There are many in the hockey world waiting on Auston Matthew’s decision about his hockey future. It will be interesting to see where he’s headed. Matthews has three options. The most attractive option is the Swiss hockey league route. Obviously, NCAA and CHL fans want him to go their route.
Nick Patterson, Herald Net — Matthews, a potential game changer who’s entering his 18-year-old season, is choosing between three options: Everett, the NCAA and the Swiss professional league. Matthews, a big and skilled center from Scottsdale, Arizona, is coming off a record-breaking season with the U.S. NTDP and is projected as the first-overall-pick in the 2016 NHL draft.
Matthews was originally choosing between Everett and the NCAA, but Switzerland entered the picture two weekends ago. If Matthews chooses to play in Switzerland — ZSC Lions is rumored to be the team — he would become the first ever North American player to head to Europe to play professionally during his NHL-draft season.
While Davidson said his gut tells him Matthews will make his decision this week, he didn’t have a sense about which direction Matthews was leaning. Davidson and Everett coach Kevin Constantine have been in contact with Matthews and his family, but they last spoke last week. The Tips are now waiting patiently for this to play out.
So, we wait to see where the young phenom is headed. I can think of 500,000 reason on why he doesn’t go the NCAA or WHL route.
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