Craig Button: Matthews is not even close to Draisaitl right now

[MessierII]

“The talk about Auston Matthews being a top player in the NHL needs to stop. He’s not even close to Draisaitl right now”

https://post.futurimedia.com/chumam/playlist/87/listen-17867.html?cb=1571697550.753440

roughly the 15 minute mark

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[joe dirte]

Lol.

Button is fun. Fun like a clown.

 

[Copenhagen91]

Oh boy

 

[dukeofjive]

Wow this should go well. Probably get more hot takes here than watching the election.

 

[Former Referee 68]

Well he's not wrong

 

[jaric1862]

Would love to see Matthews on Mcdavids LW

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Lol.

Button is fun. Fun like a clown.

 

[doorbag]

Would love to see Matthews on Mcdavids LW

Yeah it would be incredible. He might even score 50 goals.

 

[JarvisFunk]

Would love to see Matthews on Mcdavids LW

McDavid would have way less goals, maybe a slight uptick in assists.

 

[Sky04]

Would love to see Matthews on Mcdavids LW

At his price Matthews should be making Nylander look like Draisaitl.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

“Listen Kyle Dubas bro, TSN calls me 1A/1B with McDavid so I need to be paid as such... but only up until UFA”.

 

[bennylundholm]

He's right. Draisaitl dominates.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finally the mainstream guys are awakening to how overrated Matthews is.. first Burke calls out his 200 foot and overall game and now Button tells it straight.

 

[snipes]

He’s right.

 

[Bandit]

No matter what you think about the debate it should be noted:

Button is a buffoon.

 

[North Cole]

TIL Draisaitl is not a top player. Indirect shots fired

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Draisaitl is incredible, I'm not sure why not being close to Draisaitl means Matthews is not a top player.

He can be both.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Finally the mainstream guys are awakening to how overrated Matthews is.. first Burke calls out his 200 foot and overall game and now Button tells it straight.

He's saving his defensive efforts for court

 

[Space Coyote]

Moar Mattews threads!

 

[foggyvisor]

Matthews is basically a skating wrist shot.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

So Button confirms what most of HF already thinks. I think Draisaitl has really taken huge steps the last two years. It’s kind of crazy to think back how there was discussion between him, Reinhart and Bennett in their draft year.

 

[204hockey]

mathews will eventually be better than drai but contracts included skews the needle to drai pretty easily right now.

 

[SI90]

I hate the leafs but come on. Matthews is big time. He’s not generational like McDavid but he’s one of the best goal scoring centers/forwards in the NHL.

 

[Svencouver]

Neither of them is top 5, but Drai is probably closer atm

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

I hate the leafs but come on. Matthews is big time. He’s not generational like McDavid but he’s one of the best goal scoring centers/forwards in the NHL.

Okay but Draisaitl can score as well, is 10x the passer he is plus more dominant defensively.