When will Matthews win his first Rocket?

[Dache]

Buoyed by PP goals...

Oh I know. Always some excuse for everyone but your boy.

 

[Regal]

Dr Drai and his 93 goals over the last 2 seasons says hello....

Pasternak too, not sure why he doesn’t count as consistent as Matthews for some reason.

Draisaitl has only been an elite goalscorer for 2 seasons and Pastrnak has been close to one for the last 4 but only took it up a notch near the top of the league the last 2 as well. I suspect they will be consistently up there as well, but Matthews is the only player to be top 10 in GPG each of the past 4 seasons (the only 4 of his career), and was top 5 in 3 of those.

 

[voxel]

If he can stay healthy... which he did last season. Basically any given year then.

 

[Dache]

Draisaitl has only been an elite goalscorer for 2 seasons and Pastrnak has been close to one for the last 4 but only took it up a notch near the top of the league the last 2 as well. I suspect they will be consistently up there as well, but Matthews is the only player to be top 10 in GPG each of the past 4 seasons (the only 4 of his career), and was top 5 in 3 of those.

Hard to keep up with which stat we’re using to measure goals in a rocket Richard thread
Pasternaks gpg vs Matthews the last 3 years is .55 vs .59. You’re really going to make that seem like a significant gap?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Crosby will win his third in 20-21

 

[Aceboogie]

Maybe. But dude has to have a big yeah and actually crack 90 points for once

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Pasta is the reigning Rocket winner. Seems dumb to dismiss him as “buoyed by PP goals” and say Matthews is the favorite to steal it from Ovi. Pasta has literally already won and Drai is 2nd after Ovi in goals over the past 2 seasons.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Oh I know. Always some excuse for everyone but your boy.

It's still a fact that among the 48 goals Pastrnak scored during the 2019-20 season, 20 of those goals were on the power play.

Among Matthews 47 goals only 12 of them were scored on the power play.

Auston Matthews Stats | Hockey-Reference.com

David Pastrnak Stats | Hockey-Reference.com

Now for the record I have no problem that Pastrnak was able to benefit a lot more on the power play because in the end any goal scored at even strength, on the power play, short handed or into the empty net all count the same when you determine who wins the Rocket Richard Trophy. However it's not wrong when other people bring up that Pastrnak was able to benefit because of that.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

nah it wont take that long. OV will still be a 50g/75-80pt guy tho

50 goals is usually enough to get it done. I could see Matthews hit 50 as well, but Ovechkin is trying to get to 895 and he will do everything he can to put as many as he can on the board.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Maybe. But dude has to have a big yeah and actually crack 90 points for once

Which course has nothing to do with winning the Rocket.

 

[McVespa99]

he started on McDavids wing no?

I was saying that the second half of the season he centered the second line full time