Tribute Auston Matthews Discussion "the Beauty" Edition

[FlareKnight]

He's definitely gotten on a great scoring run. Fun to see how many he's gotten at this point. Of course where the team ends up is most important. Still helps a lot to have him scoring like a madman.

Though maybe most comforting is his overall play improving. If he can stay engaged on the defensive side of things then he can really keep developing into a great all around center. One that can score a ridiculous amount of goals.

 

[Rogie]

Citation please.

Sorry, I don't have one. Someone (you could look back) posted in this thread that they heard it on TSN.
Sorry if I made a faulty assumption that caused any harm.

Edit: It was Stephen (moderator) that said a while back he heard it on TSN Radio. He didn't say who said it on the radio.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Interesting how few 1 goal games the leafs have had and a bit concerning they havent one any of them.

I think it's promising rather than concerning, as that will obviously turn around at some point. If the Leafs were only winning close one goal games, I'd be concerned

 

[sxvnert]

 

[hector morrison]

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It seems so elementary...play more minutes,get more opportunities to score! How that other coach and even some on here didn't think it was necessarily a good idea(cuz ,more minutes doesn't guarantee more points) or it wasn't worth it somehow because AM might not be able to handle the extra minutes. Nice to see those notions being proven wrong.

I'm really diggin' the way Keefe finds opportunities to stack a line..I mean,Who wouldn't do this with these types of talents? No need to answer. Matthews would have difficulty walking after a game if I was coach.Also, the spite of that other coach is apparent. The long awaited Matthews/Marner Duo is finally here. Seems to be working !

 

[X66]

Lol Babcock...

Since Matthews joined the league he's been...

#2 in goals for
#1 in even strength goals, this isn't even a competition, no one is in his league here. Has 3 more goals than McDavid(who is 2nd) in 31 less games lol.
#1 in goals per 60, also not close(players that played at least 150 games)
AND...

116th in PP time in that stretch.
141 in AVERAGE PP time in that stretch

 

[JT AM da real deal]

He most definitely is not.

Matthews is not inconsistent or streaky. He’s very consistent. The only reason some people think he isn’t is cuz they watch him every game and don’t watch other stars every game.

You people compare Matthews actual games to other stars highlight reels and then complain about his consistency

No I don't. Between Leaf, Marlie and late night Jets games I really don't have much extra time for too many more games. And I don't care about his points. I am talking about his 200 foot game. Watch the Florida game again. Then watch the Devils game. 1 game he is making big circle floats all over the ice waiting for an outlet pass. The next game he is playing a stop and start sharp turn 200 ft game all over the puck. How do you explain that?

 

[1specter]

We're witnessing potentially the next Ovechkin. Just hope he can stay healthy *knock on wood*, because this is truly special and historic for Leaf fans especially. The last time a Leaf led the league in goal scoring was 1938, when Gordie Drillon finished with 26 goals in 48 games, in a league with only 8 teams.

 

[Stamkos4life]

Cool. Hope you feel better now that you've voiced your opinion.

What a silly post.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

I think it's promising rather than concerning, as that will obviously turn around at some point. If the Leafs were only winning close one goal games, I'd be concerned

Glass half full type of person I guess lol. Losing all games that are tight is definitely not a good thing I would think

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Lol Babcock...

Since Matthews joined the league he's been...

#2 in goals for
#1 in even strength goals, this isn't even a competition, no one is in his league here. Has 3 more goals than McDavid(who is 2nd) in 31 less games lol.
#1 in goals per 60, also not close(players that played at least 150 games)
AND...

116th in PP time in that stretch.
141 in AVERAGE PP time in that stretch

The worst part is the PP stuff isnt even a coaching problem to an extent as I'm guessing the leafs are last in the league for PP opportunities since he came into the league.

I'm quite sure the league uses PP's to try to prob up some of the teams that are in bad markets and losing money year over year.

 

[stickty111]

Lol Babcock...

Since Matthews joined the league he's been...

#2 in goals for
#1 in even strength goals, this isn't even a competition, no one is in his league here. Has 3 more goals than McDavid(who is 2nd) in 31 less games lol.
#1 in goals per 60, also not close(players that played at least 150 games)
AND...

116th in PP time in that stretch.
141 in AVERAGE PP time in that stretch

Man what would his numbers look like if he got PP time that great players deserve?

 

[IPS]

Lol Babcock...

Since Matthews joined the league he's been...

#2 in goals for
#1 in even strength goals, this isn't even a competition, no one is in his league here. Has 3 more goals than McDavid(who is 2nd) in 31 less games lol.
#1 in goals per 60, also not close(players that played at least 150 games)
AND...

116th in PP time in that stretch.
141 in AVERAGE PP time in that stretch

He got his PP time artificially limited because of the idiot coach splitting time evenly between 2 units. He got made to play on the left boards (as a left-handed shot, which is incredibly stupid) when he finally did get on the 1st PP unit (which he never saw for the first 2 years of his career) despite immediately entering the league as one of the best goal-scorers in the league. It still bothers me to this day how big of a dipshit Babcock was.

Man what would his numbers look like if he got PP time that great players deserve?

With normal offensive usage, there's a very good chance he would have took home the Rocket Richard in his rookie year.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

The worst part is the PP stuff isnt even a coaching problem to an extent as I'm guessing the leafs are last in the league for PP opportunities since he came into the league.

I'm quite sure the league uses PP's to try to prob up some of the teams that are in bad markets and losing money year over year.

