Where Does Auston Matthews Rank For You As A Goal Scorer All Time?

[NVious]

He currently has 336 goals in 523 games with his goals per game being 5th all time at .642, he is at 175th all time and should move up to 146th with 22 goals in his remaining remaining 39 games.

If Matthews wins the rocket, In NHL history the following have won the goal scoring leader three times: Babe Dye, Charlie Conacher, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull, Teemu Selanne, Pavel Bure, Ovechkin

Is he top 20 already? Peering into top 10?

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[The Grinder]

Can I let you know at the end of his career?

 

[HarrisonFord]

A big part of this is dependent on his long term effectiveness as a goal scorer. Ovie is such an incredible case because he was able to be so effective into his late 30s.

Matthews goal scoring is from his shot, hockey IQ, and versatility vs speed so I do think he can continue to be effective as he ages

 

[The Moose]

It will depend on the back half of his career. Can he be a consistent 40-50 goal scorer when his moustache starts to turn grey?

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

Somewhere between you and Ovechkin.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Top 10. Climbs the charts the better he scores in his back half.

Ovechkin and Lemeuix to me are the beat goal scorers ever so he has to rival them.

 

[Krigsgaldr]

Nowhere as of now . For all I know he could retire early or fall off a cliff play wise or god forbid his career gets ended early . If he keeps it up at the rate he’s going he’ll be fairly high on the list provided he plays long enough. But for what it’s worth I don’t see him having ovi type longevity .

 

[Artorius Horus T]

175??

 

[Madap]

Somewhere between you and Ovechkin.

Ehh, I don’t think he’s better than Ovechkin yet.

 

[Fishy McScales]

Finally a Matthews thread.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

But for what it’s worth I don’t see him having ovi type longevity .

Ovi plays a more rough and tumble style. Also, Matthews scores from areas that are much more sustainable long term. Much more net front than Ovi.

Finally a Matthews thread.

Yet here you are, just having to post.

 

[Fishy McScales]

Ovi plays a more rough and tumble style. Also, Matthews scores from areas that are much more sustainable long term. Much more net front than Ovi.


Yet here you are, just having to post.

There are only three more on the first page so it definitely needed some traction.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

He's one of the best I've ever seen on capitalizing on freebies. Score 3-4 in a nothing game or easy W covers for the frequent no-shows in high stakes games. 'Goal scoring' vs. what he and his team have ultimately accomplished on the ice so far through his career (nothing) go hand in hand imo.

Very entertaining player. Will pad the stats for a very lucrative but ultimately underwhelming career. Ovechkin-lite.

 

[The90]

Ovi plays a more rough and tumble style. Also, Matthews scores from areas that are much more sustainable long term. Much more net front than Ovi.


Yet here you are, just having to post.

Rinse/ repeat

 

[Isaac Nootin]

There are only three more on the first page so it definitely needed some traction.

I suppose just not going into those threads is simply too much.

 

[Fishy McScales]

I suppose just not going into those threads is simply too much.

I don’t.

 

[ijuka]

I'd say that he's a goal-scorer of all time.

 

[The Moose]

Top 10. Climbs the charts the better he scores in his back half.

Ovechkin and Lemeuix to me are the beat goal scorers ever so he has to rival them.

Totally. Probably he's already past Gretzky.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

I don’t.

Yet, here you are!

The pull of Papi is just too much for some. Understandable.

 

[Fishy McScales]

Yet, here you are!

The pull of Papi is just too much for some. Understandable.

I like the player.

 

[Krigsgaldr]

Ovi plays a more rough and tumble style. Also, Matthews scores from areas that are much more sustainable long term. Much more net front than Ovi.

Definitely but that’s not why I don’t think he’ll stick around as long as ovie . I just don’t see him playing past when he feels like he’s made his legacy and money is all . Nothing wrong with that or a slight to AM . Just my feeling on him .


Yet here you are, just having to post.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

I like the player.

You should make a thread about him.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

I'd say that he's a goal-scorer of all time.

He has scored goals, that's for sure. That's something that can never be taken away.

 

[orby]

It's hard to grade players when they're still on the proverbial "front 9" of their career. How a player adjusts as he ages - and to what degree he continues to score once he's past his physical prime as a player - are factors you can't ignore, and Matthews simply hasn't played long enough for an observer to make those considerations.

 

[WingsFan95]

Don't have to think hard to see Top 20. Gets mirky after that. He's certainly not yet in that top tier:

Ovechkin, Gretzky, Lemieux, both Hulls, Bossy, Esposito, Howe, Jagr, Richard, Lafleur

After those guys stuff gets real murky because you have Selanne, Bure, Robitaille, Yzerman, Shanahan, Dionne, Gartner, Iginla, Kurri, Bondra, Mikita, Stamkos, McDavid, Crosby, definitely forgetting several more guys.

And like Jagr, Yzerman, etc some of these guys single season numbers might not jump out as much but they were clearly consistent producers and a case of COULD have had more 40+ whatever seasons if they just focused on that (like a Bondra, etc).

So Auston Matthews hasn't broken past that 2nd tier list by any stretch of the imagination to me at least. You can ignore the GPG numbers as several of the guys in the 2nd tier at one point had Top 10 in that category in their earlier years (Selanne was a .645 after his 3rd Rocket).