Congrats Matthews! Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy!

[harvestglen]

If anyone wants to know how good Charlie Conacher was a goal scorer, only Alex Ovechkin, Bobby Hull and Phil Esposito have ever led the league in goals more times than Conacher. No, not Gretzky, nor Lemieux, not Howe. Just three players.

And for good measure, Conacher led the league in points twice too (the retro Art Ross), won a cup and was part of those dominant 1930s Leafs which would basically win the “retro-Presidents Trophy” and make the Stanley Cup finals almost every year.

Conacher is severely overlooked as an all-time hockey great, let alone overlooked by his own fan base. Conacher deserves twice the accolades Gilmour and Sundin actually receive.

Now that said, Matthews is on track to be even better.

Should have been higher than #11 on the Top 100 Leafs.

 

[Stephen]

Matthews’ goal scoring is a very compelling response to 30 years of the goalie revolution. His shot mechanics are so different to what we’ve typically seen there are goals you don’t even really understand even in slow motion.

 

[robertmac43]

First of many!

 

[6ix]

Congrats Auzzy

 

[Buds17]

The first and surely not the last! Congratulations to him.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Should have been higher than #11 on the Top 100 Leafs.

Yes my dads dad who played with some of these guys had it
1. Teeder
2. Keon
3. Conacher
4. Apps
5. Horton
and he always said it was an ENORMOUS drop down after da top 5

 

[al secord]

I heard Rick Vaive bought a "Hit 'Em with a 4" t-shirt

 

[ECanuck]

Mathews has turned into a beauty. Along with Mitch they look a lot stronger too now.

Congrats!