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drewjenks

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Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 4, 2019 at 11:21 a.m.
Forum: NHL TradesJul. 2, 2019 at 3:27 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>drewjenks</b></div><div>Matthews has played 3 seasons in the NHL ... He started at 18 and now he's 21 ... Here are two stats from this time period (all 3 seasons combined).

<strong>Goals Per 60 Minutes (NHL Leaders)</strong>

1 = <strong>Matthews</strong> (1.74)
2 = Ovechkin (1.65)
3 = Laine (1.62)
4 = Pastrnak (1.60)
5 = Kucherov (1.55)

<strong>Goals Per Game (NHL Leaders)</strong>

1 = Ovechkin (0.55)
2 = <strong>Matthews </strong>(0.52)
3 = Kucherov (0.50)
4 = Marchand (0.48)
5 = Pastrnak (0.48)

Goals are extremely valuable ... and if Matthews had Ovechkin's ice-time / PP ice-time ... his goal rates would be <strong>miles</strong> above everyone.

<strong>Marner is no where near the Top-10 in any per-game or per-60 statistic (not even assists or primary assists). </strong>

Plus he's a RW not a Center which makes him a bit less valuable in a vacuum ... and he's a year older ... a $2,100,000 difference in value is pretty fair.</div></div>

Yeah, Mitch is a great player but he only broke out last season. Before that he was a star in the making, a really good prospect you could say.
Going forward though, Marner may very well rank up in the assists category, but the point is Matthews has been filling the net since his arrival, there was never a doubt of his capabilities. And he's just added more elements to his game (and I hope continues to do so).

People seem to be up in arms about his cap hit and I don't quite get it. It's a slight overpayment, sure. But for his potential upside, he IS worth the money! Just like people are mad that William got perhaps 500K more than he deserved! C'mon! These guys are on the verge of doing something great! And the landscape <strong>has</strong> changed in the NHL as young stars are getting paid for their best years instead of waiting to get paid based on past performance. It's just the way things are and quite frankly it's the right move. It happens in other sports so I wonder if hockey people are dinosaurs or overly rigid in their thinking.
Forum: NHL TradesJul. 2, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.
Forum: NHL SigningsJun. 20, 2019 at 3:45 a.m.