- Feb 24, 2017
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This isn’t meant to start some war between already warring factions. This is just an acknowledgment of the fact that Elias Pettersson is a better hockey player and franchise building block than Auston Matthews is.
Matthews is an elite garbageman. He cleans up messes his team causes in the offensive zone. Besides Pettersson, there is nearly nobody else I would want in the entire nhl besides Matthews, when there was an opportunistic scoring opportunity. Matthews is THAT GOOD at opportunity cashing. He’s elite at it. Not as good as Pettersson, but elite level.
And can we please acknowledge what Leafs fans tell everyone every opportunity they get? The Leafs are super stacked. The fact that Matthews cannot be more impressive than Pettersson at the same age, despite not having the same quality of player to play with? Very damning.
Anyway, discuss?
Matthews is an elite garbageman. He cleans up messes his team causes in the offensive zone. Besides Pettersson, there is nearly nobody else I would want in the entire nhl besides Matthews, when there was an opportunistic scoring opportunity. Matthews is THAT GOOD at opportunity cashing. He’s elite at it. Not as good as Pettersson, but elite level.
And can we please acknowledge what Leafs fans tell everyone every opportunity they get? The Leafs are super stacked. The fact that Matthews cannot be more impressive than Pettersson at the same age, despite not having the same quality of player to play with? Very damning.
Anyway, discuss?