Will Matthews get to 700 career assists?

[Suntouchable13]

Let’s say he is fairly likely to reach 700 goals, there are only 2 players in history that have 700 goals but less then 700 assists. Mike Gartner and Brett Hull.

He has 281 assists so far. He needs 417 assists to reach 700 career. Seems unlikely to me. Unless he plays into his age 39 and 40 seasons. So in 10 years from now, he will join Gartner and Hull IMO. He may only wanna play till he is 37 or 38, we don't know.

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[Regal]

Doesn’t seem likely based on a typical career arc unless he changes his game a bit as he ages. He’s at exactly half an assist per game so far in his career. Continuing at that rate would need him to play 1400 games, which isn’t outrageous given his early start but is still a lot. That’s just over 10 more years of 82 game seasons, and would mean he’s have to stay fairly healthy and produces at the same rate even if he plays until 37/38. There’s a lot of good players who fell short of 700. I imagine he’ll probably be in the 600s though.

 

[klefbombs shoulder]

Probably not. Hes been a roughly 0.45 A/G player his whole career. Assuming a normal aging curve he will need to play about 1600ish games to reach 700 assists.

 

[Crow]

When I first read this thread I didnt think he was going to play that late in his career and he seems to love money much more than hockey maximizing his pocket at every opportunity as it is his right to do so. Having looked into it more it seems kind of likely that the leafs will sign him for another high aav contract but this time with 8 years of term. 38 he could potentially play to in that case.

I doubt he plays a year after that unless he is somehow still a force. So I don’t think he will. 600s