RoyalDude wrote:Big Tuna your biggest worry should be with Matthews. So far Laine is
Looking like he should have been taken 1st overall. Laine, Werenski and Marner are the top 3 rookies right now. Konecny, Vesey, Nylander may even get more votes than Matthews.
To point out, there's bigger things than just offence. Matthews is the best NHL possession player 5 on 5. He's also shooting less than 10%. He's going to bust out any day.(Matthews leads all NHL players in SOG-he's going to start scoring a lot very soon-probably tonight). He's the opposite of how Richard Panik started the season)
He's still on pace for 57 points. He'll hit 55-60 easily.
You build around a complete #1 centre, not a winger like Laine.
Do I care about rookie of the year? Not really. Crosby and Gretzky never won it.
WAY too early to say Laine should have gone #1. Matthews is a big 200ft two-way centre you build around. It's a fluke he has not scored more the past 3 weeks.
Strome I can judge early, because his skating really does suck. And you can't be a star with that skating. So Marner will always be better (in fact he was better before the draft but people judged him on his size).
