It only took a few pre-tournament games for Auston Matthews to shoot up the Team North America lineup – and he deserves every promotion he’s received.
The Toronto Maple Leafs organization has to be impressed and even more excited watching how Matthews is stacking up against some of the best in the world before he even plays a league game.
Here are five clips from Matthews during pre-tournament games against Team Europe and Team Czech where he makes NHLers look foolish.
Matthews threads Streit and Sbisa
The first of two clips involving Mark Streit for Team Europe in the Auston Matthews highlight reel package.