Will Auston Matthews finish top 15 in scoring this year?

[TheNumber4]

So after a decent rookie season last year Matthews finished 20th in league scoring with 69 points in 82 games. Currently he is tied for 26th in league scoring with 26 points in 25 games. Seems like there are quite a bit of players outperforming him this season but the season is still young.

Can we expect Matthews to crack the top 15 in league scoring this year? Or will he need another year to reach his generational potential?

Other generational superstars like McDavid, Crosby, and Gretzky lead the league in scoring in their second seasons. Lemiuex finished 2nd in his second year. This is Matthews second year, what can we expect from him?

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[Tavares to Marner]

Yaay more Matthews threads!!

Its been a whole 15 minutes without one

 

[Beltv]

Is he 'generational' though? I think he finishes with about 85-90 points. Some of the guys ahead of him will slow down.

 

[TheNumber4]

Yaay more Matthews threads!!

Its been a whole 15 minutes without one

Hmm I checked this last 3 pages and didn't see one Matthews thread. Found 2 McDavid threads though, is there a rule against multiple threads about one player?

 

[FelixPotvin29]

If youre going to get upset with generational predictions on small sample sizes and projections then you should also be pretty upset with yourself making these threads.

 

[authentic]

More than likely if he stays healthy.

 

[TheNumber4]

Is he 'generational' though? I think he finishes with about 85-90 points. Some of the guys ahead of him will slow down.

Good prediction. If he can keep up his current point/game pace he might be able to hit 75 points this season. But with league scoring up this year, I don't know if that'll be good enough to be top 15.

 

[Brian McDavid]

Yes. He will finish top 15.

 

[96]

It became obvious what was going on here as soon as I saw "decent rookie season"

 

[Tak7]

He missed a few games early in November, returned to the lineup in mid-November, and hasn't really found his stride since.

He was looking unstoppable before his time away.

He will find his feet and his touch again. Just a matter of time. Once he does, I'm sure he will fly up the charts.

 

[ek93]

Yeah, probably.

 

[X66]

He can, for sure.

He currently sits 150th in PP time, so I'm sure if he was getting well over 3+ minutes like other stars it would be a slam dunk.

Thankfully the team doesn't care about his production as much as bottom feeding team fans do though!

 

[Beukeboom]

Good prediction. If he can keep up his current point/game pace he might be able to hit 75 points this season. But with league scoring up this year, I don't know if that'll be good enough to be top 15.

How is your math?

 

[llamateizer]

Crosby is a generational player. He needs to be in top 10, years after years to be considered generational.

season: points rank
05-06 : 6th
06-07: 1st
07-08: 31st (53 games), 2nd in pts/g (Ovechkin 1st)
08-09: 3rd
09-10 : 3rd
10-11: 33rd (41 games) 1st 1.6pts/g (2nd 1.26pts/g)
11-12: 180th (22 games) 1st 1.68pts/g
12-13: 4th (36 games) 1st 1.55pts/g
13-14: 1st
14-15: 3rd
15-16: 3rd
16-17: 3rd
17-18: 19th


McDavid
15-16: 106rd (48 games ) 2nd in pts/g
16-17: 1st
17-18: 11th

Matthews
16-17: 22nd
17-18: 28th

 

[TheNumber4]

How is your math?

Thought he missed like 5-7 games. Was it less?

 

[Edmoney]

Most overrated superstar in the league. I would take Drai over Matthews any day of the week.

 

[llamateizer]

He can, for sure.

He currently sits 150th in PP time, so I'm sure if he was getting well over 3+ minutes like other stars it would be a slam dunk.

Thankfully the team doesn't care about his production as much as bottom feeding team fans do though!

ESP (2016-2017 and this season)
McDavid sits 1st with 95 pts
Crosby: 4th
Matthews: 9th

 

[Beukeboom]

Thought he missed like 5-7 games. Was it less?

Sorry my bad. Think it was 4 thou?

53 games left. 1.04 ppg..= an additional 56 points.

 

[DRW204]

If everyone slows down AM heats up, yes

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

he can but he can't miss anymore games

 

[Cleatus]

Most overrated superstar in the league. I would take Drai over Matthews any day of the week.

And in turn, I would take the whole Oilers roster over the Leafs because I like watching my team bottom feed with Buffalo and Arizona every year.

 

[X66]

Who finishes with more points this year, Matthews or the Oilers?

 

[Whaleafs]

He has not looked good since coming back from the mysterious injury. Really fighting the puck.

 

[Tak7]

Who finishes with more points this year, Matthews or the Oilers?

Matthews is on pace for 81 points.

Edmonton is on pace for misery, pain, and salty tears. Oh, and 70 points.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah, he'll probably finish in the top-15. Without looking it up, I think 15th in scoring in the NHL is usually in the lower to mid 70s in points, so I think he'd be a safe bet to hit that.