Player Discussion Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)

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Is it just his wrist, or is it something else.

Looked like he was skating with a fridge on his back last night.
 
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Is it just his wrist, or is it something else.

Looked like he was skating with a fridge on his back last night.
I think it's his back. When he was on IR, he didn't skate at all. How would a wrist injury prevent him from skating with the team, to maintain his fitness? A back injury on the other hand, you wouldn't want to skate with that.
 

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Is it just his wrist, or is it something else.

Looked like he was skating with a fridge on his back last night.

Speculating wildly due to lack of information.

If it’s his back, I’ve wondered if it’s related to his tennis playing in the offseason.

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Or if it was related to the crash into the boards vs Detroit before last year’s playoffs. He’s never looked consistently the same after that week, although he was still buzzing the last couple of games in the regular season.

 
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Stephen

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I distinctly remember Tre telling us that he will be back once his issue is 100% behind him. Doesn't look like it's 100% behind him to me.

Yeah but to fair Matthews problems don’t look like any one thing. There’s a lack of energy and focus at times, maybe a conditioning problem, the skating looks off and laboured at times and casual at times, the defensive coverage is bad at times. And the shooting is off. Plus it doesn’t make sense to me that if he was really unhealthy that he would be used in low value PK time. Like how many SHG will he actually score in one year? Doesn’t seem like a task for someone who is having massive back problems.
 
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He's been awful. Looks lazy and disinterested. Also sick of the excuses year after year with him.

this mix of tre + berube is like 0/100 in terms of injury details

we've been told day to day/minor and it turns into weeks at a time

I don't really trust what they say anymore tbh

At this point we should assume being in the lineup means you actually are day-to-day. That term has no meaning with this org right now.

Every time the time line is day-to-day -> IR -> week-to-week
 

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Whatever is bothering him, I guess the surgery option is going to keep him out for 6 months? Don't see why they wouldn't opt for surgery now if he would be 100% for the playoffs.

Could use the capspace and cheat the system like Tampa/Vegas to upgrade.
Leafs wouldn’t be allowed to do this. Bettman would step in. I’m being sarcastic but also sorta serious as it wouldn’t at all surprise me. lol.
 

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Whatever is bothering him, I guess the surgery option is going to keep him out for 6 months? Don't see why they wouldn't opt for surgery now if he would be 100% for the playoffs.

Could use the capspace and cheat the system like Tampa/Vegas to upgrade.
Probably because if he has a back surgery he might not actually be ready for the playoffs.
 
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He just isnt worth paying 13.25M.

At his best he hasnt shown to be a top 5 player very consistently and playoffs he struggles like everyone else on the leafs

His injury issues, lack of playoff production and short term contract length should really make us hesitant on giving another LT extension to him.
 
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I don’t get it though. How does the back not worse with play?
Back pain is a mystery sometimes, inactivity can make it worse. It has to be something like that, chronic and hoping it gets better. It isn't a wrist or an ankle, he's stiff "back" there at times to me. Looked pretty free tonight.
 
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Matthews looked like he was dead inside after scoring on the powerplay against Buffalo. On pace for just 33 goals this season. Does anybody know what's wrong with him? If he doesn't pick it up he could fall short of his 9th straight season with atleast 34 goals...
 

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He went to Germany and what was bothering him didn’t get fixed. It was a temporary fix that didn’t last long. They need to shut him down and not let him go to four nations. I bet Matthews really wants to play in that but the team should not let him go. I can see this turning into another month of him being out.
 

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