The Class of 2015 is already one for the ages. There’s Connor McDavid, the best young player in the game — maybe don’t even need the young qualifier anymore. Jack Eichel is a captain and reliable, elite scorer. Mitch Marner will lead the Leafs in scoring for a second straight year, now on a team featuring Auston Matthews and John Tavares.



Mathew Barzal is in there too, of course. His runaway Calder Trophy win last season puts him in the elite of that draft class despite being picked 16th instead of in the top four, like those three listed above. Barzal this year is nowhere near the top of the NHL’s scoring leaders, nestled way back in a tie for 62nd with 58 points at the moment, a far cry from his 85 points and tie for 13th a season ago.



Barzal doesn’t have a goal in going on 14 games now despite a bevy of good scoring chances, like his third-period breakaway on Sunday in St. Paul. Instead of putting a nifty move on Wild goalie Alex...