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Top 5 at each position THIS YEAR

Created by: AustonMatthews3443
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Initial Creation Date: Apr. 21, 2021
Published: Apr. 21, 2021
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My list, I put Draisaitl at LW as I am not interested in having yet another Drai v AM34 debate today lol and he plays both. Also I included 6 D as ranking dmen is much harder as the big name guys have not necessarily been all that great this year, I tried to put the 6 best in the best order but let me know what you would change.

Obviously inured players are excluded as this ranking is almost entirely based on their play this year.
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32$100,000,000$203,715,662$0$3,350,000-$103,715,662
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$8,500,000$8,500,000
C, LW
UFA - 5
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
UFA - 6
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the New York Rangers
$11,642,857$11,642,857
LW
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$6,300,000$6,300,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$2,625,000$2,625,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$6,125,000$6,125,000
LW
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 4
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$9,250,000$9,250,000
RW, C
UFA - 5
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$5,900,000$5,900,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$8,700,000$8,700,000
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$10,903,000$10,903,000
RW
UFA - 5
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$4,500,000$4,500,000
LW, RW
UFA - 4
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$5,900,000$5,900,000
C
NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$6,666,667$6,666,667
RW
UFA - 3
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$5,200,000$5,200,000
LD/RD
UFA - 5
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$880,833$880,833 (Performance Bonus$2,500,000$2M)
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$9,500,000$9,500,000
G
UFA - 8
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 7
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$4,900,000$4,900,000
RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
$6,166,667$6,166,667
G
UFA - 4
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$7,875,000$7,875,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$5,750,000$5,750,000
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
$1,500,000$1,500,000
G
UFA - 1
Logo of the New York Islanders
$1,600,000$1,600,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the New York Rangers
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$3,500,000$3,500,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$5,600,000$5,600,000
LD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$4,025,000$4,025,000
RD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$3,333,333$3,333,333
G
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
$9,059,000$9,059,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Washington Capitals
$8,000,000$8,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 6

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Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.
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Panarin>Drai coming from an oilers fan
Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.
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Quoting: Drshnuckels91
Panarin>Drai coming from an oilers fan


That's definitely a debate than can be had, Panarin is certainly more dynamic but he is pretty poor defensively. I can see both sides of the arguement.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:34 p.m.
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I'd put Drai at C this year -- feel like he's been mostly a center.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:35 p.m.
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I'd put Drai at C this year -- feel like he's been mostly a center.


Yeah I know, just I had a huge debate earlier with multiple people regarding Draisaitl and Matthews and I wasn't interested in doing it again lol
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.
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This is so hard to do, given how the north division gets the benefit of playing against a bad team every single game.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:49 p.m.
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Quoting: CMcAvoy73
This is so hard to do, given how the north division gets the benefit of playing against a bad team every single game.


I agree that it is difficult do but I will say that while the North division is the weakest it is not that bad IMO
Apr. 21, 2021 at 6:54 p.m.
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Quoting: AustonMatthews3443
I agree that it is difficult do but I will say that while the North division is the weakest it is not that bad IMO


The best the division has to offer is a club that’s usually 4th or 3rd in their division. The rest is pretty much whether or not McDavid decides to be a superhero, and junk.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.
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Quoting: CMcAvoy73
The best the division has to offer is a club that’s usually 4th or 3rd in their division. The rest is pretty much whether or not McDavid decides to be a superhero, and junk.


They might not have the high end teams that the other divisions have but people seem to dismiss the fact that their is at least one team if not a couple who are just as bad if not worse than Ottawa in every division and they have 3 teams that are playoff teams this year no matter how the divisions shake out IMO.

Montreal is a bubble playoff team, I think they are better than whoever the Central and West have as their 4 seed. Plus, people seem to forget they beat the Penguins in the qualifiers last year a team who is in a playoff spot in the deepest division in the league and they haven't gotten any better while I think the Canadians are deeper up front and on the backend.

Calgary and Vancouver have struggled but they are in the same tier as Philly, Arizona, St. Louis, San Jose, LA, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville. And in that tier they wouldn't be the worst teams by any means.

Ottawa is garbage but so is Detroit, CBJ, NJD, Buffalo and Anaheim.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.
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Quoting: AustonMatthews3443
They might not have the high end teams that the other divisions have but people seem to dismiss the fact that their is at least one team if not a couple who are just as bad if not worse than Ottawa and they have 3 teams that are playoff teams no matter how the divisions shake out IMO.

Montreal is a bubble playoff team, I think they are better than whoever the Central and West have as their 4 seed. Plus, people seem to forget they beat the Penguins in the qualifiers last year a team who is in a playoff spot in the deepest division in the league and they haven't gotten any better while I think the Canadians are deeper up front and on the backend.

Calgary and Vancouver have struggled but they are in the same tier as Philly, Arizona, St. Louis, San Jose, LA, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville. And in that tier they wouldn't be the worst teams by any means.

Ottawa is garbage but so is Detroit, CBJ, NJD, Buffalo and Anaheim.


The difference is that teams in a playoff spot in the north are garbage. I think all the playoff teams in the east would likely be first in the north, and the rangers would probably be comfortably in a playoff spot.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:23 p.m.
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Quoting: CMcAvoy73
The difference is that teams in a playoff spot in the north are garbage. I think all the playoff teams in the east would likely be first in the north, and the rangers would probably be comfortably in a playoff spot.


If Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmondton are "garbage" then so is the entire league except the 4 playoff teams in the East, Vegas, Colorado, Tampa, Carolina and Florida, anyways I'm not saying the North isn't the worst division I'm just saying it's not by as much as you think, no matter how you shake it they are all still NHL teams and the disparity in talent isn't that big. For example, while Toronto would be underdogs they would still have a reasonable chance of beating Carolina in a playoff series.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:29 p.m.
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Quoting: AustonMatthews3443
If Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmondton are "garbage" then so is the entire league except the 4 playoff teams in the East, Vegas, Colorado, Tampa, Carolina and Florida, anyways I'm not saying the North isn't the worst division I'm just saying it's not by as much as you think, no matter how you shake it they are all still NHL teams and the disparity in talent isn't that big. For example, while Toronto would be underdogs they would still have a reasonable chance of beating Carolina in a playoff series.


I more meant montreal, but both winnipeg and edmonton are definitely very flawed teams. I’m guessing in a normal year they would both be battling for a playoff spot, but not comfortably looking forward to the playoffs.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:07 p.m.
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Without Panarin we wouldn’t have even had a chance of being respectable this year. I think he’s over Draisaitl this year.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:16 p.m.
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It was almost perfect until I saw Nurse.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:19 p.m.
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It was almost perfect until I saw Nurse.


Oh well I'll take it lol, everyone seems to have very different opinions on him so that's understandable. What don't you like about him? Who would you have over him?
Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.
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For this year Rantanen is scoring more and has significantly better defensive metrics than Stone. Just saying and Devon Toews needs to be on there.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.
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Oh well I'll take it lol, everyone seems to have very different opinions on him so that's understandable. What don't you like about him? Who would you have over him?


He isn't good defensively. Below-average at least. Devon Toews most likely.
Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.
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Quoting: Xqb15a
For this year Rantanen is scoring more and has significantly better defensive metrics than Stone. Just saying and Devon Toews needs to be on there.


Yeah true Toews could definitely be there over Nurse.

Unless you're talking about goals, Stone and Rantanen have the same amount of points, Rantanen has played one less game but he also plays with much better linemates, and Stones xGF/60 is signifigantly higher then Rantanens. As for defensive metrics Rantanen does have a better xGA/60 along with other important metrics but Stone's xG+-/60 is better, which I think is an underated stat for comparing offensive vs defensive impact. Stones EVO is much better while their PPO is the same. Rantanens EVD is better but he does not kill penalties which hurts his his overall defensive score compared to Stones as Stone kills penalties and in terms of SHD he's 3rd in the league. You can make the arguement that whether he kills penailties or not shouldn't effect his player evaluation, but to me playing in all situations is important. Because of this Stone's WAR, GAR and SPAR are all better then Rantanen.

While I can see your arguement for Rantanen, I still choose Stone, but it is a good debate and I see your side of it. I will say though in hindsight I should have Rantanen over Kane.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.
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He isn't good defensively. Below-average at least. Devon Toews most likely.


Agreed but while his xGA/60 isn't good it is better when he's playing with Bear so not sure how much his xGA/60 is effected by Barrie being a forward playing D lol. I agree though in hindsight I should've went with Toews, much better defensive metrics and his WAR, GAR, and SPAR are much better than Nurse, completely dismissed him TBH. I was just kind of mesmerized by Nurse's EVO being the best in the league among D and thought I shouldn't leave him out.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:37 p.m.
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Yeah true Toews could definitely be there over Nurse.

Unless you're talking about goals, Stone and Rantanen have the same amount of points, Rantanen has played one less game but he also plays with much better linemates, and Stones xGF/60 is signifigantly higher then Rantanens. As for defensive metrics Rantanen does have a better xGA/60 along with other important metrics but Stone's xG+-/60 is better, which I think is an underated stat for comparing offensive vs defensive impact. Stones EVO is much better while their PPO is the same. Rantanens EVD is better but he does not kill penalties which hurts his his overall defensive score compared to Stones as Stone kills penalties and in terms of SHD he's 3rd in the league. You can make the arguement that whether he kills penailties or not shouldn't effect his player evaluation, but to me playing in all situations is important. Because of this Stone's WAR, GAR and SPAR are all better then Rantanen.

While I can see your arguement for Rantanen, I still choose Stone, but it is a good debate and I see your side of it. I will say though in hindsight I should have Rantanen over Kane.

Obviously I get to see Rantanen every game, I just see what Stone has done against the Avs and in all honesty Pacioretty has been their most dangerous forward against the Avs, as for Kane if you make the argument about linemates Kane deserves it even more, but awesome post very honest and thoughtful. I don’t get to see a lot of the Canadian teams and I was skeptical of Nurse but he does have really solid numbers, I just think again biased that Girard and Toews have been the best defensive pairing in the league, other teams offense has just evaporated and turned into rushes the other direction.
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Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:47 p.m.
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Quoting: CMcAvoy73
This is so hard to do, given how the north division gets the benefit of playing against a bad team every single game.

You and all other people that say this are toxic
The North isn’t that bad
Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.
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Quoting: mitchmarner16
You and all other people that say this are toxic
The North isn’t that bad


The north is horrid. One team that’s okay.
 
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