No. 2: Auston Matthews - 53 Goals Away From Breaking Mats Sundin's All-Time Record
Can you believe that we're entering Year 9 of the Auston Matthews era in Toronto? It feels like yesterday that he scored four goals to open up his career with the Leafs and he essentially hasn't stopped scoring since that first game.
The craziest thing about Matthews most likely breaking Sundin's record this year is that he's going to do it in a minimum of 337 less games. Achieving this record in four less season's is amazing, considering the fact that Sundin scored 30-plus goals ten times in his Leafs career. Sundin was as consistent as anyone over his tenure, but is going to get lapped by Matthews.
Matthews is only 22 goals away from No. 2, Darryl Sittler, so he should be able to pass him by December, but he'll have his eyes on Sundin all season. I know that Matthews has only scored 50 goals twice in his career, but over the past four year's, he's scoring at a 0.75 goals per game rate, so if he plays every game this year and keeps that pace, he'd score 61 goals next year, breaking Sundin's record easily.