Auston Matthews won the Hart Trophy last year as the NHL’s best player, while scoring 60 goals, over 100 points and adding in elite defense to be the best all-round player the NHL has seen since Peter Forsberg.
This season, Auston Matthews has fallen off the 60 goal pace, and he isn’t even in the Hart Trophy conversation at all.
Connor McDavid leads him by 14 goals and 30 points.
Even Zach Hyman, who the Oilers drastically overpaid, is matching the 20 goals Matthews has this year.
Auston Matthews Still the Best Player in the NHL
While Connor McDavid is certainly having a great year, he’s also racking up most of points on the power-play and his team is struggling to make the playoffs.