He also has no 4 goal game, or incredible highlights like Matthews had either. No top 10 plays for people to go WOW
A 4 goal game is an anomaly. It puts him in class with Jiri Dopita, Sam Gagner, Thomas Hertl, John Madden, Randy McKay. (No insult intended to Matthews or any of the listed players. Just saying scoring 4 goals in one game in and of itself doesn’t mean that much.) And Nico has put up plenty of highlight reel plays. You should seriously watch some of them.
I’m not saying Matthews wasn’t incredibly impressive, his rookie season and how he is playing now is amazing. But consider when Nico is an 18 year old rookie (nearly a year younger than Mathews when he was drafted) and is on pace for more points than Matthews while playing an great 2-way game facing top competition. Not saying Nico is more impressive but all things considered he is on par.
Name a less impressive first overall since Daigle then other than Hisher
Daigle actually has a better rookie season than many that came after him so I have no idea why you are using him as the benchmark.
Not sure you know what you are talking about there have been many less impressive 1sr overall rookie seasons, just a few of which have been listed. In fact, the only rookie 1st overalls since Daigle I recal being definitively more impressive than Nico are McDavid, Crosby and Ovechkin.