Quinn has surpassed Fox and look at what Jack Hughes has been doing, if he didn't get injured he'd be leading the league in points. Take Marner away from Matthews and he suffers immensely, Matthews is a finisher and a good two way guy but he needs support, Jack makes everyone around him better while being much more dynamic.
Ok, so two things:
1. You haven't watched Matthews play in 2 of the last 3 years...
2. You haven't watched Hughes play if you think he's more dynamic
Or:
3. You don't understand that shiftiness doesn't equal being dynamic
Luke Hughes is a PP speicialist who hasn’t been that good 5v5 and is a -8 on the season playing bottom 4 mins.
Sanderson has played top pair and against top lines and is a +5 providing solid 2 way very responsible minutes and shutting them down
Just because he is playing on PP doesn’t make him a PP specialist. Since Dougie got hurt, he has been our leading dman in TOI. And is doing well 5v5….has been 55% xGF% player.
Matthews has the shot…but I imagine very few will say he is more dynamic than Hughes.
Shiftiness doesn't equal dynamic... Matthews' defence and shot alone make him better than Hughes... And his ability to play with whoever and still be great on both ends...