A good one.the Jean Beliveau, Daniel Sedin, Jeff Skinner tier.
Matthews only plays a bit short handed. But he's built for short handed hockey. He's big, strong, a great skater, blocks shots and is amongst the best in the league at take aways. Plus he's got arguably the best shot arsenal in the league right now and a great setup man in Marner, who plays a ton short handed.Does Matthews play on the PK? Usually have to play on the PK to get shorthanded chances.
I think Beliveau would win more than one playoff series.You think Beliveau would win 10 cups in a 32 team league?
But Eichel is no longer the franchise man;AM34 wants to be a Kobe and not a KDWhat he needs to do is leave that cursed team .
Worked for Eichel
I think they would be pretty happy with winning 10 Playoff games in one season.I think Leaf's fans would be ecstatic if he won ten rounds even.
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?
Beliveau isnt 7th "best" all time.Austin Matthews sure wouldn't want to be compared to who is IMO the 7th best player of all Time in Jean Béliveau
Seriously tho, wtf is wrong with you OP? You drunk dawg?
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.
How bout just getting better at play off hockey.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?
and 7 more in ManagementWhen 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.
Clearly 4on5 goal scoring is the real way to measure goal scoring ability.Good points made there.
It remains to reason: does goal scoring really matter if you can't do it a man down?
a wanna a be ..... ? Nah, that's MarnerBut Eichel is no longer the franchise man;AM34 wants to be a Kobe and not a KD
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?