If he plays like last year and is healthy he hits 70. 60 looks impressive but Auston's play last year was better than thatIf he plays the way he did last year and doesn’t miss games he could definitely hit 60 again. I would say he hits 50-55 forsure though.
if he does it'll be 70+
I'll go with 50+.
60 goals is just such a difficult feat in the modern NHL - with goalies that can actually stop pucks that slide along the ice.
Even this generation's other best goal scorers were only able to hit 60 once each.
We may have already seen the peak season of Matthews' career.
The point is, 60 goal scorers are very rare. The modern NHL has had 3 60 goal seasons.Imo Matthews isn't the same generation as Ovechkin at all though.
Scoring is way higher in the past few seasons and Ovechkin played in some fo the worst scoring season if I recall correctly.
It seems like the era of one 50-goal scorer per season is over. I went with 50-54 but wouldn't surprise me if Matthews hits 60 again if he plays healthy for a full yesr.