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C Auston Matthews - USNTDP, USHL (2016 Draft)

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There are rumors ive heard that there is a strong chance he comes and plays WHL in Everett next year. I have no links or anything stating this but its just the rumors around the rinks in my area. Has anyone heard anything about that?
 
Skinnyjimmy08 said:
There are rumors ive heard that there is a strong chance he comes and plays WHL in Everett next year. I have no links or anything stating this but its just the rumors around the rinks in my area. Has anyone heard anything about that?
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Apparently he's 50/50 which makes sense since he's not from a typical NCAA hockey area.
 
wings5 said:
Apparently he's 50/50 which makes sense since he's not from a typical NCAA hockey area.
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Ya.. I can see him going to WHL. Everett is always a real strong team and its a good place to place.. Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see him playing for the Silvertips next year
 
IMO he's a one and done. I believe the game schedule of the WHL would help him more than the older competition (that he already experiences with the NTDP) and gym and practice time afforded to him in the NCAA.

But you can't really make an argument definitely one route over the other. Of course I'm biased and would like to see him in the WHL though.
 
Sorry if this has been already discussed in previous pages but who does he compare to in the NHL?
 
CanadienShark said:
Not even close... I don't know who I'd compare him to, but TheJuxtaposer put it perfectly (before I'd ever seen Matthews play), he just sort of goes with the flow of the game. He doesn't dictate it like Kane does.
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I see the same hands, vision, and release. Matthews has to catch up with his skating, but stylistically they are similar at the same age. As his skating matures, I think you'll see him dictate the play more, just like we've seen with Kane.

Who knows, just giving my honest, unfiltered opinion based on my viewings of him at the WJC and for the USNTDP.
 
arsmaster said:
IMO he's a one and done. I believe the game schedule of the WHL would help him more than the older competition (that he already experiences with the NTDP) and gym and practice time afforded to him in the NCAA.

But you can't really make an argument definitely one route over the other. Of course I'm biased and would like to see him in the WHL though.
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their is plenty of gym time in these CHL arena's, and it's not being shared with anyone else but the team. virtually every chl arena has a gym inside of it, reserved for the players.
 
I don't hate the Toews with better hands comparison, but really there is no good NHL comparison for this guy.
 
He plays exactly like Dylan Strome, he's like a clone. But the catch is that he gets 1 extra year to develop before his draft year.
 
WhiskeyYourTheDevils said:
I see the same hands, vision, and release. Matthews has to catch up with his skating, but stylistically they are similar at the same age. As his skating matures, I think you'll see him dictate the play more, just like we've seen with Kane.

Who knows, just giving my honest, unfiltered opinion based on my viewings of him at the WJC and for the USNTDP.
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Not trying to be a dick, but they just aren't even remotely similar players. No doubt they're talented/skilled at some of the same things, but they way they play, is nothing alike.
 
CanadienShark said:
Not trying to be a dick, but they just aren't even remotely similar players. No doubt they're talented/skilled at some of the same things, but they way they play, is nothing alike.
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I respectfully disagree. Matthews best asset at the moment is his stick handling. He's quite adept at pushing back defenseman and pulling up for the late man. He also loves to skate across the top of the circle and patiently hold it and then wrip it.

Watch some of Kane's junior highlights. He wasn't nearly as assertive as he is now.
 
Auzzie19 said:
He plays exactly like Dylan Strome, he's like a clone. But the catch is that he gets 1 extra year to develop before his draft year.
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Except Matthews is an excellent two-way player, a great skater, and is much more assertive and physically forceful than Strome.

Regardless, I think we'll end up coming up with a hybrid comparison for Matthews, just like the Getzlaf-Carter comparison for Eichel.
 
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