Player Discussion Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)

[Gary Nylund]

Yup.

And you can often predict the shitty questions asked by reporters too.

"Hey Mike, it;'s a close game 1-1 going into the third. Do you think John (his goalie) is doing a good job keeping you in the game?"

With mindbender questions like that, who would ever know the skater will say John is a great goalie and doing a good job?

Genius journalism.

Yeah it's funny. One of my favorites is "what do you think you guys are going to have to do to win this game"?

Just once, I'd like to see someone answer with "same as any other night, score more goals than they do".

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Gary Nylund]

So he's confident he'll be 100%. I sure hope that this is true and not a bunch of BS. I'd also like to know what he didn't just sit until he was 100% this season.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

it literally is one quote after game 7 loss, its nothing in my opinion, and he has to fix nothing, he is the Captain and will continue to be the captain, just cause he hurt your feeling with one quote he has to say something lmao! calling me sensitive, look in the mirror

It's not one quote. It's minimum 5 years of loser behavior. Nobody is coming to rip the posters off your wall, but not all of us are 12 year old fanboys.

 

[JKG33]

Tkachuk, Maurice and Marchand shit talking the market and media may be a way to hurt Toronto as a players destination come offseason.

The funny thing is theyre wrong. I outlined why in a post the other day. But basically this fan base has worshiped the ground Matthews and Marner walked on for 9 years and only now are kind of turning on them. This is a hilariously easy fan base to please, where other cities would've run these players outta town years ago

 

[647Hockey]

Yeah it's funny. One of my favorites is "what do you think you guys are going to have to do to win this game"?

Just once, I'd like to see someone answer with "same as any other night, score more goals than they do".

lol. Ya.

Or how about these kinds of shitty leading questions:

"Your teammate Steve played great defence blocking a shot. Does it motivate you seeing that?"

Would be great if the guy said... "Sorry man, I actually didnt even see it".

Instead, you'll get a canned answer something like.... "Ya, Steve's block motivated all of us. What a great guy"

And then the reporter ends the session with a big smile on his face like he just asked the best question ever in pro sports as they go to commercial.

 

[Cleetus]

It's not one quote. It's minimum 5 years of loser behavior. Nobody is coming to rip the posters off your wall, but not all of us are 12 year old fanboys.

I was referring to one quote in my post or can you not read?

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

I was referring to one quote in my post or can you not read?

We should forget what he's done over the course of his career because... reasons. Life doesn't work that way. His one quote is the cherry on the Loser Sundae. Sorry, those of us that follow the Leafs actually pay attention and remember these things.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

it literally is one quote after game 7 loss, its nothing in my opinion, and he has to fix nothing, he is the Captain and will continue to be the captain, just cause he hurt your feeling with one quote he has to say something lmao! calling me sensitive, look in the mirror

Right this idea of Matthews having to make it right is up to the players and how they felt about the comment. I understand the vitriol but this is just fans wanting their pound of flesh.

 

[Cleetus]

We should forget what he's done over the course of his career because... reasons. Life doesn't work that way. His one quote is the cherry on the Loser Sundae. Sorry, those of us that follow the Leafs actually pay attention and remember these things.

lmao where did I post about what he has done in his carerer? or you just like quoting my post while putting stuff I did not say included in your post, I was referring to his one quote nothing more.

 

[ULF_55]

He’s a status-y prestige player among peers. They don’t know if he’s a good leader or not. He hasn’t been involved with Team USA since 2016.

Awards?

 

[Gary Nylund]

Awards?

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He's a great player but IMO, not a great captain.

For these international tournaments, I don't think it matters much who's captain. All the players are stars, they all know how to play, many are captains on their own teams, they just make the whoever is considered to be the best player the captain and that's the end of it.

Matthews is the best player, so he's the captain. It's always the biggest star on the team, it's never someone like Hyman.

 

[WTFMAN99]

The 4 Nations appearance looks really stupid right now.

 

[ULF_55]

He's a great player but IMO, not a great captain.

