Has Connor Bedard quietly became underrated ?

[Divine]

It’s all relative though. Scoring is much higher now.

In Matthews rookie season, 44 goals won the Rocket and the Art Ross was won with McDavid hitting 100 points, second in league scoring was 89 points. Not a single player in the league hit 50 goals in Matthews first 2 seasons.

In comparison, 4 players hit 50+ just last year, with one hitting 69 goals. 9 players finished with over 100 points last year with 2 players getting 100 assists alone. 19 players finished with at least 89 points last season which would have been 2nd in league scoring in Matthews rookie season.

 

[Matsun]

It’s all relative though. Scoring is much higher now.

In Matthews rookie season, 44 goals won the Rocket and the Art Ross was won with McDavid hitting 100 points, second in league scoring was 89 points. Not a single player in the league hit 50 goals in Matthews first 2 seasons.

In comparison, 4 players hit 50+ just last year, with one hitting 69 goals. 9 players finished with over 100 points last year with 2 players getting 100 assists alone. 19 players finished with at least 89 points last season which would have been 2nd in league scoring in Matthews rookie season.

Yep, Matthews was 20th in PPG over his 112 games stretch and Bedard was 51st.

Kucherov was the PPG leader both those periods weirdly enough, 8 years apart.