Pretty wild getting 2 goals in 3 games considered a lock.Unless he bets against himself, I think he is a lock to score 70. Hell he might get to 75 if he keeps his foot on the gas and the two Florida teams mail in those final 2 games.
Pretty wild getting 2 goals in 3 games considered a lock.Unless he bets against himself, I think he is a lock to score 70. Hell he might get to 75 if he keeps his foot on the gas and the two Florida teams mail in those final 2 games.
So if he managed to score in 4/4ths of the season instead of 3/4 we would have seen 93. 92 looking attainable for someone sooner than I thought.The 22 games does seem like a lot for a top 6 scorer.
Incredible what he has done in the other 3/4 of the season.
In what way
Been a long time, but just feel he played center and did everything including fight and lead the team. It is possible Matthews has not peaked, and has Tavares blocked him from becoming Captain, or is he not captain material? Sittler was 2nd. youngest team captain?
Today McDavid is the best player, but I don't know if he is the best center. I'd look at prime Crosby as being a better center than McDavid. Today Crosby is definitely on the downside of his career and yet even today 11% of NHL players would take him in a one game win all, McDavid 59%.
holy f***Matthews has 9 more goals than anyone has primary assists in the NHL (McDavid 60), 14 more even strength goals than anyone has even strength primary assists (McDavid 37)
Look man, we all love Matthews but we should try to be reasonable too.
Ovi scored 65 goals in 82 games in 2008.
Matthews has 68 goals so far in 78 games, 79 for the team.
The top team in 2008 had a total of 262 goals and Ovi was on an average team with 242 goals.
The Leafs lead the league this season with 293 already. The top scoring team in 2008 would barely make the playoffs this season based on GF.
In 2008 they had 4 on 4 OT but not 3 on 3 OT.
The next most goals on Ovi's team was 26 and 21. Ovi had 112 points, the next best on his team was 69.
There were 10 40 goal or more goal scorers in 2008.
There are already 16 and will probably 18 this season.
One site (hockey-reference) that attempts to adjust scoring for eras has Ovi at 72 and Matthews at 70 so far. Take that for what it's worth.
We'll never be able to adjust stats for eras especially considering teammates, goalie equipment, health and ice time etc., but shirley you can see that scoring overall is definitely up and that there exists a legitimate argument that Ovi had a better or at least close to equal goal scoring season in 2008.
Either way it's pretty close, the rest is trolling.
MVPMatthews has 9 more goals than anyone has primary assists in the NHL (McDavid 60), 14 more even strength goals than anyone has even strength primary assists (McDavid 37)
This is just insane. Add that to be his defensive metrics and he really does have an extremely compelling case for the Hart. Probably should win. But I don't know if he will win.Matthews has 9 more goals than anyone has primary assists in the NHL (McDavid 60), 14 more even strength goals than anyone has even strength primary assists (McDavid 37)
Agreed. Matty and MacK should be top two.I'm OK with MacKinnon winning the Hart over him but thats about it.
It would be a real scandal if Matthews doesnt get top 3 though.
Hope we see at least one more of these posts this yearWith 69g, Matthews sets new leafs and personal goal record
I had to reread his quote again….like he is annoyed that matthews is almost at 70 goals. Matthews saved your job Keefe this season. Like its not a distraction and actually something that is making your best player be invested in while we lead up to playoffs.I really appreciate that he's just playing his game and taking care of things defensively first, rather than chasing a milestone. That said, Keefe's attitude about this whole thing is frustrating. I know he wants to be all about the team, but the team wants to see their superstar make history. Talking about how it's a distraction that doesn't help them is moronic. Any decent coach should be able to spin it into something for the team to rally around
There isn't anything wrong with what he said. It's more he doesn't want the team to forget about the ultimate goal.I had to reread his quote again….like he is annoyed that matthews is almost at 70 goals. Matthews saved your job Keefe this season. Like its not a distraction and actually something that is making your best player be invested in while we lead up to playoffs.
Stop complaining
How would the team "forget about the ultimate goal"? Like Matthews gets 70 and Marner hops on a jet ski, completely forgetting to get on the plane for round 1?There isn't anything wrong with what he said. It's more he doesn't want the team to forget about the ultimate goal.
If he was really focused on the 70 goals, the narrative would be he needs to focus on the playoffs.
I posted that the other day.Another crazy thing is he has the NHL record for posts hit this season with 20... Could you imagine how many more goals he could've scored with just a little more luck ?!
Average goals per game can change without impacting top end scorers to the same degree. The empty netter inflation doesn’t really benefit Matthews too much but it does benefit some other stars and a lot of shut down role players. On aggregate the scoring level rises but the rising tide doesn’t lift all ships the same amount.
I still think the Leafs should have taken Laine.Matthews has 9 more goals than anyone has primary assists in the NHL (McDavid 60), 14 more even strength goals than anyone has even strength primary assists (McDavid 37)