The Vancouver Canucks find themselves as the fourth-most likeliest team to draft first overall. What that means is that the Canucks have 9.5 percent chance of drafting Auston Matthews, this year’s version of Connor McDavid who added to his point totals in an Edmonton Oilers’ win over the Canucks.
Sure, cheer all you want for Auston Matthews. But do you know what you are cheering for, folks?
Before anything else, let’s establish the fact that Matthews is exactly the player that Jim Benning wants. The best way to put it might be to say that Matthews is the Benning version of McDavid.