Toggle sidebar

Is Auston Matthews the best player in the world ?

  • Xenforo Cloud has upgraded us to version 2.3.6. Please report any issues you experience.
Teeder Keon

Teeder Keon

Defeat does not rest lightly on their shoulders
Mar 11, 2019
17,312
24,186
Deep in the Purple jungles of BC
Here’s my take ....
Can you think of more comparisons?
Or are you against this theory ?
Where would you rank him and project his career to be ?
How about this year ?
What trophies do you think he may earn this year ?
I’m just putting it out there for discussion
I think you can say that AM is like Kopitar with way more offensive skill
Of like Malkin with more of being a complete player
Or like Draistl with more defensive awareness
Or like Mcdavid with way less speed but better defensively and better goal scorer
Or like Crosby but with youth on his side and size
Or like McKinnon with better defensive awareness and better goal scorer
So all in all if things continue, he is and will continue to be the best player in hockey this year and years to come
He may or may not be , but at the moment , I think he is .
Go Leafs Go
Click to read more...
 
Last edited:
No, but he's up there.

What's great is even though he's been progressing every year, I still think there's even more untapped upside to his game particularly on the defensive side of the game.

I think as more players age out and younger players come in and he becomes more of the elder statesman of the league, he's going to start physically overpowering players on a consistent basis.
 
  • Like
Reactions: saffronleaf, Puckstuff, teravaineSAROS and 1 other person
Haha, I'm glad this is in the leafs forum board. Matthews is absolutely elite-consistently. Personally, he's the most complete, consistently dangerous, line driving player I've seen since sundin. Matthews being the better goalscorer, of course. We, in leafs nation, know how good he is now as well as how he has consistently grown his game since his rookie year. That said, let's wait til he has a bit more hardware in the case before we start proclaiming things like 'best in the world'. I'm beyond thrilled to have a top player in the world, but outright best is disingenuous and hyperbolic when he hasn't yet had a top 5 finish for the hart. Hoping he wins the rocket this year to start stacking the trophy case... Maybe add a cup ring in here soon as well.
 
  • Like
Reactions: The Cobra and Teeder Keon
I’ve said it on these pages many times. I am just as satisfied having Matthews as i would McDavid. I see a one for one trade as a sideways move. Different players both extremely talented. Matthews is much better defensively. McDavind is lights out the most dynamic.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Teeder Keon and Welsh Maple Leaf
Best thing about Matthews is he is maturing off the ice and in leadership but he is exactly the same demeanour as always. He’s the same person. Enjoying himself. The same for Marner, he’s enjoying himself again too.
I hope they have fun, that’s nice to see
 
Teeder Keon said:
Here’s my take ....
Can you think of more comparisons?
Or are you against this theory ?
Where would you rank him and project his career to be ?
How about this year ?
What trophies do you think he may earn this year ?
I think you can say that AM is like Kopitar with way more offensive skill
Of like Malkin with more of being a complete player
Or like Draistl with more defensive awareness
Or like Mcdavid with way less speed but better defensively and better goal scorer
Or like Crosby but with youth on his side and size
Or like McKinnon with better defensive awareness and better goal scorer
So all in all if things continue, he is and will continue to be the best player in hockey this year and years to come ? Is he ?
I’m just putting it out there , the possibility of that being correct ?

/QUOTE]
Click to expand...
 
I have him as number 2 in the league behind McDavid, but it's very close.

I will say one thing is that Matthews works his ass off every offseason to master new techniques and hasn't been playing 5v5 hockey as long as most guys in the show. He also has that desire to be great and seems to thrive under responsibility. He's absolutely phenomenal right now and he's still getting better.
 
  • Like
Reactions: The Cobra, saffronleaf, The Iceman and 1 other person
To me, hes the best in the league right now. I believe this because I think he has the highest top level gear of anyone. Mcdavid will score more points sure, but when both guys play at their very best, imo matty is the more dominant player. When hes at his best, he scores at will, he is elite defensively, and he can single handedly will the team to a win. I think he is ahead of mcdavid defensively by a decent gap as well. He is also much much more physically imposing that mcdavid, but thats harder to compare because that isn’t mcdavids game.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Teeder Keon
Matthews needs to produce more simply put. He would need to become as good as Ovi was in the early part of his career in order to challenge McDavid.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Teeder Keon
Still think it's McDavid (no questions asked) and MacKinnon ahead of Matthews. But top 3/5, depending where you rank the likes of Draisaitl and Kucherov, is pretty damn good.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Teeder Keon
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom