Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)

[wingman75]

I don't disagree with you. Domi was far more impactful, tonight, and if Matthews had gotten lucky with his goal, things would have looked even worse.

In hindsight, keeping Marner is for the best because just like Toews / Kane, the lighter / smaller Marner will have a longer/better career than Mathews.

Looks like another thing this management team has gotten wrong. If I am Marner, as much as I love being a Leaf, I am getting the fck out.

 

[Divine]

I don't disagree with you. Domi was far more impactful, tonight, and if Matthews had gotten lucky with his goal, things would have looked even worse.

In hindsight, keeping Marner is for the best because just like Toews / Kane, the lighter / smaller Marner will have a longer/better career than Mathews.

Or he will be like Martin St. Louis and realize he isn't as good as Toronto (Tampa Bay) made him look.

 

[ORRFForever]

Or he will be like Martin St. Louis and realize he isn't as good as Toronto (Tampa Bay) made him look.

I thought you were a BIG Marner fan?

 

[Skullz]

I can’t believe he played in the four nations. That was nonsense and unserious from the get go, from someone as injured as has been and clearly is.

Also surprised he didn’t take 8 years on his contract. He’s actually quite injury prone.

 

[ORRFForever]

Also surprised he didn’t take 8 years on his contract. He’s actually quite injury prone.

Yup. A bird in hand...

 

[centipede2233]

I don’t think matthews next contract is bigger caphit. And the leafs should walk away from him just like marner and they both can be losers in Chicago and teach Bedard how to maximize his bank account and vacation time!

 

[Folignos Helmet]

If you could get him to waive NMC where do you think he would go in offseason...LA, Anaheim?

 

[thewave]

If you could get him to waive NMC where do you think he would go in offseason...LA, Anaheim?

LA 100%

 

[Gary Nylund]

60 point players are subpar lol

Especially at 11.5M, he should be a top 6 winger on a playoff team, nothing more. Like a Val nichushkin. He’s not a special player.

What are you talking about? He hasn't played a single game yet at 11.5M. And you don't think he's a top 6 winger? Strange post, not getting this at all sorry.

 

[Gary Nylund]

43 pts in 54 playoff games or 65 pts per 82

Including stats from 5+ years ago isn't going to tell you anything about the player he is today. Over the last several years, he's the only star player we have who's production doesn't go way down in the playoffs, in fact it stays almost the same which is pretty damn good considering overall scoring goes down in the playoffs. Lumping Nylander in with the others as subpar playoff performers just makes it look like you haven't been paying attention.

A second tier player talked as if hes a core player like the rest of them

Yeah Ok, sure thing bud.

 

[Dale Gribble]

Matthews is just further proof that being "the best player" doesn't make you a leader nor means you should have a token letter.

There's a reason why he had never been a Captain before... He's not Captain material.
(Neither is Tavares IMO)

 

[Skullz]

What I’ve kinda noticed is that in 6v5 or PP, they defer a lot to Matthews. Try to set him up for the one timer: that’s where most of our turnovers come from. Given his history it’s understandable, but I think with how poor he’s been this year, it just magnifies the problems even more.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I can’t believe he played in the four nations. That was nonsense and unserious from the get go, from someone as injured as has been and clearly is.

Also surprised he didn’t take 8 years on his contract. He’s actually quite injury prone.

Matthews being a greedy f*** has finally helped the Leafs. Imagine having that albatross of a deal signed for another 7 years

 

[Stephen]

What I’ve kinda noticed is that in 6v5 or PP, they defer a lot to Matthews. Try to set him up for the one timer: that’s where most of our turnovers come from. Given his history it’s understandable, but I think with how poor he’s been this year, it just magnifies the problems even more.

What exacerbates the problem is if there's someone in the shooting lane lightly covering him he'll retreat with his little fade away to up top or curl back towards the point. At which time everyone else is just standing around looking to shift positions. Of course this is designed to throw off the other team, but I think it scrambles the Leafs too. Why not just flick the puck on net more rebound opportunities?

 

[Gary Nylund]

I keep reading in the Marner threads that he gets criticized while Matthews gets a pass. LOL.

 

[Metroid]

I keep reading in the Marner threads that he gets criticized while Matthews gets a pass. LOL.

We just need an Antropovsky for Matthews in this thread to make it even lol

 

[thewave]

Matthews being a greedy f*** has finally helped the Leafs. Imagine having that albatross of a deal signed for another 7 years

I want my team to win but I also want excessive greed to be punished karmatically. It makes the struggle real for me.

 

[ORRFForever]

I want my team to win but I also want excessive greed to be punished karmatically. It makes the struggle real for me.

"Karmatically".

 

[ORRFForever]

Matthews being a greedy f*** has finally helped the Leafs. Imagine having that albatross of a deal signed for another 7 years

Shorter contracts, more often than not, work in the team's favour. Not sure why so many allow long term contracts - unless you have a culture like Boston where players are willing to take less to stay but, then again, Boston just gave Swayman a TON of money and years.