Is Auston Matthews the greatest goal-scorer in hockey history?

[Sniper99]

Jesus Christ.

He wants nothing to do with this shit

 

[Kryten]

It's not an unreasonable question. He is most certainly in the conversation.

He's ahead of most of the all-time great goal scorers in goals/game. Ignoring numbers 3 and 4 on the list below, who played almost a century ago, Matthews is only behind Bossy and Lemieux.

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He is well ahead of his contemporaries who are considered great goal scorers - McDavid, Pastrnak, Draisaital, Connor, Rantanen.

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So if you accept that Matthews is the greatest goal scorer of his generation, because it's fairly obvious he is, then it's a matter of comparing eras to answer the question of who is the greatest in history.

As I stated above, Matthews is definitely in the conversation, if he continues producing.

This is a drastic fall from grace from Matthews average goals after his first game played. Lets revisit these averages in 10 years

 

[VanIsle]

Bossy was the best pure goal scorer. . .

 

[HockeyVirus]

So many bait threads on the mains trying to get Leaf fans upset and give a chance for fans to dunk on them.

 

[CherryToke]

Yes, he's impossible to contain, especially in the playoffs where he elevates his game to unseen levels.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

No



Wasn't he banned for steroids?

Easy to rack up goals in the Middle Eastern division.

 

[Armourboy]

Nobody can predict how long Matthews will play, nor how soon or quickly his goal scoring ability will diminish.

What we can say with certainty is he is the best of his generation, unless you'd care to make the case for McDavid, Pasta, et al being superior. Matthews is in his 8th season of historically elite goal scoring. At what point is one allowed to compare him to the all-time greats?

When he is closer to 40 than he is to 30 and his career arc is just about over. He's been good but lots of things both good and bad can happen over the next 10 years that completely changes how people view him. He could be the greatest of all time by the end of it, he could also take a couple of bad slashes and basically reduce his hands to rubble as well.

We have plenty of time to figure it out.

 

[PromisedLand]

oh I can't wait for the day when Leafs win the Cup. HF Boards would be a fun day!!!

 

[RedRocking]

Liar, liar, stick on fire.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Just hockey history? I think he’s the best goal scorer in any sports history

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Why stop at goal-scorer?

Greatest player to ever lace em up AINEC

 

[cowboy82nd]

Easy to rack up goals in the Middle Eastern division.

True, but he used his powers for evil. Rumor has it that he would melt the ice before the games, giving him an unfair advantage because he was the only one that could walk on water.

 

[Dotter]

lol.

 

[GreytWun]

Guy that can’t score in the playoffs is considered greatest ?

 

[wetcoast]

It's not an unreasonable question. He is most certainly in the conversation.

He's ahead of most of the all-time great goal scorers in goals/game. Ignoring numbers 3 and 4 on the list below, who played almost a century ago, Matthews is only behind Bossy and Lemieux.

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He is well ahead of his contemporaries who are considered great goal scorers - McDavid, Pastrnak, Draisaital, Connor, Rantanen.

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So if you accept that Matthews is the greatest goal scorer of his generation, because it's fairly obvious he is, then it's a matter of comparing eras to answer the question of who is the greatest in history.

As I stated above, Matthews is definitely in the conversation, if he continues producing.

Fair enough but the OP is well you know.....

 

[YippieKaey]

It's not an unreasonable question. He is most certainly in the conversation.

He's ahead of most of the all-time great goal scorers in goals/game. Ignoring numbers 3 and 4 on the list below, who played almost a century ago, Matthews is only behind Bossy and Lemieux.

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He is well ahead of his contemporaries who are considered great goal scorers - McDavid, Pastrnak, Draisaital, Connor, Rantanen.

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So if you accept that Matthews is the greatest goal scorer of his generation, because it's fairly obvious he is, then it's a matter of comparing eras to answer the question of who is the greatest in history.

As I stated above, Matthews is definitely in the conversation, if he continues producing.

Lol. Dude, you are comparing a guy in his prime to people who have retired. That's irrelevant.

Then you are comparing Matthews to a 38- year old Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby (not a goalscorer) and like Kyle Connor who never even scored 50.

The thing about being the greatest EVER is that you have to do it for a very long time. Matthews might, but he hasn't. If he does, awesome. But chances are he wont.

 

[Randyne]

Bossy was the best pure goal scorer. . .

Nope. Ovechkin has 8x more top GPG finishes:
Ovechkin: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,3,5,5,6,8,9
M. Bossy: 1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,5,8

 

[Duder54]

Rumor has it that, aside from being the greatest athlete in any sport of all-time, Auston Matthews also owns a Time Machine and used it to go back to the 70s and 80s and teach Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux everything they ever knew about hockey. We should all be eternally grateful. #ThanksAuston!

 

[KevinRedkey]

Can he become the best? Maybe
Is he already? Not even close

 

[Fatass]

It's not an unreasonable question. He is most certainly in the conversation.

He's ahead of most of the all-time great goal scorers in goals/game. Ignoring numbers 3 and 4 on the list below, who played almost a century ago, Matthews is only behind Bossy and Lemieux.

View attachment 766593

He is well ahead of his contemporaries who are considered great goal scorers - McDavid, Pastrnak, Draisaital, Connor, Rantanen.

View attachment 766592

So if you accept that Matthews is the greatest goal scorer of his generation, because it's fairly obvious he is, then it's a matter of comparing eras to answer the question of who is the greatest in history.

As I stated above, Matthews is definitely in the conversation, if he continues producing.

Didn’t #99 score 92 one year?

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Matthews wasn't even top 5 in goal scoring last season, right in the middle of his prime.

Gonna go with a an easy "no" here.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Is Auston Matthews the greatest goal-scorer in hockey history?

I have seen some Matthews fans put forth this hypothesis but I am not sure.

I think Lemieux, both Hulls, Ovechkin, etc. rate as better goal-scorers.

not even close!

but you knew that when you made the thread lol

 

[Machinehead]

Honestly, he is on the shortlist of some of the greatest, but I wouldn't put him at #1.

 

[Go Wings]

Nope but biggest forehead for sure.

 

[PaulD]

When the last elite forward you watched is now in a yellowing picture frame

nope.....the poster was talking about greatest goal scorer. Anderchuck was the last leaf to score 50 in a season till Matthews did it.

Yup , some of us are so old we actually watched the leafs get to a third round.
With Anderchuck !