Congrats Matthews! Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy!

[RomanianLeafs]

Oficially our first ever Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy winner!!!

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[Killer Orcas]

Congrats to Matthews I'm sure he's gonna get a few more before said and done

 

[TMLeafer]

It's official!



It's shocking that we haven't had one before.

 

[zeke]

Should win every rocket for the next decade in any season he plays near all the games.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Best goal scorer in the league.

 

[Confucius]

Congrats to AM34 it was a great season, let's keep it going throughout the playoffs.

 

[Lauro]

It's shocking that we haven't had one before.

It was first awarded in 1999, so not that shocking.
Leafs have a lot of retro Richard Trophys:
Babe Dye (St. Patricks) 1921, 22, 23, 25
Ace Bailey 1929
Charlie Conacher 1931, 32, 34, 35, 36
Bill Thoms 1936
Gordie Drillon 1938
Gaye Stewart 1946
It's been a while.

 

[Warden of the North]

Best goal scorer in Leafs history.

A hill I will die on

 

[Maple Leaf]

First? wow

 

[Gallagbi]

First? wow

It's only been around for ~20 years and we haven't exactly lit things up in that span

 

[123offtheglass]

Won in dominate fashion; with a less than healthy wrist & powerplay that has stunk for months. Hopefully the first of many.

 

[7even]

Won in dominate fashion; with a less than healthy wrist & powerplay that has stunk for months. Hopefully the first of many.

The lack of PPGs is objectively pretty noteworthy. I wonder how many guys have won it with a lower % PPG total than he had.

It's his potency at even strength that puts him at the second best player in the league for me. His point totals aren't otherworldly but scoring goals 5v5 is the hardest thing to do in the sport, and he's superlatively good at it.

 

[budzz]

It really is unbelievable considering the wrist problems he had that we all saw with our own eyes for what, 8-9 games? Add the putrid powerplay, and any kind of decent numbers there.... just wow. Amazing goal scorer.

Now, it resets to zero. All regular stats for everyone go back to zero. Start again.

Bring it on!

 

[Mickey Marner]

Won by 24%, highest margin since Ovechkin in 2007-08.

 

[hotpaws]

congrats on your first of many

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Can't post this on the main boards because the main board posters will whine and cry about how the season doesn't count.

Like it or not, he is an elite talent who should be respected as such. He will win another.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Auston Matthews
Likes: Rocket Richard trophies
Dislikes: Empty net goals

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

More went wrong for him than right this year. I'd be shocked if he doesn't win at least a few more

 

[Suntouchable13]

Yea, we had to wait in case someone on Vancouver or Calgary scores 20 goals in 3 games to pass him.

 

[Dreakmur]

Best goal scorer in Leafs history.

A hill I will die on

Charlie Conacher was a Leaf...

 

[Menzinger]

First of many.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Matthews laying claim to greatest goal-scoring season in Leafs history

Matthews has cracked the holy trinity of scoring seasons in the NHL’s salary cap era, right up there in the neighbourhood of Alex Ovechkin’s 2007-08 (65 goals in 82 games) and Steven Stamkos’s 2011-12 (60 goals in 82 games).

 

[Warden of the North]

Charlie Conacher was a Leaf...

And the goalies were all 5'5, couldn't play an angle, and either stood up or flopped down

 

[leburn98]

 

[Stephen]

Best goal scorer in Leafs history.

A hill I will die on

This guy is on trajectory to being the best player in Leaf history. You’d likely have to go back to the pre-Original Six to find a Toronto player this dominant relative to his peers.