How many times does Matthews have to beat Laine, before the Laine mega-fans understand? Matthews went 1st overall. Laine 2nd. Matthews scored 40 as a rookie. Laine scored 36. Matthews won the Calder. Laine didn't win anything. Matthews wins all these polls. Laine does not.
Laine is an amazing young player. Congrats on that. But Matthews wins. Okay? Deal with it.
Um Laine is tied with Ovie for the Rocket though... This isn’t a pagent show of who is known more it’s who is better and currently it’s Laine. Stats say it and his performance says it. Just because 73 Leaf fans say otherwise it doesn’t change the performance and outcome of who in reality is better.
Here are some examples of why the depiction of Laine vs Matthews is all in Leaf fans hands..
Laine gets injured for 9 games:
Leafs fan: “he’s clearly injury prone, Matthews is clearly better”
Matthews gets injured for 16:
Leafs fans: “It’s a horrible time for you to compare the two, but Matthews is still better”
Laine pace is on pace for 3 more Points than Matthews with less Games Played(9 less):
Leafs fans: “it’s sample size, he wouldn’t have as many points”
Matthews is on pace for 1 more point(less goals per game though) with less Games Played(16):
Leafs fans: “Matthews would have more points right now and maybe goals too”
Laine has more Points and Goals:
Leafs fans: “It’s only for now”
Matthews has more Points and Goals:
Leaf fans: “Told you Matthews is better”
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It’s all subjective and the guy who’s gonna be seen as better is the guy with the biggest fan base using subjective arguments... It’s all in the palm of Leaf fans hands.
What happened to Laine last year is happening to Matthews now in a worse degree and apparently it’s not okay for Jets fans to do what Leaf fans did, because Leaf fans are Leaf fans..