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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's expected that pure snipers will score more goals than they accumulate assists. Matthews added only 38 assists to 69 goals this season as that's what happens when two linemates are frequently feeding the shooter on the line. The argument will always be if he makes his linemates better when he's not scoring but clearly he does when he is scoring as they are collecting a lot of primary and secondary assists.
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That's probably why the Leafs suck.
I would rather have a classic centerman who drives the play, and makes it wingers better. Matthews is a shoot first player, a very good one, but not one you can win with.
You look at guys like Crosby, Mackinnon, McMickey, they all have the goal scoring ability as shown by high goal seasons but they all create as well.
We also have a guy in Coronato who was higher goal to assist ratio prior to this year.