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WHO IS THE BETTER PLAYER MATTHEWS OR DRAISAITL

Who is the overall better player
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 10:19 a.m.
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Oilers4Days
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I've seen this starting to become more and more of a debate. Who do you guys think is better?
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 10:21 a.m.
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Matthews all the way
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 11:48 a.m.
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one currently leads the NHL in scoring, and also has a Hart trophy, Art Ross trophy, and a Ted Lindsay Trophy, and has 2 100 point seasons and a 50 goal season, and has made it past the first round
and the other one has Maurice Richard trophy and also had a very good NHL debut
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.
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Drai, best 3 players in the league are McDavid-Mack-Drai, Matthews comes right after though
Nov. 15, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.
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Brian2016
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I think it's McDavid......Draisaitl..........................................MacKinnon.....Matthews.............#5???
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.
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Edited Nov. 16, 2021 at 1:06 a.m.
If we go by goal scorer its Matthews if we go by playmaking Draisaitl

As rn Matthews goals per game pace is 2nd in the league at .591 while Draisaitl is 7th in the league at .435 and we need to keep into account that despite Draisaitl playing 145 more games the difference between the two is 9 goals.

Despite that both rn are top 5 centers in the NHL.

So in the end it all depends on what you want. Neither is better nor worse than the other unless you look at very specific micro stats and factors. But considering age and goal scoring pace got to go with Matthews as once he is 100% comfortable with his healed wrist oh boy were probs gonna see him go on a big run. That and apparently this year he decided to challenge Barkov for the Selke as his even strength defense went from 46% to 85%
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.
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Quoting: Brian2016
I think it's McDavid......Draisaitl..........................................MacKinnon.....Matthews.............#5???


I'd personally switch Mack and Drai but yeah, my top 4 would be around that
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.
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Jack Hughes

But since he isn't an option, I'm picking Draisaitl barely over Matthews
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.
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What’s jacks value to go to the caps
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Nov. 15, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.
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Matthews isn't even better than Marchand *send tweet*
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Nov. 16, 2021 at 1:00 a.m.
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Brian2016
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I'd personally switch Mack and Drai but yeah, my top 4 would be around that


Recency bias. In favor of Draisaitl.
Nov. 16, 2021 at 10:04 p.m.
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matthews. no further questions.
Nov. 16, 2021 at 10:04 p.m.
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Matthews isn't even better than Marchand *send tweet*


how 2 unmod as not a mod
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Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:56 a.m.
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Quoting: Brian2016
Recency bias. In favor of Draisaitl.


I don't see how Recency Bias has anything to do with this. Draisaitl has always been the better player, he's just now beating Matthews at the only thing he's Elite at.
Nov. 17, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.
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Brian2016
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I don't see how Recency Bias has anything to do with this. Draisaitl has always been the better player, he's just now beating Matthews at the only thing he's Elite at.


The question was Draisaitl over MacKinnon, not Matthews. Everyone agrees he's better than Matthews. Most people seem to think MacKinnon is better than Draisaitl. Personally, I think Draisaitl is number 2. Matthews is a distant 4th.
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Nov. 19, 2021 at 11:48 p.m.
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The people that say Draisital is carried by McDavid are dead wrong and they know it
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