Auston Matthews: Auston Matthews. Self: The Leaf. Auston Matthews was drafted 1st overall in 2016 by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Matthews was the first United States-born player to be chosen No. 1 since the Chicago Blackhawks took Patrick Kane with the first pick in the 2007 NHL Draft. Matthews was an all-around athlete who chose to focus on hockey as an adolescent, and he excelled at every level of the game on his...