Auston Matthews back to back hat tricks

[Incognito]

Matthews is objectively the best goal scorer in the world. The stats since 2016/2017 (the year he entered the NHL) don't lie:

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

He still leads the Leafs in playoff scoring.

Scored 2 goals down 4-1 to help the Leafs beat the Lightning. Scored the only Leafs regulation goal in Game 6 to take it to OT and eliminate Tampa.

How many points do Stutzle/Tkachuk/Chabot/Sanderson/Norris have combined in the playoffs? You're throwing stones from the the homeless shelter.

Oh man, wow the guy single handily eliminated a team in the first round. He will certainly go down in history among the all time legendary playoff performers. Gretzky Game 7 in 93. Patrick Roy and his 3 Conn Smythes. Bobby Orr taking flight. Auston Matthews SMASHING the Lightning in Round 1 (and only on his 2nd try against them!).

 

[Divine]

Oh man, wow the guy single handily eliminated a team in the first round. He will certainly go down in history among the all time legendary playoff performers. Gretzky Game 7 in 93. Patrick Roy and his 3 Conn Smythes. Bobby Orr taking flight. Auston Matthews SMASHING the Lightning in Round 1 (and only on his 2nd try against them!).

I'm glad you got to watch playoff hockey. It'd be unfortunate if you had to wait for this Ottawa core to make the playoffs just to get a taste.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Did he score 70 last season Mr. Baghead?

Take off your shoes and your bag, I'll wait.

No but he lead the Leafs in scoring as they moved past the first round

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Oh man, wow the guy single handily eliminated a team in the first round. He will certainly go down in history among the all time legendary playoff performers. Gretzky Game 7 in 93. Patrick Roy and his 3 Conn Smythes. Bobby Orr taking flight. Auston Matthews SMASHING the Lightning in Round 1 (and only on his 2nd try against them!).

Can't all be playoff legends like Brady Tkatchuk eh.

 

[Strangle]

And in That "down year" he still got 40

Tim Stutzle almost scored 40 goals once.

He didn’t, but … you know. Kinda. He almost scored 40 once.

Matthews is objectively the best goal scorer in the world. The stats since 2016/2017 (the year he entered the NHL) don't lie:

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These people don’t trust the science, bro

 

[AvroArrow]

He's going to score 70, and the Leafs are going to go out in the 1st round, and it will never stop being funny.

And Jets fans will continue to insist "Laines better"

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Can't all be playoff legends like Brady Tkatchuk eh.

Nope, apparently you need to dominate a Game 6 in the first round and then disappear and almost gest swept in the following series to be considered a playoff legend.

 

[AvroArrow]

How many hat tricks does he have in the playoffs? I forgot, please remind me.

Matthews scores back to back hat tricks to start the season, Sens fans having an absolute meltdown trying to deflect "but but playoffs" the season just f***ing started buddy get a grip

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Austin Matthews is an absolute force. Definition of a "hate him but want him on my team" type player. We'll see if he can keep this up (level of play) but I'm rooting for him despite the Leafs.

Just fantastic

 

[AvroArrow]

At what?

Don't forget, these are the fans that were chanting "Crosbys better" at Ovechkin, when it was Capitals vs Jets....Crosby not even in the same country at the time LOL.

 

[MardyBum]

No but he lead the Leafs in scoring as they moved past the first round

Yup. And he's scored two hatties to start the season. What a start for a regular season.

If only they awarded playoff wins on aggregate.

 

[MCR74]

Don't forget, these are the fans that were chanting "Crosbys better" at Ovechkin, when it was Capitals vs Jets....Crosby not even in the same country at the time LOL.

Good point.

 

[Strangle]

Austin Matthews is an absolute force. Definition of a "hate him but want him on my team" type player. We'll see if he can keep this up (level of play) but I'm rooting for him despite the Leafs.

Just fantastic

What are you talking about? What makes Matthews a ‘hate him’ player other than he plays on the leafs?

Usually people say that about players like Marchand

 

[Face Of Bear]

best goal scorer = best player

 

[Strangle]

Yup. And he's scored two hatties to start the season. What a start for a regular season.

If only they awarded playoff wins on aggregate.

It’s nice to know that fans of every other team but the maple leafs somehow all win the Stanley cup every year.

I’m happy for you guys, 31 Stanley cups given out every year must be exhausting. I hope you get to rest from all that success everyone is suffering through

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Matthews has 44 more playoff points, goals, assists, games played than all of Stutzle, Tkachuk, Chychun, Chabot, Norris, Batherson combined. But nice try at trying to deflect and derail.

I think talking about players on an entirely different team is a deflecting. Asking how many hat tricks he has in the playoffs is not only relevant to to the player being discussed, but it's also a very simple question that no Leaf fan seems to be able to answer in this thread. Maybe none of you know the answer? I sure hope someone answer my question.

If he played on the Ottawa Senators, he'd have 0 playoff points.

He has 3x 2 goal games in the playoffs. It's unfortunate you only get credit for goals in the playoffs when the same player scores 3 goals.

I guess Ovechkin is a bad goalscorer because he has 1 playoff hat trick in 20 NHL seasons. Solid argument.

So how many hat tricks in the playoffs for Matthews was it?

 

[kevsh]

He joins an elite group.
3 black & white guys plus Ovi.

 

[Bizz]

He has more goals in his first 2 regular season games than he did all of last season's playoffs.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Nope, apparently you need to dominate a Game 6 in the first round and then disappear and almost gest swept in the following series to be considered a playoff legend.

Or just never make them. That does the trick for your boys.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Or just never make them. That does the trick for your boys.

So you think he's comparable to a bunch of players that have never made the playoffs? I'm confused. I suppose he's taken over as many games in the playoffs as those guys.

 

[Strangle]

He joins an elite group.
3 black & white guys plus Ovi.

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“The only time this was actually hard to do was when ovi did it, 1910, 1917, 1920 and 2023 were notoriously higher scoring eras”
-hfboards

 

[MardyBum]

It’s nice to know that fans of every other team but the maple leafs somehow all win the Stanley cup every year.

I’m happy for you guys, 31 Stanley cups given out every year must be exhausting. I hope you get to rest from all that success everyone is suffering through

Hey, if you don't want the attention, don't make the threads. If you don't want to see the attention, don't look at the threads.

Check and see if we get rings for the cup, that'd be nice

 

[Incognito]

Nobody brings out the saltiness of HFBoards quite like Matthews.

It's always funny to me because the people who claim to hate the Leafs the most are the same ones spending all their time in threads like this thinking and talking about them. They don't even realize that they're giving off creepy obsessed ex-girlfriend vibes.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

How many hattricks does Ovechkin have in the playoffs?

Matthews has 3 multi-goal games in the playoffs.

I'll give you a riddle.
Matthews has as many playoff hattricks as:
Stutzle/B. Tkachuk/Norris/Sanderson/Chabot have playoff games combined. Let me know if you need help adding up all those numbers.

They haven't made the playoffs, so that's 0. So that means Matthews has 0 hat tricks in the playoffs, is that correct?