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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
A few years back maybe
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I think he's a bit of a victim of his teams circumstance really. The Hawks weren't what they once were so everyone is a bit down on him now. Funny enough when the Hawks were the class of the league Toews was a bit over rated as people were clamouring that he was better than Crosby. This might be the balancing out, now people are under rating Toews.
Just at first glance at that list, is Ryan O'Reilly really a better player than Toews? Is Logan Couture? You said a few years ago, but here are the offensive stats for the last three seasons show similar numbers.
O'Reilly 193 total points 0.82 points per game
Toews 191 total points 0.83 points per game
Couture 183 total points 0.78 points per game
Pretty similar numbers offensively. And Toews is no slouch defensively either.
Personally, if there was a draft to build a team for just one season to try and win a championship, I am taking Toews over those two... possibly even more on that top 20 list.