John Buccigross, John Tortorella and Greg Wyshynski break down the list of the top 25 active NHL players.
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No John Tavares. That contract Kyle Doofus gave him is looking worse and worse by the day.
Trots is so right McDavid is overrated for just how good he is offensively that he doesn’t come back to protect the net
Pastrnak so low wow
Finally Aleksander Barkov gets the respect he deserves!
barkov is definitely a torts type player
Torts saying that Barkov > McDavid is like Kellerman saying he wants Iguodala
I thought it was only TSN that caters to delusional leaf fans, but clearly ESPN does too. Matthews chokes every playoffs and his only individual hardware came in a fluke covid season playing the same crap teams repeatedly. Never been top 5 in hart voting outside of that 1 freak season. Most overrated player in the league. He's done absolutely nothing to be ranked ahead of Drai or Kucherov. Speaking of which, htf is Kucherov at 17? Dude just put up back to back 30+ pt playoffs, something only Gretzky and Lemieux have done. He's #2 after McDavid. Makar at 5 is a joke. Marner ahead of OV is a joke. EP, Barzal, Kaprizov ahead of Kane and Pastrnak is a joke.
Overall a terrible list.
Too be fair to Torts, McDavid has been a below 1% percentile defensive player at even strength for the last 3 years.
(Source; Jfresh hockey)
Not great!
Torts just chasing clout for saying McDavid ain't number 1 hahahaha
This makes it obvious that Torts has the Florida job huh?
So torts if it's not about points for McDavid to be number 1 on the list. Then I guess it's about winning the lady byng for McDavid. Ehh
Sorry tortz you're a dummie. You were a brutal goon failed player, you simply don't have the hockey IQ to even understand
Can we all agree that torts argument about forwards playing both sides is absolutely useless. You’re telling me that a guy who is accounting for 1.6 goals for your team every night is not as valuable as a guy who plays better defense with half the production??? Unless that guy is single handedly keeping 0.5-1 goal every night I’d take the goal giving my team all that offense. Also McDavid is certainly no prime Bergeron on defense but it’s not like the other team is getting free goals against him.
Maybe torts didn’t watch Connor much last year and this one? He does get back and can’t be painted in the same ‘cheating the play’ picture as 3 years ago
How in the hell is Elias Pettersson 16th??? He should be higher than that…
Torts basically saying Barkov isn't just an awesome player but a great leader. People are missing that very clear point
Torts is teeing up for that Panthers Coaching seat.
Makar is so overrated. He is really good.. but top 5?
This list is so bad
You are a joke Torts. You won the cup almost 20 years ago. You haven't done nothing since except get run out of every town you coach in. You are out of touch with todays NHL. After this I'm thinking you are no good as a commentator.
How in the hell is Marner ahead of Kane? I hate the blackhawks but Kane is still a top 10 player 🤷🏼♂️
the way Petey is playing right now… he's not even in the top 100 🙁
It just depends on how you look at it. It's easy to see where torts is coming from because barkov really has it all while mcdavid has his shortcomings.
However, as he points out, it's a team sport. The things mcdavid has going for him are off the charts compared to barkov, and his shortcomings can be compensated with the right player choices around him.
so wrong, Barkov is top 50 maybe and Elias Pettersson should be top 3
Let me know when you start respecting Aho and then I'll come back and watch your content.
hot take but id say Adam fox over makar
Lol these guys talk like Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky do not exist.
Draisatl too low. Leads NHL in goals and points
Lmfao draisaitl is top 3
never liked torts, looking back on this it's another very common Tortorella L. His takes on Makar and McDavid are atrocious. I mean come on….
Kucherov top 10 if not top5 Crosby too
Cale Makar is probably the best player in the league. Best since Orr