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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 4, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 7, 2018 at 3:39 p.m.
Thread: Top 20 Centres
Wow, a lot of blind Leafs hate on this thread. Please use facts if you want to exclude Matthews from the top-5 / top-10 conversation, otherwise your opinion is just that, your opinion. Here are the 5v5 stats for the league's best centers.

5v5 points/60, 2017-18
1. McDavid 3.17
2. MacKinnon 2.99
<strong>3. Matthews 2.91</strong>
4. Barzal 2.88
5. Giroux 2.81
6. Stamkos 2.81

5v5 goals/60, 2017-18
<strong>1. Matthews 1.68</strong>
2. Karlsson 1.38
3. McDavid 1.34
4. MacKinnon 1.31
5. Konecny 1.22
6. Staal 1.19

For some reason Babcock played Matthews on PP2 rather than PP1 like all the other superstars, so his PP stats aren't the best in the game, but still better than some "top-5 centers". Here are his PP stats vs a selection of the games premier centers:

5v4 Goals/60, 2017-18
6. Stamkos: 3.47
13. Malkin: 2.79
15. Tavares: 2.67
23. Scheifele: 2.37
40. Matthews: 1.89
64. McDavid: 1.29
65. Crosby: 1.26

5v4 Points/60
3. Malkin: 7.50
4. Stamkos: 7.18
8. Crosby: 6.52
12. Tavares: 6.06
18. Matthews: 5.66
28. Scheifele: 5.08
30. McDavid: 4.92

This year Matthews will be on PP1 with Rielly (2nd best PP guy in the league last year), Marner (3rd best) and Kadri (13th best), so we'll likely see his stats jump significantly.