Leafs @ Flyers - Dec. 3rd, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[bustaheims]

Matthews isn't in those top-tier award talks though. 

Tavares was tied for 17th in Hart voting last year, and was close on the Richard.  Marner was 14th in Selke voting, Rielly was 5th in Norris for 18-19.

Freddie was 4th in Vezina voting in 17-18.  Matthews was 8th in Lady Byng that same year, but I don't think that's the kind of stuff we're talking about.

And I don't really think any of them are trending toward an award winning season this year either.

Here are the goal scoring totals for reg. season from 17-18 to today:

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?aggregate=1&reportType=season&seasonFrom=20172018&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=goals

Quite frankly, Frank E, I don't give a crap about awards voting. I care about what gets done on the ice, and, in terms of getting the puck into the net, Matthews has been among the top handful of guys in that respect since he came into the league. The only player in the league who has scored at a notably higher rate is Ovechkin, and only McDavid has more even strength goals.

As for your timeframe . . . Goals per game, 2017-18 to today.

 

[Bullfrog]

Btw, after looking at your link busta, I just wanted to remind everyone that Filip Forsberg was traded for Martin Erat and some other guy.