Twenty-one year-old superstars Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews control the hockey world this season, and everyone else gets to fall in behind. Even the great Sidney Crosby admitted as much this week when he told NHL.com that McDavid was “an easy pick” for the league’s top player, though Matthews might have something to say about that.
“Matthews has emerged this year and it really looks like he’s taken even another step,” Crosby told NHL.com. “I think there’s a lot of guys in the conversation. But it’s hard to argue (McDavid).”
The two young dynamos have both had incredible starts to their seasons, as McDavid is once again carrying an undermanned Edmonton Oilers squad while Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs seem intent on bringing the Stanley Cup back to Canada.