that is one way to look at it but other hand if he dropped the gloves busts his hand and is out 8 weeks we would be hearing about how stupid he was to drop the gloves himself and thats why he has "bodyguards" on the team to do the grunt work. its a lose/lose
I don't think anyone is necessarily expecting him to drop the gloves (and Rupp specifically says this twice in the video), but he was certainly instigating (or at least escalating) things with Konecny and did absolutely nothing while his teammates jumped in for him. According to Rupp, there's a history of Matthews doing this - though I can't speak to that being the case myself.
I think it's valid criticism, but can also see where others think this is a whole lot of nothing. I'm sure it's exhausting for Toronto fans (and especially players) to have so much media attention for every little thing that goes on with that team.
I like that the Devils largely fly under the radar (though a
bit more coverage would be nice) and that I can easily afford to take my family out to games.
