If he keeps it up he might be a hart trophy candidate and why:
Well I showed the remarkable numbers and how he helped E kane last year, but what he’s now done for skinner is something else and skins deserves credit for being a great finisher. If you don’t watch the games you’d assume the goal scorer has as much if not more to do then the playmaker but for most of his goals it literally hasn’t been the case, I don’t notice him half as much and I don’t think he’s even had half as many chances.
Just picked up his 30th EVEN strength point he has 10 pts on the power play. 11 goals 29 assists- 40 pts. Leads the east in multi point games with 16 (3rd in the NHL behind Mackinnon and Rantanen who play together) marner has 15, right behind jack. Eichs 1 pt back of the points lead among centres in the east, and has less to play with then the guy who’s number one. B Point.
He’s 10th in the NHL in points, (just a few from the top five)
He’s fifth in assists, first in the NHL in shots with 133, top 5 on O Zone possession, among the tops in scoring chances (with all those shots no kidding) and transition zone rushes (last one is m a regular occurrence) he’s plus nine, and fixed his defensive game in a big way, must be that extra responsibility as captain. Having a more decent and goaltender helps that too. Captain of a team that’s 19-9-4 while only playing in 9 games where he didn’t register a point. And a few of those games were some of his best of the season with over ten shots and multiple scoring chances, along with Deking past sharks/avs entire teams.
Oh and Matthews definitely gets the media spotlight that’s for sure. He even gets treated as the saviour when acquiring a starting goalie KIND of helps as well as marner and nylNder in that year they squeezed in the playoffs. Matthews 69 points helped but he didn’t “lead them from dead lAst it wasn’t as simple as that.
IMO, Matthews is in McDavids tier. Only difference is how they go about attacking the game. One is faster than the other and plays a sexier game. They both have that elite/generational IQ, Matthews is a much better defensive player and he is stronger on the puck. Matthews in the offensive zone is the better player, but McDavid has the transition game from D zone to O zone.
Matthews isn’t in mcdavids tier: look .at this:
Last 161 games for Eichel = 161 pts and it’s still in the in the first period
Jack has 217 Pts playing in his 242nd game at the moment, but as shown pt per game the last few seasons with 161 in 161.
Matthews is playing career game 160 right now in his career and has 159 so since the beginning of the 16-17 season both guys have literally produced the same amount of points pretty much only difference is Eichel is 11 months older and had already played one year in the NHL (even if Matthews did have a experience playing with men overseas) he’s still younger and has been the more impressive player one could argue.
Eichel gets more ice time but Matthews has had a better player on his line for most of his career in Nylander (not saying he relies on him but he’s better then kane and skinner who are two of eichels best linemates) and plays on a high offense team, Eichel has the harder match ups because it’s basically just his line. So both guys have pros and cons but they have been the similar producers since Matthews career has began.
I’m willing to bed in mcdavids last 160
Games he had well over 200 pats . He’s probably in his own tier that Crosby May be In too but that’s it and arguable I guess.
What you said though about AM being in the same tier because of that well....
It doesn’t work like that. Matthews is not in McDavids tier because he’s better in the offensive zone, which he isn’t. There are certain aspects Eichel is better at then then mcdavid but I wouldn’t say Eichel is better in areas but I wouldn’t dare say eichels in mcdavids tier.
Well Eichel best mcdavid in transition in 16/17 and that is what you say is what mcdavid is better then Matthews at, while Matthews is better in the offensive zone which I absolutely disagree with. Matthews is stronger on the puck in the offensive zone, stronger on the wall and knows where to get in the dirty areas but mcdavid is as good or better in so many different areas. They don’t have to all be in the same tier, they are IMO the best 3 players under 23 in the league.
Matthews production is nearly identical to Eichel since his career started as pointed it above.