Originally Posted by powderjunkie
IMO of course, and not in particular order within tiers. Older guys...several could probably drop a tier, but I wouldn't write them off so fast
Tier1
MacKinnon McDavid Crosby
Tier 2
TBD: Matthews, Eichel, Draisaitl, Aho, Point,
PRIME: Barkov, ROR, Couturier, Scheifele, Zibanejad, Seguin
Malkin, Backstrom, Kopitar, Tavares, Toews, Getzlaf
Tier 3
TBD: Pettersson, Barzal, Dubois, Larkin, Hischier,
PRIME: Couture, Monahan, Horvat, Kuznetsov, Schenn, Hertl, Lindholm
Krejci, Stamkos & Giroux - not exactly pure C's
2nd Line C at best:
Johansen, K Hayes, RNH, Duchene, Strome, Strome, Domi, Trochek, Kadri, Backlund, Stastny
Vegas guys probably fit into tiers 2 & 3...I'm sure I'm missing a few others.
We can always argue about guys who are ascending, descending, stagnating, etc, but I think the prime groupings are pretty tough to argue about for the most part. Seguin and Zibanejad could probably fit in either 2 or 3...
That's 20 in tiers 1&2, and another 12-15 in tier 3 (a few questionable as pure C's). I think it's okay if there are a few more than 31 "#1C's" in the league.
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