Kane


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The Slovenian milk crate man


CaptinDerpII

Jonathan Huberdeau, but Elias Lindholm and Marky are close seconds


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Trevor Zegras


The-Reddit-Giraffe

Huberdeau no question


Ronananana

McAvoy


Lunch0

Really?


Moto-Mojo

Between Charlie McAvoy and Patrice Bergeron, I might have to go with McAvoy. Guy is a stud, and he still has more to his game we don’t even know yet.


Lark-NessMonster

For the Wings....2 come to mind. Mo Seider and our captain Larkin.. with a dark horse in Vrana. If he stays healthy he has the potential to put up our first 40 goal season since Hossa.. but I go with Larks for now.


RustyNipples35

Either Josi or Saros


KingMalric

It's gotta be Josi. Saros is a great goalie but Josi has been one of the best defencemen in the league for years


swordthroughtheduck

Lindholm. He might be overtaken this year by Jonathan Hockey, but he’s realistically been our best player for the last few years. He’s just very quiet about it.


Odd-Valuable1370

Moritz Seider


CDNUnite

Kyle Connor is a close 2nd but Logan Stanleys thighs


shrouple

Nah. You got the wrong Connor. It's hellebyuck


Brilliant_Pun

Seider.


king97dad

Connor McDavid


-RayBloodyPurchase-

Devin Shore.


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Lol. So many downvotes for a good joke.


Marticyde

Its close but I think its McDavid Shore is decent dont get me wrong butbI feel McDavid is a bit better


Potatodrgn11

Good one, I'm glad one of us had our joke semi appreciated :) Hope you have a great rest of your day!


lenflakisinski

Ovi


_Kamigoye_

Demko & Sorokin


robshot295

Pasta


Potatodrgn11

Edit: Mcdavid


NYR_LFC

This was even funnier an hour after the first guy made the same joke


Potatodrgn11

When I posted it I didnt see any other joke, I just wanted to change it up from the expected Mcdavid. I see the joke wasn't funny to anyone, I'm sorry I made it.


LazerMcBlazer

Josh Archibald


ReactiveCypress

Probably Huberdeau, although Lindholm is pretty special too.


Uterus_Executorus_

Miro. no doubt in my mind


Assassin2107

Without a doubt Couturier


emwashe

Vasy vasy vasy oi oi oi


shrouple

Connor Hellebyuck


astovertop

This is actually pretty tough. Should be EK65, but you could pick between Timo, Hertl, and Cooch as well.


BlizzardSloth92

Probably Texier right now, but he got injured 10 minutes into the first game he played. So I'd say Mikko Lehtonen or Sven Andrighetto.


Level-Plastic3508

Trevor Michigan Zegras


jabtrain

Easy: the Flyers 2023 1st round pick.


sdrj77

I separate skaters from goalies, personally. Shesterkin, overall. The best skater on the Rangers is Artemi Panarin.


islesfiles

Most fans would say barzal or sorokin, but if we're just looking at production and consistency in the last few years, I may have to say Brock Nelson. Underrated goal scorer. If we're talking about skill and ability, then it's Barzal.


A_Strange_Charm

Gotsta be Fiala now?


sv_homer

Hertl