Hockey analyst Cam Charron joined hosts Matt Larkin and Tyler Yaremchuk on Thursday’s version of “Daily Faceoff Live.” When requested whether or not Aleksander Barkov was an acceptable recipient of the NHLPA’s most underrated player award, Charron gave an attention-grabbing different selection. Given his lack of recognition in current seasons, future Hall-of-Fame middle Sidney Crosby was Charron’s choose.
Matt Larkin: Cam, I wished to pivot and ask you about the NHLPA Player Poll that got here out earlier this week. Aleksander Barkov was picked as the most underrated player in the NHL. This is a man who was captain of the President’s Trophy winners final 12 months, he’s bought a Selke Trophy. What do you consider the thought of Barkov being “underrated?”
Cam Charron: I feel it’s an terrible factor that we simply make the finest player on a Sun Belt group the most underrated, I don’t assume that’s how we should always give it some thought in any respect. I don’t assume any informal fan wouldn’t have the ability to inform you that Aleksander Barkov is a top-10, top-5 middle in this league, and I feel it actually stretches the definition of what underrated means.
As you stated this man has been getting all these votes left and proper. Generally, I’ve discovered that the underrated gamers linger in the Sun Belt then they wind up on the Canucks after which they aren’t excellent. I feel the player that’s truly the most underrated in the NHL proper now could be Sidney Crosby.
He’s in all probability dragging the Penguins to the playoffs proper now. He’s actually been the solely constant pressure for the Penguins in 5-on-5 hockey all season lengthy. He’s simply been sustaining that 55% on-ice goals-for share. Malkin isn’t having an awesome season at 5-on-5 and the depth has been atrocious, but Pittsburgh continues to be proper there with an enormous win over Colorado final evening. That’s simply been pushed by Crosby fully. He’s tenth in scoring over the previous three seasons, he’s barely sniffed any end-of-season awards ballots. Obviously, the Hart goes to McDavid this 12 months, that’s no query, however I feel that Crosby ought to present up as third, fourth, or fifth on plenty of ballots, and I don’t know if he’s getting plenty of buzz proper now.
I simply assume at the finish of Crosby’s profession we’re going to look again, we’re going to say “oh, he only won two Hart Trophies.” That doesn’t look like sufficient for Sidney Crosby, who’s certainly one of the all-time greats.
Tyler Yaremchuk: Another level about Barkov, he completed third in the most full player voting which might contradict that he’s underrated as nicely.
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