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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
^^ Would you consider Toews an elite centre? they have very comparable stats in first 5 years and Toews had a way better team around him
I consider Monahan an elite centre. not top 5 elite but definitely top 10 in league
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I'm not sure he's elite or top 10 but he's still a damn good first line center.
Crosby
Malkin
McDavid
Stamkos
Tavares
Bergeron
That is probably the current elite tier.
Then you have "old guard" Getzlaf, Thornton, Backstrom, Toews, Giroux group that have been in that top elite tier in the past, have good playoff pedigree but are slowing down now. Toews could easily bounce back up to "elite" IMO though.
After you have a younger group that includes guys like Matthews, Seguin, Scheifele, Mackinnon, Monahan, Eichel, Barkov, etc
I would call that last group not quite elite yet at this but still damn good centers, and all of them young enough to still reach that elite group.