Nashville Predators: Predators Centers vs The Best of the West
By Steve Cook
Dallas Stars
Tyler Seguin: 26 goals, 46 assists, 51.4 FF%, 2.8 CF% rel
Jason Spezza: 15 goals, 35 assists, 50.3 FF%, -0.1 CF% rel
Martin Hanzal: 20 goals, 19 assists, 49.1 FF%, 3.2 CF% rel
Radek Faksa: 12 goals, 21 assists, 52.2 FF%, 2.2 CF% rel
The Stars’ centers are pretty similar from an advanced statistical perspective. There isn’t much drop-off from Seguin to Spezza to Hanzal to Faska. Seguin is widely considered one of the best centers in the league. The advanced stats favor Johansen, but most seem to agree that Seguin is better. The rest of the prospective center matchups also favor Dallas.
Fortunately for Nashville, Dallas’ goaltending & defense is much worse.