Auston Matthews is good at hockey. To get into a more technical explanation, the 19-year-old has been very good at hockey for the Maple Leafs.



This is a team that has not, historically, enjoyed much success with 19-year-olds on the roster. Before the current bonanza – with Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander – many of the team’s most successful 19-year-olds played when stick blades were straight and Toronto bars had to stay closed on Sunday.



Here is a look at the 10 most productive seasons by a 19-year-old in a Leafs jersey, based on points-per-game, with a minimum of 20 games played. These were all players near the beginning of their stories in the NHL. Some of them ended happily, but several did not – or not with the Leafs, anyway: (Statistics from hockey-reference.com)



10. Danny Lewicki1950-51: 61 games, 16 goals, 18 assists (0.56 points per game)



Nobody has ended their teenaged years the way Lewicki ended his,...