BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Watching Auston Matthews slip on a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey for the first time, after being taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft on Friday night, it's hard not to wonder at the enormity of it all.
So many hopes, so many possibilities heaped on the shoulders of such a young man. How can one single 18-year-old boy possibly fulfill all of them?
And then you talk to people who know Matthews, who have seen him play and grow and evolve. And you think that perhaps the better question is, How can he not fulfill all of those possibilities?