I know this is a little bit late, sorry about that. I don’t think that anyone should be shocked by this announcement. The next great one isn’t going to play college hockey, I don’t think he ever was. Frankly, Auston Matthews had WHL written all over him.
BUFFALO — Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, is leaning toward continuing his hockey career in Switzerland, agent Pat Brisson told NHL.com on Friday.
Brisson said playing for ZSC in Switzerland’s top professional league or for the Everett Silvertips in the Western Hockey League are the two destinations. Brisson said Matthews has ruled out going the NCAA route.
“It’s been discussed and we have been exploring Europe and have narrowed it down to Switzerland and the WHL,” Brisson said. “It’s looking at the moment that the scale is leaning towards Europe.” ZSC is coached by former NHL coach Marc Crawford.
Finally, Matthews has 500,000 reasons to go play hockey in Switzerland and that’s nothing to sneeze at.
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