I will be starting a bracket with 16 forwards, and there will be individual head to head match-ups where people of cap friendly vote between the two. The player with the majority vote will advance to the second round and so on.
To make things more interesting and fair, the four obvious's
Crosby, Mcdavid, Kane, and Malkin will not be included
It had also been very difficult to narrow it down so I removed specific young players to make my life easier
Anyone 20 or under
Anyone who was a rookie in 2016-17 season
This exludes Matthews, Eichel, Laine, Marner, Nylander
They are quite specific but there was no way for to actually narrow it down to specific 16 teams, so we're only going to focus on the players who have already numerous times have shown success.
If I did not include a specific player please don't say anything, this is simply the players who I believe are the 16 best.
The bracket

Zetterberg- 1
Pavelski - 6 (will advance to second round)

Getzlaf - 5
Bergeron - 6

Stamkos - 10
Kessel - 0

Ovechkin - 1
Benn - 12

Scheifele
Backstrom

Marchand
Draisaitl

Kucherov
Tarasenko

Seguin
Tavares
RD 2

Pavelski
Bergeron

Stamkos
Benn

Toews is who you start a franchise with everyday of the week.

Bracket 1 : Pavelksi
Bracket 2 : Bergeron
Bracket 3 : Stamkos
Bracket 4 : Ovechkin
Bracket 5 : Backstrom
Bracket 6 : Scheifele
Bracket 7 : Tarasenko
Bracket 8 : Tavares

Bracket 1 : Bergeron
Bracket 2 : Stamkos
Bracket 3 : Backstrom
Bracket 4 : Tarasenko

Bracket 1 : Bergeron
Bracket 2 : Tarasenko

Braket 1 : Tarasenko

Pavelski
Getzlaf
Stamkos
Ovechkin
Backstrom
Scheifele
Kucherov
Tavares

Getzlaf
Ovechkin
Backstrom
Tavares

Ovechkin
Tavares

Winner: The great 8!!!!!!

Why don't you have Tarasenko?

Kucherov got more goals, more assists, and did it in less games.

Kucherov's Stats
Goals : 40 (17 on PP or .425%)
Assits : 45 (15 on PP or .333%)
Points : 85 (32 on PP or .376%)
Total TOI : 1438

Tarasenko's Stats :
Goals : 39 (9 on PP or .231%)
Assits : 36 (12 on PP or .361%)
Points : 75 (21 on PP or .280%)
Total TOI : 1515

Tank played 77 more minutes than NK, or 3.99 games more

STL PP Goals 50 < TBL PP Goals 62

Kucherov's stats look better.

I thought stats didn't matter to you, and now they do?

Take away Kurcherov's PP and Tank's PP

Tank : 30/24/54
Kucherov : 23/30/53

they don't matter much for d-men if you ask me. but these are forwards, and even with d-men they tell something, just not much.

they literally mean about < 75% of the evaluation of a player

Bracket 1: Zetterberg
Bracket 2: Bergeron
Bracket 3: Stamkos
Bracket 4: Benn
Bracket 5: Backstrom
Bracket 6: Schiefle
Bracket 7: Kucherov
Bracket 8: Seguin

Bracket 1: Zetterberg
Bracket 2: Stamkos
Bracket 3: Schiefle
Bracket 4: Kucherov

Bracket 1: Stamkos
Bracket 2: Kucherov

Stamkos wins (no bias in any of this, I promise)

Guys go vote in zetterberg vs pavelski poll, the point is to indivually have people vote between the two one by one, and also please say your opinion so it stays on the top and more people will see it

Bracket 1: Pavelski
Bracket 2: Getslaf
Bracket 3: Stamkos
Bracket 4: Ovechkin
Bracket 5: Backstorm
Bracket 6: Scheflie
Bracket 7: Tarasenko
Bracket 8: Seguin

Bracket 1: Pavelski
Bracket 2: Stamkos
Bracket 3: Backstorm
Bracket 4: Tarasenko

Bracket 1: Stamkos
Bracket 2: Backstorm

Bracket 1: Backstorm