For these international tournaments, I don't think it matters much who's captain. All the players are stars, they all know how to play, many are captains on their own teams, they just make the whoever is considered to be the best player the captain and that's the end of it.

Matthews is the best player, so he's the captain. It's always the biggest star on the team, it's never someone like Hyman.

Yeah.

My opinion is that it was easy to pick Matthews as captain because it really was quite meaningless over such a short stretch of time.

So more symbolic than functional, so give it to the "high profile / high award" player without really expecting it to amount to anything.

 

[WillNy29]

But you know, these guys dont' face great Barkov. Apparently only Barkov can shut down everyone
He's never had a single playoff where he was the best player on the series. Not a single one

Even the year we beat Tampa, it was Rielly who was our best player

Philip Danault once made him his little B****. Philip Danault
Before that it was Luc Dubois

It's always someone having a career defensive year against this guy.

draisatl did and ended up -3 with 0g and 3a in 7 gp, while mcdavid was blanked in games 6 and 7.

 

[Caesium]

I don't think I can cheer for this team while this guy wear the C.

 

[fahad203]

draisatl did and ended up -3 with 0g and 3a in 7 gp, while mcdavid was blanked in games 6 and 7.

Oh no. Mcdavid went blank in game 6 and 7 I. Stanly Cup finals

If Matthews takes me to Stanly Cup finals, I'll give him the week off

Im surprised mcdavids back and legs weren't falling off from carrying that team along with Draisaitl

Let's cherry pick one series vs Matthews 6.

Draistil and Mcdavid are back in the conference finals back to back years. But let's talk about that one or two games when they weren't mcGods

 

[BraveCanadian]

MLSE has a "woke" problem.

 

[Stephen]

draisatl did and ended up -3 with 0g and 3a in 7 gp, while mcdavid was blanked in games 6 and 7.

I don’t know if McDavid and Draisaitl should be mentioned alongside Matthews as peers to be honest with you.

 

[WillNy29]

Oh no. Mcdavid went blank in game 6 and 7 I. Stanly Cup finals

If Matthews takes me to Stanly Cup finals, I'll give him the week off

Im surprised mcdavids back and legs weren't falling off from carrying that team along with Draisaitl

Let's cherry pick one series vs Matthews 6.

Draistil and Mcdavid are back in the conference finals back to back years. But let's talk about that one or two games when they weren't mcGods

hey man you said Barkov didn't shut down other stars, I just pointed out that he pasted 2 of the best and made them vanish in the most important games of their lives, but hey you keep congratulating the team that finished 31st with the rest of the league from last years.

 

[WillNy29]

I don’t know if McDavid and Draisaitl should be mentioned alongside Matthews as peers to be honest with you.

once again I am pointing out that people seem to think Barkov only shuts down matthews

 

[thewave]

MLSE has a "woke" problem. However, you want to define that. They're more interested in virtue signaling than building a good hockey team.

The Dubas era made me want to puke. Remember when they did a press conference cause Reilz yelled 'Rag-it!'? LOL. Why would any old-school warrior-type player want to deal with an organization like that? I wouldn't.

The result is Marleau, Matthews and Marner playing house and the team dressing in Halloween costumes for insta.

I think we're moving on from it, though. Shanny being gone will be a good start.

You know I think the real problem is they have an asleep at the wheel issue. It's almost as though they have been in hibernation since Carlton became a bear.

 

[Stephen]

once again I am pointing out that people seem to think Barkov only shuts down matthews

Matthews wasn’t exactly lighting it up vs Mike Amadio and friends in the Ottawa series.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

once again I am pointing out that people seem to think Barkov only shuts down matthews

McDavid got shut down so badly that they gave him playoff MVP

 

[theTTC]

you are literally ripping him a part over one quote and calling me melodramatic lol ok carry on,

It's funny... Tkachuk and Brad Marchand were totally complimentary towards Leaf players, while, conversely, Captain Invisible Matthews attacks his own players with: "too many passengers".

So your opponents say nice things yet your own captain who you have gone to war with all season rips you. WTF is that?

And, anyone here who has played any team sport knows there is no recovering from what a captain has said like this (and in front of the entire world!).