Golden_Jet
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lol, that fake tough guy is the number 1 power forward in the league. There aren’t many PF left anymore.
Auston Matthew 50 in 50 watch (37 in 42 so far)
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TheImpatientPanther
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Core 4 razzle dazzle hockey + 60 goal Matthews >> Leafs ever getting past 2nd round in Core 4 era.
ole ole
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Remember last year when some Leaf fans accused McDavid and Draisaitl of being more concerned with personal stats than winning when they were running away with the scoring race.
Strange, you don’t hear that this year.
Anyways, Matthews is having an amazing year this year. It’s crazy the rate that he’s scoring at. One of the best goal scoring seasons we’ve seen for quite a while now.
Strange, you don’t hear that this year.
Anyways, Matthews is having an amazing year this year. It’s crazy the rate that he’s scoring at. One of the best goal scoring seasons we’ve seen for quite a while now.
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Type 1 - 50 goals in team's first 50 games
Technically there would be a fifth category, for players who scored 50 goals over 50 games across multiple seasons. Most of the players listed above have done this, and it would also include Howie Morenz, Bobby Hull, and a few others.
Although it's "only" in the less impressive 4th category, what Matthews achieved in 2022 is probably in the lowest scoring environment out of everyone.
- Maurice Richard (1945)
- Mike Bossy (1981)
- Wayne Gretzky (1982, 1984, 1985)
- Mario Lemieux (1989)
- Brett Hull (1991, 1992)
- Jari Kurri (1985)
- Mario Lemieux (1993, 1996)
- Alexander Mogilny (1993)
- Cam Neely (1994)
- Phil Esposito (1971)
- Charlie Simmer (1981)
- Jari Kurri (1986)
- Bernie Nicholls (1989)
- Brett Hull (1990)
- Teemu Selanne (1993)
- Mario Lemieux (1988)
- Auston Matthews (2022)
Technically there would be a fifth category, for players who scored 50 goals over 50 games across multiple seasons. Most of the players listed above have done this, and it would also include Howie Morenz, Bobby Hull, and a few others.
Although it's "only" in the less impressive 4th category, what Matthews achieved in 2022 is probably in the lowest scoring environment out of everyone.
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TheImpatientPanther
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Kind of my point, this is basically all the core 4 era will be remembered for:
Matthews winning a couple rockets
Core 4 playing razzle dazzle hockey
1 playoff series win
That's it...
leafsfan5
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It's possible to acknowledge that Matthews has struggled in the playoffs while also acknowledging we're watching one of the best pure goal-scorers ever on another insane run
Seems like that is tough for many in this thread
Seems like that is tough for many in this thread
I think that’s fair. And one deep playoff run can change all that.
ricky0034
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not even inside the top 10 in the league in points again this year after the rest of last nights games
The really impressive stat:
Kucherov has almost as many power play points as Matthews has goals.
Matthews has almost 1 goal per game.
Of course, your team needs to be on the power play for you to record power play points, a thing the Leafs have barely broken their virginity of.
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Not sure this makes much sense at all?
Did you just accuse me of being a Sens fan? That's low.
The Podium
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Most players ahead of him are on teams that have played 3-4 games more than the Leafs
kevsh
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So your sole qualification for being considered a top 10 player is that player has to be in the top 10 in points?
ricky0034
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no, Defensemen and Goaltenders exist too
which is why it's extra laughable to claim a Forward is when they can' t even crack the top 10 in that
Well obviously.
Everyone knows that Alex Kovalev was a far, far, far superior player to Bergeron.
Just compare their offensive stat totals per year.
f***ing obliterated Bergy.
Bergeron and Matthews should not be mentioned in the same sentence in terms of defense. An elite multi Selke winning center vs an above average defensive center.
Next!
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I have been waiting for someone to start this thread. If he hits 50 in 50 but on his teams 51st game it will be so disappointing.
He's a very special goal scorer. Kind of like Ovy in a way, where it makes it hard to rank him vs. his peers, because SO much of his value is in his ability to score goals. But, you know, goal-scoring is an incredibly valuable thing.
This is a really great era for talent.
This is a really great era for talent.
The Podium
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The funny thing is, Matthews wasn’t mentioned in the same sentence or at all in the post you were quoting.
But angry leaf troll yells at clouds….
Not sure if you know this but Goals are way more valuable than assists. Using A1 as being .55 of a goal and A2 being .19 of a goal Matthews has been the best scorer in the league this year. About 7% better than Kuckerov and 38% better than McDavid. Any stat that values a second assist the same as a Goal is extremely flawed.
He made an analogy between Matthews and Bergeron.
It was a dumb analogy.
Trolling indeed!
Nothingbutglass
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What do Kovalev and Bergeron have to do with anything? Obvious troll being obvious?
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