TORONTO—Everywhere he goes in this town, Auston Matthews knows eyeballs, feet and microphones will follow. He is the Toronto Maple Leafs' first overall NHL draft pick since Wendel Clark went No. 1 in 1985. The Maple Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967, and Matthews knows he's projected by some to be the savior, to be the American from Scottsdale who finally brings the Cup back to a more proper northern home.
If this is all supposed to faze him, he's done a remarkable job during this World Cup of Hockey of not letting it show.