Matthews has grabbed the torch from Ovi?

[featherhawk]

Matthews is absolutely on fire...

 

[Kuznetsnow]

lol imagine Ovi taking turns with Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver's defense and goaltending over and over

 

[Bedards Dad]

They shouldn't hand out league awards when they're playing exclusively against certain teams

What a horrible take.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

This is the best Leaf hype post ever. Matthews isn't even near of good a goal scorer as Ovi is. Laine has had more goals in a season than Matthews and I'm not even calling Laine Ovechkin and he's not on the Jets anymore.

But right now compared to any NHLer right now I say Draisaitl is the closest thing to Ovechkin right now.

 

[Bedards Dad]

This is the best Leaf hype post ever. Matthews isn't even near of good a goal scorer as Ovi is. Laine has had more goals than Matthews and I'm not even calling Laine Ovechkin and he's not on the Jets anymore.

It appears he just may be, he's right there and this year could be the year that he passes him.

Laine only beat Matthews once due to injuries. And it's not like Ovi has never been beaten in goals.

To be very clear, Matthews is far closer to Ovi, than Laine is to Matthews.

 

[Gutchecktime]

This is the best Leaf hype post ever. Matthews isn't even near of good a goal scorer as Ovi is. Laine has had more goals than Matthews and I'm not even calling Laine Ovechkin and he's not on the Jets anymore.

But right now compared to any NHLer right now I say Draisaitl is the closest thing to Ovechkin right now.

?

It looks like Matthews has 174 and Laine has 144 in more games.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

?

It looks like Matthews has 174 and Laine has 144 in more games.

In a season...

 

[Gutchecktime]

In a season...

The year Matthews had 34 goals in 62 games (45g pace) and Laine had 44 in 82?

This is some weak, weak stuff.

 

[Bedards Dad]

In a season...

On 20 more games. If Matthews maintained his pace that year he ends up with 45 in 82, to Laines 44 in 82.

That year Mattheww was lower than his career GPG, which would have him at 46 in 82.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

In a season...

What are you talking about? Laine's high in a season is 44. Matthews had 47 last year.

 

[GoldenSeal]

how many years did it take him to prove it

Point is, he proved it by getting the Cup and especially the Conn Smythe. It’s funny how people talk up players like Gretzky and totally ignore the -team- he had, the legendary roster he played with. Ovie’s roster isn’t even a third of that and he brought home a Cup and the Conn.

It takes a special kind of player to do that.

Respect the guy.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

In a season...

What on earth are you talking about? Laine's never had a 47 goal season like Matthews last year in a *shortened season*.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Another game, another dominant performance from Matthews with the goals and points to match. It's hilarious to watch his haters trying to cope in this thread.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

In a season...

WRONG

 

[dubey]

Another game, another dominant performance from Matthews with the goals and points to match. It's hilarious to watch his haters trying to cope in this thread.

Matthews is too good for this league

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

What on earth are you talking about? Laine's never had a 47 goal season like Matthews last year in a *shortened season*.

I guess he's talking about 17-18 when Laine had more than Matthews... But failed to mention the part where Matthews had 20 less games played due to injury. Just another cope job in this thread.

 

[Menzinger]

One of Matthews biggest "problems" is that he always shoots so close to the net so I think way too many folks don't get a good grasp of how good his shot is.

 

[All Mod Cons]

In a season...

Wut?

You gone done got ur playerz mixt up again.

 

[Bedards Dad]

One of Matthews biggest "problems" is that he always shoots so close to the net so I think way too many folks don't get a good grasp of how good his shot is.

They also miss that getting open in close that often is a skill few have.

 

[Toene]

Habs fan here, and yes, he's the next elite goalscorer. I don't think he'll ever equal prime and peak Ovechkin, but he should reach the 500 goal club with relative ease at this pace, maybe even 600.

Ovie has not given up the torch though, he's still a Richard threat imo.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

On 20 more games. If Matthews maintained his pace that year he ends up with 45 in 82, to Laines 44 in 82.

That year Mattheww was lower than his career GPG, which would have him at 46 in 82.

Dude Is getting lit up in here any way you slice it lol ^

 

[Flair Hay]

Yeah, they've played more games, so no coincidence for sure. Having 4+ top 10 offensive talents in the league don't hurt either.

I hadn't considered that, you're right. I do still think reading into stats a whole lot into this years stats has the potential to be real misleading. More than usual. Matthews is certainly deserving of all of the praise he is getting this year

 

[Flair Hay]

It's not a coincidence, but it's not for the reason you think. The Canadian division has played the most games.

That's a great point, one that I totally looked past. My bad.

 

[Cotton]

lol imagine Ovi taking turns with Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver's defense and goaltending over and over

I did imagine it, he still only had 6 goals.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

This is the best Leaf hype post ever. Matthews isn't even near of good a goal scorer as Ovi is. Laine has had more goals in a season than Matthews and I'm not even calling Laine Ovechkin and he's not on the Jets anymore.

But right now compared to any NHLer right now I say Draisaitl is the closest thing to Ovechkin right now.

In what way is Draisaitl the closest thing to Ovechkin?