Got some blowback from Your Leafs Nation fans about my 1st post on Matthews.

That's fine, everyone is entitled to their opinion.  Nobody, as far as I could tell, disputed that McDavid is a far better player at 19 than is Matthews.  McDavis as an 18 year old averaged more than a pt/game, Matthews is not even close to that as a 19-year old, even though he played in a men's league in Europe last season..

Laine is also ahead, based on pt/game pace, though the margin is very slim.

Werenski in Clb, now not many have seen the kid play, but he is all the rage amongst the hockey fraternity.  He leads in PPP amongst 19 year olds with 11 to Matthews 9, and is +7 to Matthews even.  The kid can play.

Much harder to come in as a d-man than it is a forward; no-one disputes that, yet Your Leafs fans, judging by their response, they don't like hearing that sort of thing.  

Matthews is very good, he was an excellent pick as 1st overall, but maybe both Laine and Werenski are better, that's all.