Liking these opinions. As for what is already said, i said durring the draft I may take Laine over Matthews. Laine is imo reciving the proper amount of praise. He really seems to be a force already who looks next in line after ovechkin as the leagues best sniper. His physicality and confidence remind me of the way ovechkin powers to consistent goals. He does not remind me of Lemieux. He doesnt have the hands, nore complete vision, to be compared to lemieux, he also plays with more of an edge. Matthews however does remind me of mario. Hes a big centerman with great hands and vision. That amazing goal he scored his four goal first game, where he seemingly effortlessly danced around 3 or 4 players then scored on a sneaky little shot, reminded me of mario big time. However, while I believe Liane has the potential to at least compare to ovechkin someday... I do not believe AM will ever be comoarable to ML. I am simply stating his style is similar. So while I do not feel they are close to the most over/underrated players, I do think Matthews is i tad overrated and Laine possibly a bit underrated.
Toews i hate to admit ive always found overrated. He is a great complete player. No weaknesses. But just doesnt have the offensive ability to be a true top 5 type guy. For the past few years i have argued that it isnt even close when comparing Toews and Crosby, due to crosbys superior offence generating abilities.
Im going to hold off a bit more giving my choices... i think it will cause a bit too much of a stir and i want to hear more of others choices...
