I do not doubt boeser's shooting % will be at the high end of the spectrum. Same as Laine, they are both very lethal shooters.
And I'll admit I haven't seen as much of brock as I'd like but I've watched roughly 8 games of his. How many have you seen of Matthews? Edit: I mostly watch the canucks due to the sedins. They seem to dominate the leafs every time we play them.
I doubt brock scores over 40 this season or gets 70+ points and I very much doubt it's the "safe bet" he does. I'm not a hater. I just don't think he can sustain this kind of pace. What he has done so far is very impressive. But like others have shown, he has been scoring at an absurdly high rate.
Also the entirey of your last paragraph could be said about Matthews. He has unreal hand eye coordination and one of the best releases. He beats goalies cleanly with wristers and scores from the dirty areas.
Matthews is also a better skater and stick handler which should result in more scoring opportunities. Combine that with the leafs looking like the better team for the next while (more support, etc) this should definitely be Matthews. I don't mean to be rude but I was genuinely shocked someone even made a poll out of this.
I watched 15 games for the Leafs as I have center ice and they tend to be exciting team. I have a good idea of what Matthews is capable of.
You can doubt all you want we'll just see what happens then. If my previous arguments from yesterday won't convince you, no point in turning this into a circular argument.
He has been scoring at a high rate and he's been doing it without his regular linemates. He has Sam Gagner as his center. Let's let that sink in. He has made every line he's played on. (With horvat, sedins on the PP and Gagner at even strength)
Like I said on a season per season basis, it's not ridiculous if Boeser happens to score more goals than Matthews.
I wish I knew how to combine two messages into one on mobile but unfortunately I have no idea.
I don't think you know what grasping at straws means. Saying boeser's shooting% will go down is not a fixation nor is it grasping at anything. There is no guarantee he will get more ice time to off set the drop in scoring %.
Yes boeser is on a fairly bad team. But they aren't the coyotes or sabres. Matthews played with hyman (rookie), nylander (rookie) and brown (rookie) as his most common linemates last season when he recorded 40. That is no big advantage.
Yes there is a difference in the two. But like I said, make a poll on "who will score more going forward" and I doubt it will be a "coin toss".
Also for every over the top biased leaf fan, there's a VG or TWS so don't act like it's only us.
I don't use mobile, but there's a multi quote option I tend to use as it makes it easy to respond to who I decide to do so.
I do know what it means, you may not. You're grasping at straws because all of you shown so far is use the shooting percentage argument and unsustainability. You haven't changed your stance despite an argument that can be used against you, kinda like how Boeser will get increased ice time and get better linemates back within due time. Why wouldn't there be any guarantee? He's the team's best offensive forward after all so he'll likely get more ice time.
The Canucks are a bottom 3-5 team in the league, while the Leafs are in the uprising. Without Boeser we become much much worse. Infact we will have trouble scoring goals.
Nylander and Brown may have been rookies but they are very very talented, and they are far far above Gagner. Nylander himself is ahead of Vanek. So yes Matthews has an advantage.
The poll will be a lot closer than this poll, and I may make it someday. I made a recent poll on the Canucks board, to settle an argument, and I'll make one in the future, while Boeser gets more games under his belt.
VG is an oilers fan right? I don't see how he would be biased for the Canucks of all teams.
As for TheWinterSoldier, we'll we have to disagree, as I tend to enjoy his arguments in general, and he's a neutral user he happens to love young players..
