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I played with tons of NHLers and hit as high as the nahl, there is both a huge gap and small between myself and say an NHLer, my hands are nhl tier but my decision making ain’t there and other small things. Of course it isn’t easy and having played with Stanley cup guys as my linemates there are just intangibles and mentality and decision making that make a world of difference assuming technique is all Equal. Bottom line is you can be damn good and not make the league and that’s okay. I’m fine being an excellent beer league player and that’s what most of the truly great players who don’t make it will end up being anyways! Good luck to those of you chasing the dream, goes by quick!

Barkov slowly going from most underrated player in the league to most overrated lol

You think barkov is like sid Cosby 2.0 or he’s not there yet

When you pick Matthews you are picking stats over cups. But that’s ok not all people have that mindset. They are blinded by regular season stats.

I’m a panthers fan so you already know my answer but if I’m asking other NHL fans I would say do you want a cup or regular season records. Lmk. Barkov is better

Why compare goal scorer and defensive forward?

How can anyone still say two time Selke (Barky) is underrated?

Barkov giving out passes to Matthews would be filthy.

Barkov is a proven winner,Matthews is not

I'd take Barkov. He started seriously developing strength about three years ago, and dared to start using it in earnest in last year's playoffs. He goes through the middle like a moose and is strong like a bear in the corners. He has a great ability to keep the puck in his possession even if it bounces off the stick to the equipment or even to his head. He just moves to the goal and knocks the puck in or passes exactly where he needs to. Also, scraping the puck from behind from the attacker creates situations for the team like the quarterback's throw in American football.

Barkov makes everyone around him better.

I would take Barky ANY day. Much more well rounded player… not even close. Go Cats!

Mathews is a winger and not center, after his 30s he will be 3rd line winger

Matthews, easily.

You give a great balanced analysis. Thought i’ve never played hockey, I’m a huge FL cats fan. Somethings I’d like to point out here. 1. I would in no way call Barkov a power forward. He has never fought, does not have a net front presence, and his role in the forecheck is more about stick lifting than hitting. Barkov is a defensive center who’s high stick handling level, puck distribution, and penalty ability has shifted his style to be more like a two way center. Barkovs hits and physicality only emerged under Paul Maurice. I dont mean this comment to sound like a dismissive correction to the Power Forward point either. This is a good thing for young players to think about. Barkov’s number of hits has grown EXPONENTIALLY in the past two years. This point is important because I believe it shows how his balanced play-style has allowed for his game to evolve as he has improved. Young hockey players can really learn from watching how he has developed in his time in the NHL. If you play with solid fundamentals and dont forgo your defensive responsibilities for more scoring chances there is more room for you to always improve on the “little things” and coaches LOVE players who can commit themselves in that way. More players will try to play like Matthews, but dont have his sheer talent. Barkovs style of game is more achievable because it is more about work rate and attention to detail. 2. Barkovs game raises both the floor and ceiling or all the players around him. His play allows other players to take risks and not have their team lose because of those mistakes, while also knowing how and when to feed them the puck. While I believe Matthews only raises the Ceiling for players around him, not the floor. I think this is a key reason Leaf fans get so frustrated, when they are clicking, the talent on that team is good enough to win a cup. But your team wont always be firing at their ceiling, sometimes you need players who can will their team to win when they are at their worst. Barkov does that.

Even before the cup.......Barkov all the way. Easy decision. More of a complete player.

It's obviously Barkov it's not even a question.

so no playoff clips from AM😏

matthews look really nonchalant on the ice

matthews sucks

One has a cup and the other got dummied the one time they made it to the second round lol

Instead of appreciating the talent of Matthews many will spew trash just to “dunk on the Leafs”

Barkov has the same number of Stanley Cup victories as Matthews has for playoff series victories (1).

Toronto top guys clearly play a regular season brand of hockey.

Both are fantastic! Too many people forget that hockey is a team game, and no one player will win you the cup. Thats a real brainrot take. And lets be honest, this last years panthers team was an absolute unit. When a guy like Verhaeghe is your 6th best foreward, you know your team fecks! Bob was otherworldly till the 3 game skid, probably the best goaltending in a playoffs ive seen seen binnington with stl back in 2019. And that defense was nuts as well. And as a jets fan pomo is the most underrated coach in the league. It still amazes me how much he got out of the jets after they basically tuned him out.

Also forgot to mention this but please do the 6part course on Matthews and Barkov

Xander with another great video! Im curious to hear what you have to say about this I really like taking notes on these videos as much as possible, picking pieces that I personally can use. I am hoping you can make more note taking-friendly scripts in the future. Awesome scripts regardless. Thanks. Also, still working on that Skool account

You missed Barkov's #1 strategy: do anything it takes to win.

matthew probably a little better.. but this is a silly question. in playoffs best players are gritty ones since the ref will let shit go. (I don´t deem any of these as dirty esp not mathews.)

Which one has a cup ring?

If you want to win a cup , then your answer is Barkov. With Matthews first round exists every year

Barkov is the best player in the league.

Great video! Love this kind of hockey content.

Barkov make his linemates better and Matthevs needs good passers in his line. So Barkov is easily better for palyoffs

Is a Jack Hughes breakdown coming in the future?

Sorry for not getting back to your reply I am not an editor just saw a very minor grammar error in the programs section on the home page

The 2 best D in the game. Theres no close 3rd imo.

No Lane Hutson on your channel ?

nooo😭

When’s the defence analysis?

Hughes did nothing in the playoffs when he actually played against solid competition. I think Roman JoSi dominates more than Hughes. Hughes is overrated to the maximum level. He’s actually not as fast as what he should be being a little guy. I’d take Evan Bouchard over him to run my PP any day and we’d win more. Hughes is a liability in the playoffs against the big boys. And it isn’t because he’s little. It’s because of his play style. Sam Girard has more agility and puck dominance even. The only reason Sami girard doesn’t put up big numbers is because makar is in the team.

Thank you

Pla go on the D side also. I feel like Quinn is better all around player and i want, and this Defense vid might prove me wrong or right

Hughes at times remind me of Patrick Kane. Change speeds alot like him

I’m a goalie so I don’t care about this video

Love it 🥰 I do want to learn more about defensive responsibility for offensive defensemen

Defensemen like Makar and Hughes make it look so easy, but watch most other teams and their D can’t get a puck to the net, every shot gets blocked. It’s so frustrating to watch forward battle and cycle just to throw it up to the D who more often than not make boneheaded plays.

I never realised how different these 2 players are and how differently they play. I dont watch much of either team but I never realised how much makar lets his tm8s drive the play compared to hughes. Great that u made this video to show that there are multiple ways to achieve the same goal. Would love to see the defensive breakdown also even though the systems they play also effect that.

Hughes better

Love this analysis. Would love a defensive analysis. Hughes and Makar are the greatest defenseman of this current generation. I don't think we'll see the likes of these two again any time soon. The McDavid and Mackinnon of defense.