Uh, no he hasn’t. Just because his team has lost does not mean he’s lost his matchups. Both times he played Tampa he had more goals and points than anyone on their team and outplayed them defensively too.
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Uh, no he hasn’t. Just because his team has lost does not mean he’s lost his matchups. Both times he played Tampa he had more goals and points than anyone on their team and outplayed them defensively too.
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Matthews has dominated in the playoffs, his team unfortunately has not.
Translation, I have a hard time acknowledging how great and dominant this guy has been so let me try and downplay and discredit everything he has done this season.
100% true.
Matthews in the past 5 years is 12th in PPG in the playoffs.
Like Trout, Josh Allen, etc, you still need help around you to win.
I will say he still needs to have a Mack, Kuch, or McDavid type of playoff run to kill the noise
D Wakaluk
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Hmm. So 22 goals for a pure goal scorer in 50 games is "dominating" now?
This is almost as far-fetched as his "selke level" defence.
34 goals in his last 31 games.
If he matches that rate over his last 29 games, he finishes with 80 goals on the nose.
If he matches that rate over his last 29 games, he finishes with 80 goals on the nose.
The Podium
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Great input fellow stat watcher
SmoggyTwinkles
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Not sure how I feel about that, kinda like the old man doesn't know what to do about it. Hope that tubby kid bought him a new one though.........
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Thanks. When you bring in facts you can't just repeat a sentence to make it true.
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don't forget about Stutzle
I would argue that it would also be helpful if your team wouldn't randomly be put down by 2 men with phantom calls in an elimination game you're winning.
Or that it would be helpful if goals your team scores in elimination games weren't magically erased for minor infractions.
Or that, in that same vein, when a team scores to eliminate your team from the playoffs, that it doesn't happen directly off a player holding the stick of your defender rendering him useless.
Was at the Leafs Colorado game 2 years ago where Leafs won 8-3 or something, Matthews hatty, my wife almost threw my player worn playoff hat off my head.
If you've never had an HF poll against Matthews, you've never scored 2 goals in a game
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+5mill, that's key. Although Stutzle might pay that in diving fines.
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So however much he scores down the stretch he can't gain on that total, he can't win against the Leafs. That's heartbreaking and depressing. Will we see AM losing his drive and just give up on the season? Will there be remains to be seen? Remains to be seen.
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He's 40th all time in goals per game played in playoffs. He's faced Vasilevskiy, Vasilevskiy, Rask, Rask, Price, Bobrovsky, Holtby and Korpisalo (who ran a .941).
EDIT - Added Bob, who I forgot.
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Forgot Bob from last year during his best playoff run ever too.
Theres 6 Vezinas there plus one of the craziest playoff goalie runs ever in Korpisalo.
It's crazy the Leafs couldnt have more success against those goalies running Andersen, Campbell and Samsonov eh?
I think a little more focus on that goaltending differential might help with the discussion around the Leafs tough playoff record lately.
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The generational goal scorer that every kid looks up too. Gotta love AM34
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Equally hard to believe is he had two slumps this season where he put up 2 goals in 16 GP. That means he has 46 goals in his other 36 games. 104 goal pace outside those two slumps.
It’s almost like players don’t dominate every single series they play. He has 4 series with 4 or 5 goals and one of those as a rookie and he faced an elite goalie every time. His defensive play over the past few playoffs has also been elite (if holding Tampa to zero shots on goal when you’re on the ice in a game that went to overtime isn’t Selke level then I don’t know what is). Not sure why you would immediately disqualify yourself from being taken seriously by showing you don’t have a clue about his game.
Im a police officer and he could actually be charged with theft or destruction of property. That old man should have filed charges.
But I know exactly what you wrote, a very long winded post to try and downplay something that's pretty amazing.
