Auston Matthews Discussion Thread

[Confucius]

Leafs have never had a true all time great in his prime.

Before now.

Mahovlich 48 goals as rookie back in a 70 game schedule when 3-2 games were normal. Beat out Hull for rookie of the year.

 

[LeafsNation75]

This video is on my Leafs YT playlist.

I watch it before every game lmao.

I would imagine it's a video on a lot Leafs fans YT playlist.

 

[MattySnipes]

If it wasn't for this moment who knows where things would be today with Toronto.

Look at Shanny face. I love it.

 

[MattySnipes]

Mahovlich 48 goals as rookie back in a 70 game schedule when 3-2 games were normal. Beat out Hull for rookie of the year.

He was awesome. I rmbr how shook I was when he left.

 

[zeke]

Mahovlich 48 goals as rookie back in a 70 game schedule when 3-2 games were normal. Beat out Hull for rookie of the year.

And then we traded him!

Strange career though - nice start with us then just kinda stayed level through his prime but with injuries kinda fizzled a but....then took off again in his 30s with Detroit and Montreal.

 

[Confucius]

And then we traded him!

Strange career though - nice start with us then just kinda stayed level through his prime but with injuries kinda fizzled a but....then took off again in his 30s with Detroit and Montreal.

Ballard screwed us over, 70,s really screwed us over, never really recovered until the 90's

 

[MattySnipes]

Ballard screwed us over, 70,s really screwed us over, never really recovered until the 90's

I will never forgive Ballard. Hated him so much. I was so relieved when he was gone. After that I never had much hate for front office with exception to the Teachers Pension Fund/Peddie/JFJ.

 

[Confucius]

I will never forgive Ballard. Hated him so much. I was so relieved when he was gone. After that I never had much hate for front office with exception to the Teachers Pension Fund/Peddie/JFJ.

So you're normal. lol

 

[MattySnipes]

So you're normal. lol

Yes, but heavily scarred. But aren't we all?

 

[LeafsNation75]

Look at Shanny face. I love it.

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Watching that video over and over on YouTube I can not believe I did not react right away when seeing the Leafs logo once Bill Daly flipped over the #1 card. After he said "The first overall selection in the 2016 NHL Draft belongs to" we see the Leafs logo before he said the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Plus not sure if you noticed this but when he saw for the first time Toronto had won, it looked like he was relived that Matthews was going to play in Toronto and not Winnipeg.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Watching that video over and over on YouTube I can not believe I did not react right away when seeing the Leafs logo once Bill Daly flipped over the #1 card. After he said "The first overall selection in the 2016 NHL Draft belongs to" we see the Leafs logo before he said the Toronto Maple Leafs.

I'll never forget that night. Because I missed it.

The wife talked me into going to a play. Couldn't tell you what the hell it was about. During intermission, I stepped outside, turned on my phone and saw a notification that said "The Toronto Maple Leafs..."

My heart stopped. I had a feeling it would say something like "The Toronto Maple Leafs will have the third selection in the upcoming draft". When I saw that they'd actually won the top pick, I let out a shout. I'm not much for outbursts like that, but it couldn't be helped.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I'll never forget that night. Because I missed it.

The wife talked me into going to a play. Couldn't tell you what the hell it was about. During intermission, I stepped outside, turned on my phone and saw a notification that said "The Toronto Maple Leafs..."

My heart stopped. I had a feeling it would say something like "The Toronto Maple Leafs will have the third selection in the upcoming draft". When I saw that they'd actually won the top pick, I let out a shout. I'm not much for outbursts like that, but it couldn't be helped.

Did your wife at least make that up to you for missing it live on TV?

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Did your wife at least make that up to you for missing it live on TV?

Can't blame her. She's a fan too. We both forgot that the lottery was that night.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Matthews 8 game goal scoring streak is over, however at least he got an assist on Hyman's empty net goal and his point streak is still going.

 

[Dayjobdave]

Matthews 8 game goal scoring streak is over, however at least he got an assist on Hyman's empty net goal and his point streak is still going.

And he didn’t try the high risk shot up the middle there. Dumped it onto the boards for Hyman. Matthews is playing so well right now. Using his body, back checking, stripping pucks, oh and scoring otherworldly goals almost every game.

 

[LeafsNation75]

And he didn’t try the high risk shot up the middle there. Dumped it onto the boards for Hyman. Matthews is playing so well right now. Using his body, back checking, stripping pucks, oh and scoring otherworldly goals almost every game.

At least that shows he was more concerned to get the puck out and not risk an icing going for the empty net only up by 1 goal.

Now if they were still winning 3-1 instead of 3-2 does Matthews take that chance and try's for the empty net?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Hockey Crazy]

His play in the defensive zone tonight was just amazing. I'm so impressed with this guy... he's the total package.

 

[LeafsNation75]

But I keep reading from non Leafs fans how Matthews doesn't play a psychical game and never makes any hits.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

If it wasn't for this moment who knows where things would be today with Toronto.

I remember this day.
I was on a cruise ship in the Bahamas and streamed it from my phone.

One of the best days of my life

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[WillNy29]

he's honestly sooo sooo good.

 

[Gabriel426]

Watching that video over and over on YouTube I can not believe I did not react right away when seeing the Leafs logo once Bill Daly flipped over the #1 card. After he said "The first overall selection in the 2016 NHL Draft belongs to" we see the Leafs logo before he said the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Plus not sure if you noticed this but when he saw for the first time Toronto had won, it looked like he was relived that Matthews was going to play in Toronto and not Winnipeg.

I remembered I was driving home that night and listening to the radio, when they announced Leafs won the lottery, I just screamed and honked and always crashed my car.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I remembered I was driving home that night and listening to the radio, when they announced Leafs won the lottery, I just screamed and honked and always crashed my car.

If you search "Leafs win draft lottery TSN Radio" on Google you can still listen to the reaction from Brian Hayes and Dave Naylor after it happened.

Hayes and Naylor: Draft Lottery Show - April 30

 

[MattySnipes]

All-Strengths

13 gms (on pace 55)
11 gls (on pace 47)
5 assts (on pace 21)
16 pts (on pace 69)

on pace for 1.25 PPG (103 pts in 82 game season)

when he's on the ice he's getting a point on over 64% of team's goals.

On-Ice

Offense:

285:50 toi (~22:00 /GP) | cf% 59.3 | scf% 66 | sf% 59.79 | gf% 71.43 | xG% 62.6

Defense:

CA/60 | 44.5
FA/60 | 33.8
SA/60 | 24.2
GA/60 | 2.1
xGA/60 | 2.3
SCA/60 | 21.2
HDCA/60 | 8.6
HDGA/60 | 1.5


on-ice SV% .913
PDO 1.059

These stats definitely are matching the eye test and showing how dominant he's been so far, but also lack of strength of some of the teams we've played thus far. Not going to feel bad about beating up on mediocre teams. Everyone is fair game.