NHL Network releases their top-20 centermen heading into 2023-24 season
Every summer, the NHL Network releases lists highlighting the 20 best players at each position. They also do a list of the top-50 players in the National Hockey League heading into the new season.
On Sunday, the NHL Network released their first list of the summer - top-20 centermen ahead of the 2023-24 campaign. Let's take a look at who they had on their list!
1. Connor McDavid - Edmonton Oilers.
2. Nathan MacKinnon - Colorado Avalanche.
3. Leon Draisaitl - Edmonton Oilers.
4. Auston Matthews - Toronto Maple Leafs.
5. Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins.
6. Jack Hughes - New Jersey Devils.
7. Brayden Point - Tampa Bay Lightning.
8. Jack Eichel - Vegas Golden Knights.
9. Aleksander Barkov - Florida Panthers.
10. Elias Pettersson - Vancouver Canucks.
11. Tage Thompson - Buffalo Sabres.
12. Mika Zibanejad - New York Rangers.
13. Roope Hintz - Dallas Stars.
14. Nico Hischier - New Jersey Devils.
15. Tim Stutzle - Ottawa Senators.
16. Sebastian Aho - Carolina Hurricanes.
17. Anze Kopitar - Los Angeles Kings.
18. Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins.
19. Dylan Larkin - Detroit Red Wings.
20. Elias Lindholm - Calgary Flames.
All 20 players on the NHL Network's list deserve to be on there, no question about that, although, you could make the argument on where certain players should be and whether they're too high or too low.
There's also a handful of centermen in the NHL not on this list that should be in consideration including Mark Scheifele, Steven Stamkos, Logan Couture, John Tavares and Nick Suzuki, among others.
| POLL | ||
Which of these four players are closest to the top-20? | ||
| Mark Scheifele | 6 | 4.7 % |
| Steven Stamkos | 75 | 59.1 % |
| Nick Suzuki | 26 | 20.5 % |
| John Tavares | 20 | 15.7 % |
| List of polls | ||
