How many 60 goal seasons will Auston Matthews put up in his career?

[pomx]

So glad you asked OP. He’s gonna put up so many!

 

[Montreal Shadow]

He’s listed as day to day. Would be a real bummer if he stays out and misses out on 60 goals.

 

[AD1066]

He’s listed as day to day. Would be a real bummer if he stays out and misses out on 60 goals.

If he's back by this weekend I think he'll get there. That gives him four games, one of which is vs. Detroit, who are happy to assist anyone this season when it comes to breaking records or generating highlights.

 

[authentic]

I hope he gets it this season, but it will likely be his only one.

This is only the 2nd season he's going to play more than 70 games in his 6 seasons, and 60 goals is hard enough when you play a full 82.

And that's not a slight on Matthews. The guy may be the best forward in the NHL right now.

Kind of hard to play more than 70 games when there aren’t more than 70 games in a season.

 

[BallardEra]

Matthews out again tonight.

 

[Ezpz]

Apparently 0.

 

[waitin425]

3

 

[FinPanda]

I previously said 3. Changing it to 1-2 due injury concerns. He is good enough to do it no doubt, but can he stay healthy?

 

[daver]

Just when you thought we wouldn't see every 2nd post on HF arguing that Matthews is or isn't a "50 goal scorer", we will now get a full year of arguing that he is or isn't a "60 goal scorer".

 

[Lukin1978]

Let's see him get 1 first

 

[WingsMJN2965]

The answer to this question is, it depends on if this scoring increase lasts.

Not to diminish what he’s doing, but he’s on pace to barely break 60 and this is the highest scoring year in long time.

 

[tapi]

He will get at least 3. ~10 is the absolute ceiling, but my bet would be 4-6.

 

[sr edler]

How anticlimactic if it would turn out to be zero.


Also, one never really knows what happens with scoring trends. A few seasons from now we could be down in the trenches again and someone wins a Rocket with 45 goals. And Matthews also seems a bit injury prone.

 

[Beukeboom]

The answer to this question is, it depends on if this scoring increase lasts.

Not to diminish what he’s doing, but he’s on pace to barely break 60 and this is the highest scoring year in long time.

Is it really "barely" when he's on a 68 goal pace over 82 games? His inability to play 82 games is probably one of his main obstacles however.

 

[SeanConn]

Really, really, don't like the Leafs... but still want him to hit 60.

 

[AMDZen]

The hilarity that will ensue if he doesn't score 2 more in the last 5 games will be delicious

 

[PuckG]

Really, really, don't like the Leafs... but still want him to hit 60.

It would be outstanding to have a player hit 60 or even 70 goals in this era and Matthews is likely the only one who could do it. But yes, dealing with Leaf fans after that would be worse than it already is.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Zero? The man has shoulders of glass

There's still games left, but he didn't look like himself the past few games, opted to pass more

 

[Video Nasty]

What’s happening down the stretch for Matthews is a perfect example of why projections and pace are worthless.

 

[HabsQC]

You guys in Toronto are very lucky you got that first pick + such an elite talent with the pick. I hope we get a player close to this good in our rebuild. I hope you're enjoying him and he doesn't walk in FA for your sake. GL in the playoffs Leafs, hope we'll meet again soon in the playoffs, last year was fun, it doesn't happen often enought

 

[castle]

It's amazing how any posts in this thread assumed that 60 was a given fact this season, and this were debating how many more he would get. I said 1, maybe none. The maybe seems more likely now I think.
If there is any kind of lingering injury do the Leafs risk matthews in a meaningless late season game or hold him out until the real tournament starts? He may not play another game this season if there's any chance of aggravating anything. I have to think they've got their eyes on the real prize here. Or at least I hope so for the fans' sake.

 

[Zalos]

0

 

[Mulletman]

If there is any kind of lingering injury do the Leafs risk matthews in a meaningless late season game or hold him out until the real tournament starts?

As a Leafs fan I think Matthews scoring 60 is way more memorable and important than the playoffs this year. With our goaltending we're not winning the cup anyway this year, but if Matthews scores 60, nobody can take that away from us!

 

[Backcheckmonster3]

As a Leafs fan I think Matthews scoring 60 is way more memorable and important than the playoffs this year. With our goaltending we're not winning the cup anyway this year, but if Matthews scores 60, nobody can take that away from us!

Yup, that´s the leafs mentality right there.

 

[SaltNPeca]

If you made a Poll I'd choose 3

Gotta be in the 0 to 5 range
The way the League is going, he is going, and the Leafs are going 3 should be achievable. He's currently only 24, so should be able to repeat or improve on these #'s until ~28.