Matthews-ra pedig nincsenek szavak, beszéljenek inkább a tények:
NHLers with 40 goals in the season immediately following their draft year:

Dale Hawerchuk - 45 (1981)
Mike Bossy - 53 (1977)
Sylvain Turgeon - 40 (1983)
Rick Martin - 44 (1971)
Mario Lemieux - 43 (1984)
Auston Matthews - 40 (2017)

Ovechkin did 52 in his first year, but that was an additional year between his draft year because of the lockout.

But, as we all know, scoring is waaaaay more difficult. So, here's the list, except adjusting goals to 2017's average of 2.77 goals per game.

Dale Hawerchuk - 32 (1981)
Mike Bossy - 44 (1977)
Sylvain Turgeon - 29 (1983)
Rick Martin - 40 (1971)
Mario Lemieux - 30 (1984)
Auston Matthews - 40 (2017)
Alex Ovechkin - 47 (2006)

So, adjusted for era, Auston Matthews has been the 3rd highest goal scoring rookie ever, and 2nd best, if you exclude Ovechkin, who was a year older.


Lemieux óta pedig az első játékos, aki a draftját követő évben 40 gólig jutott. Gyakorlatilag az egyik legjobb rookie scoring season ever.

Babcock így jellemezte meccs után:

Auston Matthews became fourth NHL rookie to score 40 goals in a season before turning 20. He doesn't talk about himself much, but Babs did. pic.twitter.com/jl9c0xvyIs

— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) April 9, 2017