Auston Matthews - POTENTIALLY Greatest American player of all time?

[sr edler]

Matthews is happy if he's better than Toews. Then he can sleep at night.

 

[Esq]

Chris Chelios thinks this thread is a joke.

 

[karnige]

I guess kane with all those stanley cups and hardware cant compete with the sheer will of a toronto fan/media.

 

[Eisen]

Three time Norris winner Chris Chelios.

My pick, too. Not only three times winner, but against very strong competition.

 

[MrThomas]

Haha stupid threat... Matthews is not even top 10 in NHL so how can he be the greatest American player of all time?

 

[Bixby Snyder]

I ran into John Titor the other day and he confirmed Matthews is the greatest hockey player of all time,

 

[therealkoho]

He's not even as good as the greatest Finn of all time

yeah that's right b's Patrik Laine

 

[OldCraig71]

He definitely has the greatest nostrils of all time.

 

[Maukkis]

If there is one American player in today's NHL who has a case, it is Patrick Kane. Three Cups, Hart, Art Ross, Calder, Smythe, three times in the first all-star team and so on. What's more, he's a career PPG player - in 769 games.

So, if Matthews wants to be in the discussion, having a career superior to Kane (who, by the way, is a lock for the HHOF) would be a start. Then you could factor in the other all-time American greats, and you would quickly realize how f***ing far away Matthews is from being any kind of legend worthy of "best of all time at X" mentions.

 

[Drytoast]

You basically answered your own question...why start a topic like this then?

You people give Leafs fans such a bad name. Jesus.

You do know that (while not in this specific case) most of the time it's fans from other teams who create these threads, and we take all that blame as well.

 

[Cleatus]

He certainly has potential to be the best American the game has seen, but it's still a ways away until he definitively gets to that point.

 

[613Leafer]

Greatest human being of all time.

 

[Soundgarden]

Fun fact: Auston Matthews and Jason Blake had identical seasons of 40-29-69 points.

I want to see him pass Shawn McEachern's best before we confirm he's better than Chelios, Leetch, Modano, etc.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Chelios AINEC.....

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Patrick Kane is several tiers above Matthews.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Greatest American player named Auston, imo.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

There's a LONG way to go before this even becomes a topic of discussion.

 

[djpatm]

He's not even the best American this season lol.

 

[authentic]

Patrick Kane is several tiers above Matthews.

Lol I guess.

 

[kunekune]

He is the best American hockey player already.

The real question is if he becomes the best athlete ever.

Jordan, Ali, Federer, Brady, Matthews.

 

[illone84]

Greatest Mexican-American of all time!

 

[MightySelanne8]

Chelios is the best for me. P.Kane resume is INSANE, lets see in 8 yeara how Matthews hardware compares.

 

[GellMann]

Sure, but let's let him play more than what, 7% of the games he'll amass over the course of his career?

 

[Hunter368]

Saying OP when AM is 20 years old only is an insult to all the great American players.

 

[Battle Lin]

of course the potential is there for him to be, highly likely too, hes almost there already