Yeah its pretty irritating. Babcock certainly didn't help but now the fact that the Leafs just never get powerplays is the biggest issue. McDavid has 33 powerplay points! Pasta has 16 powerplay goals! Matthews has 9 goals and 17 points. He's slapping Pasta in even strength goals and only has 1 less even strength point than McDavid. If he can get into the upper tier of powerplay production Matthews will win the Rocket. Having said that we should take a moment to be amazed that 50 goals is almost guaranteed from Auston barring injury. 60 and the Rocket would be good to tho...

 

[LeafsNation75]

Lol Babcock...

Since Matthews joined the league he's been...

#2 in goals for
#1 in even strength goals, this isn't even a competition, no one is in his league here. Has 3 more goals than McDavid(who is 2nd) in 31 less games lol.
#1 in goals per 60, also not close(players that played at least 150 games)
AND...

116th in PP time in that stretch.
141 in AVERAGE PP time in that stretch

If only Babcock had played Matthews and Marner together at 5v5 instead of just on the power play, who knows how much more his goal totals might have been.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Yeah its pretty irritating. Babcock certainly didn't help but now the fact that the Leafs just never get powerplays is the biggest issue. McDavid has 33 powerplay points! Pasta has 16 powerplay goals! Matthews has 9 goals and 17 points. He's slapping Pasta in even strength goals and only has 1 less even strength point than McDavid. If he can get into the upper tier of powerplay production Matthews will win the Rocket. Having said that we should take a moment to be amazed that 50 goals is almost guaranteed from Auston barring injury. 60 and the Rocket would be good to tho...

Besides Babcock always playing Matthews power play line no more than 1:00 minute, what about the fact that Toronto has ranked towards the bottom in power play time. So does that also have an effect on Matthews power play stats?

 

[Ryan Michaels]

Besides Babcock always playing Matthews power play line no more than 1:00 minute, what about the fact that Toronto has ranked towards the bottom in power play time. So does that also have an effect on Matthews power play stats?

For sure. Percentage wise the powerplay is 5th in the league, Edmonton and Boston are 1 and 3 respectively. Leafs are third last in opportunities though, Boston is 6th and Edmonton is smack dab in the middle. The numbers suggest that the powerplay point discrepency between Matthews and the top tier producers has more to do with opportunity than it does efficiency on the man advantage.

 

[LeafsNation75]

For sure. Percentage wise the powerplay is 5th in the league, Edmonton and Boston are 1 and 3 respectively. Leafs are third last in opportunities though, Boston is 6th and Edmonton is smack dab in the middle. The numbers suggest that the powerplay point discrepency between Matthews and the top tier producers has more to do with opportunity than it does efficiency on the man advantage.

I would also include that so far this season there was 3 games where the Leafs didn't get any power play chances. Now I don't know if that's happened for any other teams, however when that happens multiple times it's not good.

 

[LeafsNation75]

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That's one of my favorite photos of Matthews.

 

[ImpartialNHLfan]

The worst part is the PP stuff isnt even a coaching problem to an extent as I'm guessing the leafs are last in the league for PP opportunities since he came into the league.

I'm quite sure the league uses PP's to try to prob up some of the teams that are in bad markets and losing money year over year.

And Boston, because... reasons.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Yeah its pretty irritating. Babcock certainly didn't help but now the fact that the Leafs just never get powerplays is the biggest issue. McDavid has 33 powerplay points! Pasta has 16 powerplay goals! Matthews has 9 goals and 17 points. He's slapping Pasta in even strength goals and only has 1 less even strength point than McDavid. If he can get into the upper tier of powerplay production Matthews will win the Rocket. Having said that we should take a moment to be amazed that 50 goals is almost guaranteed from Auston barring injury. 60 and the Rocket would be good to tho...

I think Matthews will win the rocket this year if he plays 82 games. Pasta's goal scoring has slowed a bit recently though he is stacking up assists.

 

[LeafsNation75]

And Boston, because... reasons.

In terms of power play time this season as of today, Boston ranks 11th and Toronto ranks 30th.

NHL.com Stats

 

[JT AM da real deal]

In terms of power play time this season as of today, Boston ranks 11th and Toronto ranks 30th.

NHL.com Stats

And this is truly ridiculous. Boston is one of dirtiest teams in the NHL. Toronto one of cleanest teams. The issue is ref matching of penalties per game. It should not occur but reality is it does. Between penalties and the CAP the NHL creates parity.

 

[LeafsNation75]

And this is truly ridiculous. Boston is one of dirtiest teams in the NHL. Toronto one of cleanest teams. The issue is ref matching of penalties per game. It should not occur but reality is it does. Between penalties and the CAP the NHL creates parity.

In last years Game 7 when the score was 2-1 Boston late in the 2nd period, Chara punched Tavares right in front of the ref and no penalty was called on him.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

In last years Game 7 when the score was 2-1 Boston late in the 2nd period, Chara punched Tavares right in front of the ref and no penalty was called on him.

Ever notice how Marchand can slew foot anyone he wants. Ever notice Chara can 2 hand anyone he wants. It is beyond a joke how the NHL deals with its stars (or former stars). Guaranteed if Tavares went back in 3rd and speared his n*ts he would have got 5 minutes. It is one of main reasons we can't play da Bruins again in round 1. It has been going on for many years including the Marchand spear on Kadri to get under his skin back in 2013. and the multiple 2 handed cross checks Chara gave Phaneuf. We are never ever going to get fair reffing against da Bruins in the playoffs. We can b*tch all we want. It is never going to change.