Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid go head-to-head on Saturday night
The star centres sometimes skate together in the summer and now share the same agent.“I’ve got a lot of respect for him as a player, as a person,” said Matthews, the razor-sharp Maple Leafs sniper. “A guy that takes on a lot of responsibility with who he is.”And not just because of the usual name recognition.
“They’ve been unbelievable,” Leafs captain John Tavares said following Friday’s practice. “They’re gonna define this generation of players with their skill set, how they’ve impacted the game. They’re changing the game in a lot of ways.”The 33-year-old centre, who like Matthews and McDavid was the No. 1 pick in the draft, lost out on the 2014-15 Art Ross Trophy as the league’s top scorer by one point.
Matthews said those on-ice summer skill sessions with lightning-quick McDavid are beneficial for both parties. Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny were the last NHLers to reach 70 goals when they each had 76 in 1992-93. The Leafs enter Saturday firmly entrenched in the Atlantic Division’s No. 3 spot, unlikely to move up or down before the regular season’s conclusion.
“Games that could have gone the other way,” Edmonton’s captain told reporters in the Alberta capital following Thursday’s win. “We would be having a different conversation.”“One of the hottest teams in the league,” he said. “They haven’t really slowed down.”Oilers winger Zach Hyman has scored an eye-popping 48 times this season and could hit 50 against his former team.
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