What a absolute joy it is to see the top three Leaf's rookies (out of the seven!) all playing so well so far.
Matthews, Nylander and Marner (MNM) are fun to watch and on any given night at least one of them is doing something good for the team and most nights all three are on the scoresheet. All three bring different intangibles to the rink, lets explore:
Marner, easy to see why he is compaed to Patrick Kane. He is a smallish but shifty speedster with geat vision and hockey smarts, excellent skater with geat hands, great shot and quick feet. A star in the making.
Matthews is the big skilled slick skating centre the Leafs have not had to build aound since Sundin left. His hockey IQ is second to none, soft hands, big body aound the net, amazing passer and deadly shot. The real deal and a long successful career should be in his future.
Nylander is a combination of both the above. He is fast, geat hands, smart, great shot and projects to be a centre when all is said and done, something the Leafs will need to make a cup run eventually.
With Matthews and Nylander #1 and #2 centres within a couple years and Marner flanking one of them on the wing, this threesome will be fun to watch for years to come in blue and white.
GO LEAFS GO!