Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)

[ULF_55]

Next season could very well be the last dance.

I think right now he's dancing with a broken leg/ankle/toe/hip.

4 goals in last 17 games.
1 was into an empty net with goalie pulled.
1 was into an empty net with the goalie halfway to the blueline.

Playing back to health seems to have been another mistake.

 

[daveleaf]

He’s no captain. That’s all that needs to be said.

 

[mapleleaf979]

If he is injured, he should sit down. He is playing like a 3rd line C, with no hands, no finish. He refuses to shoot the puck. 13.25 million for that is an embarassment to himself and the team. Imagine what the bench feels when they see Matthews giving 60% effort, not shooting etc. It gives them a reason to quit too.

 

[Racer88]

Biggest waste of 13 million ever

 

[TheGreatOne11]

If he's injured, why is he playing?

If he isn't injured, we should be very very scared.

This team is not a Stanley cup contender, I have no idea why we went all in this year with the prices as Ludacris as they were. 2 first for mid depth? Like really?

 

[Antropovsky]

Berube admitted he's playing through something.

 

[usernamezrhardtodo]

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)

Neither is the popular fallback option of Reilly. The low effort that Reilly brings this year is something else. It looks like he couldn't be bothered to have some gusto except when he tries to shoot from basically the corner of the rink and has scored maybe 2x in his career from that spot. The guy in retrospect, should have been McCabe. He plays with everything he has in his toolbox every night....sigh...we messed this up...again with the picking of a captain.

 

[therealkoho]

Thank goodness for the empty net last night

We know he's not cursed because if he was the puck would've hit Domi's skate and went wide.

 

[therealkoho]

That’s a defeatist mentality. Why wouldn’t we want the best or close to the best when we pay him the most money? From where I stand it looks like catching up to the likes of Mackinnon and Draisaitl are about as remote as winning the actual Stanley Cup at this rate. Be better. AM34 wanted the most in negotiations. Why shouldn’t fans want the best out of him?

It's what "he" should want, "he" doesn't seem to want it.

 

[HolyCrap]

Biggest waste of 13 million ever

Until marner is signed for that. Hahahah

 

[fahad203]

Glorified Bobby Ryan at this point

 

[mapleleaf979]

Matthews is the most arrogant player in the NHL. Im disgusted to think he is the highest paid player in the NHL and has done nothing in the playoffs, nothing in big games. Is he injured now or did he quit ?

 

[colchar]

I think right now he's dancing with a broken leg/ankle/toe/hip.

4 goals in last 17 games.
1 was into an empty net with goalie pulled.
1 was into an empty net with the goalie halfway to the blueline.

Playing back to health seems to have been another mistake.

The injury is upper body, not lower.

 

[colchar]

He’s no captain. That’s all that needs to be said.

Captain America had never been the captain on any team he had played on at any level in his life, but they made him the captain of an Original Six franchise, and in hickey mad Canada no less. Brilliant.

 

[colchar]

He's not Captain material.
(Neither is Tavares IMO)

How would you know anything about Tavares' qualities as a captain?