If Matthews doesn't step up his game soon, he's at risk of becomming the modern day Jean Beliveau...

[Mulletman]

So right now Auston Matthews has scored 368 career goals in the NHL, but not a single one of them has been a short handed goal. It's really uncommon to have scored as much goals as Matthews has without scoring at least 1 short handed goal. All the great goal scorers have at least some short handed goals, from Ovechkin, Stamkos and Bure to Jagr, Selanne and Hull, they all have scored short handed goals. The player with the most goals and no short handed goals is Jean Beliveau, who is the only player with 500+ goals and no short handed goals. Matthews will surpass 400 career goals this season, but he's already entering his 9th season in the NHL and those short handed goals are going to get harder and harder to score as he ages.

I don't know about you, but I would rather see Auston Matthews in the Ovechkin, Bure, Selanne, Hull tier, than the Jean Beliveau, Daniel Sedin, Jeff Skinner tier. Will Matthews be able to score a short handed goal during his career? Or is he destined to become the modern day Jean Beliveau and become only the 2nd 500+ goal scorer who's unable to score a single short handed goal during his career?

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[Sentinel]

When Matthews is mentioned in the same sentence as Beliveau...

Now he just needs to win ten Stanley Cups to make the resemblance even more uncanny. One will be a good start.

 

[Mirka the Turka]

Good points made there.

It remains to reason: does goal scoring really matter if you can't do it a man down?

 

[Mr Kot]

 

[Voodoo Child]

 

[NVious]

He's only going to win 10 cups? Pathetic

 

[Shocker]

Classic Mulletman

 

[Rabid Ranger]

What Matthews needs to do ala centers like Steve Yzerman and Mike Modano is find a second gear in the playoffs. He's already one of the best goal scorers in NHL history.

 

[Koivu11]

Thank you Mulletman, very cool!

 

[Mulletman]

Matthews right now is 10th in career goals amongst players with 0 short handed goals: https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?r...hGoals,equals,0&sort=goals&page=0&pageSize=50
And he's about to pass everybody except Kane and Beliveau this season if he's healthy...

 

[Killer Orcas]

He's only going to win 10 cups? Pathetic

I think Leaf's fans would be ecstatic if he won ten rounds even.

 

[NVious]

Matthews right now is 10th in career goals amongst players with 0 short handed goals: NHL Stats
And he's about to pass everybody except Kane and Beliveau this season if he's healthy...

Ovechkin and Gretzky are only ahead of him in overall goal scoring because they feasted on the other team's weak PP defense, true short handed merchants. Matthews is a PURE goal scorer and doesn't need that nonsense.

 

[Juxta Position]

So right now Auston Matthews has scored 368 career goals in the NHL, but not a single one of them has been a short handed goal. It's really uncommon to have scored as much goals as Matthews has without scoring at least 1 short handed goal. All the great goal scorers have at least some short handed goals, from Ovechkin, Stamkos and Bure to Jagr, Selanne and Hull, they all have scored short handed goals. The player with the most goals and no short handed goals is Jean Beliveau, who is the only player with 500+ goals and no short handed goals. Matthews will surpass 400 career goals this season, but he's already entering his 9th season in the NHL and those short handed goals are going to get harder and harder to score as he ages.

I don't know about you, but I would rather see Auston Matthews in the Ovechkin, Bure, Selanne, Hull tier, than the Jean Beliveau, Daniel Sedin, Jeff Skinner tier. Will Matthews be able to score a short handed goal during his career? Or is he destined to become the modern day Jean Beliveau and become only the 2nd 500+ goal scorer who's unable to score a single short handed goal during his career?

He doesn't need to score shorthanded, his Selke nomination proves that to be a great defensive forward, playing shorthanded, where that defensive acumen for every other player is actually on display, is overrated when you're a Maple Leaf.

Killing penalties and scoring shorthanded is for suckers when you're a defensive juggernaut like Matthews, especially with all dem intangibles he has comin out the nostrils.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

This is the worst thread of all time, not even just on HF

 

[missionAvs]

This is the shit that made me become a premium member on this site. Absolute quality.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Waste of space thread , as usual

 

[SUX2BU]

ok, then ...........

 

[Primary Assist]

Other comparables to have never scored a shorthanded goal include Dominik Hasek, Ed Belfour, and Patrick Roy. What a bunch of freaking scrubs

 

[Shark Finn]

This time I checked who's the poster before reading a bunch of nonsense.

 

[ViD]

It took Ovie 12 years to win one, so it’s too early to say that

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

What a loser

When Matthews is mentioned in the same sentence as Beliveau...

Now he just needs to win ten Stanley Cups to make the resemblance even more uncanny. One will be a good start.

He’s better than JB let’s be honest

 

[Pip]

I’m all for some Matthews bashing but this ain’t it

 

[sting13]

When Matthews is mentioned in the same sentence as Beliveau...

Now he just needs to win ten Stanley Cups to make the resemblance even more uncanny. One will be a good start.

You think Beliveau would win 10 cups in a 32 team league?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

This is the worst thread of all time, not even just on HF

This might not even be the worst mulletman thread this summer

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

What Matthews needs to do ala centers like Steve Yzerman and Mike Modano is find a second gear in the playoffs. He's already one of the best goal scorers in NHL history.

What he needs to do is leave that cursed team .

Worked for Eichel