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Auston Matthews

herman said:
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Interesting that both Nylander and Matthews' results there drop when they aren't together.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Interesting that both Nylander and Matthews' results there drop when they aren't together.
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Gestalt!

There are still a lot of small sample size fluctuations with only 27 games, but they definitely have complementary games. While Matthews has better 'carrying' ability with lesser linemates generally speaking, when the two play together it's both of them exceeding them sum of their parts.
 
https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/status/809598199874850818
https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/809748097769279488

Auston's daddy said if he didn't pick hockey he could've been a great ball-player. Exhibit A!
 
https://twitter.com/TLNdc/status/809911424986284036

I remember when I was 19, and TOTALLY the face of a fricking billion-dollar sports franchise. Totally.

Uh-oh, LOOK OUT. Party-time in the DISTILLERY DISTRICT for Marnthews!
 
https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/810318634044293120

The ice-time rises for the Austonishing One. Cracks 20 minutes for first time in his young NHL career.
 
Mirtle with a terrific piece on Matthews:

We discussed how rare it was. This season, only 38 players had eight shots or more in a game through the first 480 games, meaning it was happening about only once every 13 games.

But a rookie doing it is much rarer. A first-year player producing eight shots in a game has only happened 172 times in NHL history, going back to when the data is first available (1987). A Leafs rookie had only done it four times, ever, prior to Matthews against the Ducks.

?That?s insane,? van Riemsdyk said. ?He was certainly all over the puck last night. Had a lot of good looks. It was so versatile. That tip [when he scored his 15th goal of the season] was just the prime example of how he?s so skilled at finding way to get pucks on net ? maybe not with just the traditional shot. There?s different plays like that that he?s able to do, to give himself more chance to score.?
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https://theathletic.com/30772/2016/12/21/mirtle-how-auston-matthews-is-shooting-the-puck-at-a-historic-pace/
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Mirtle with a terrific piece on Matthews:

We discussed how rare it was. This season, only 38 players had eight shots or more in a game through the first 480 games, meaning it was happening about only once every 13 games.

But a rookie doing it is much rarer. A first-year player producing eight shots in a game has only happened 172 times in NHL history, going back to when the data is first available (1987). A Leafs rookie had only done it four times, ever, prior to Matthews against the Ducks.

?That?s insane,? van Riemsdyk said. ?He was certainly all over the puck last night. Had a lot of good looks. It was so versatile. That tip [when he scored his 15th goal of the season] was just the prime example of how he?s so skilled at finding way to get pucks on net ? maybe not with just the traditional shot. There?s different plays like that that he?s able to do, to give himself more chance to score.?
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https://theathletic.com/30772/2016/12/21/mirtle-how-auston-matthews-is-shooting-the-puck-at-a-historic-pace/
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Matthews has been a revelation.  Being a lifelong Leafs fan, I had expected failure, just because it's what the Leafs have always done in my lifetime.  In the back of my mind I kept thinking he'd be a first round flop, other fans would laugh at the Leafs and life goes on.  He's shown so much so early that there's no doubt this guy will be a star for years and years.  I still can't believe the Leafs have him.
 
*swoons

Mirtle originally dug up the story of how Matthews developed his game on tiny ice. Might start to see more skills coaches do 3v3 on third-sheets to develop those in-close skills. It has helped Matthews develop his body positioning too, to use impact for his own purposes as JvR noted. 
 
herman said:
*swoons

Mirtle originally dug up the story of how Matthews developed his game on tiny ice. Might start to see more skills coaches do 3v3 on third-sheets to develop those in-close skills. It has helped Matthews develop his body positioning too, to use impact for his own purposes as JvR noted.
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There was also something about him spending so much of his early development time playing against older kids/men, so he had to learn how to be able to make plays from his knees, learn to compete against bigger and stronger opponents, how to create space for himself, etc., and you can definitely see that in his game.
 
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-suitors-will-ante-van-riemsdyk/

12. Toronto?s Zach Hyman had a great line about his goal last week against San Jose, the end result of a beautiful Auston Matthews/William Nylander passing play.

?I had a great view for that one,? he laughed.

Watching them on this play was like watching a junior varsity version of the Sedins. (Nylander had a huge smile on his face when he heard that.)

?When they are doing that, it?s my job to get low, be in front of the net, and take someone away from them, hopefully a defenceman,? Hyman said.

Did those two practice this?

?You can?t practice that,? Nylander answered. ?It is two skilled players trying something.?

?We do a few things together at the end of practice,? Matthews said, ?so we know a little about how the other thinks.?

What is one tendency about the other? Nylander: ?When I am coming around the net, he will go to the net.?

Matthews: ?When I come around the net and go up the boards, he will come down from high (in the offensive zone).?

Those guys aren?t just smart players. They?re smart explainers.
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herman said:
*swoons

Mirtle originally dug up the story of how Matthews developed his game on tiny ice. Might start to see more skills coaches do 3v3 on third-sheets to develop those in-close skills. It has helped Matthews develop his body positioning too, to use impact for his own purposes as JvR noted.
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The US development system uses the small ice system to develop their young players. It's popularity is growing and it's seen as a great tool. So much so that during Hockey Canada coaching seminars that I've been to recently, they do an entire section on it and actually use the Hockey USA presentation to do so. I expect to see the small area games/training to start emerging more in Canada over the next few years.
 
OldTimeHockey said:
The US development system uses the small ice system to develop their young players. It's popularity is growing and it's seen as a great tool. So much so that during Hockey Canada coaching seminars that I've been to recently, they do an entire section on it and actually use the Hockey USA presentation to do so. I expect to see the small area games/training to start emerging more in Canada over the next few years.
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That's really cool! Is that presentation shareable?
 
https://twitter.com/drosennhl/status/812458170220244992
10 goals in the last 13 games for Austonishing Mathews.
 
OldTimeHockey said:
herman said:
*swoons

Mirtle originally dug up the story of how Matthews developed his game on tiny ice. Might start to see more skills coaches do 3v3 on third-sheets to develop those in-close skills. It has helped Matthews develop his body positioning too, to use impact for his own purposes as JvR noted.
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The US development system uses the small ice system to develop their young players. It's popularity is growing and it's seen as a great tool. So much so that during Hockey Canada coaching seminars that I've been to recently, they do an entire section on it and actually use the Hockey USA presentation to do so. I expect to see the small area games/training to start emerging more in Canada over the next few years.
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That sounds a lot like the system a lot of ultra successful soccer academies in Europe use for developing players. You basically play every position on a smaller surface with smaller teams and don't really begin to specialize until 16 years old and in a lot of academies you don't play on a full-size surface until you're a teen.
 
https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/status/812489017556172800
Look at him avoid the hit in the first one.
 
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