Is Matthews the worst playoff performer ever?

[NVious]

He's better than Jason Robertson...

Robertson has been awful this year for sure, but he's also the 39th pick on a 7.5 mill contract and for their playoff careers, I think one would rather 2 Robertson's than 1 Matthews tbh.

 

[Bradely]

Suzuki wasnt #1C in 2020

Suziki is a No 1 center who did not look like one in 2025 PO

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Suziki is a No 1 center who did not look like one in 2025 PO

Nice try man

 

[OldCraig71]

Suziki is a No 1 center who did not look like one in 2025 PO

Why on earth is there a Suzuki reference in a Matthews thread? Repost when Matthews gets to a cup final like Suzuki has.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

On the topic of this and Toronto media, Dreger (one of the biggest talking heads in Toronto) was just saying the other day how Matthews is a stud and you don't even THINK about moving him. When these media heads become friends with the guys, they carry water for them, a good chunk of them are totally corrupted.

Everything about Matthews is off putting:
6th greatest gpg in the season to 84th in the playoffs
Throwing his teammates under the bus while he himself hogs up cap space
Extremely greedy, not only looking for max dollar, but minimum term to maximize dollars in the future
Passionless robot like Tavares
Injury prone and unwilling to tell the fans exactly what happens

Yet talking heads like Dreger only want you to focus on his gpg in the season and ignore everything else. The Leafs 100000% should explore moving Matthews if somebody wants to give you good or even great value.

I forget what the exact thing Dreger said in defense of the core four was, but I remember O-Dog immediately being all like "you can't just keep running it back and expect different results". Essentially, Dreger was doing his usual "the core four are great players who just got unlucky" bit while O-Dog was losing his mind about another collapse.

This was all in response to Duthie posing the question of what do you do after another playoff failure.

 

[sampollock]

Nostril's is not a Capt

 

[hfman]

just see what happens with him, he may or may not kick it into gear for next season

 

[ManWithNoName]

just see what happens with him, he may or may not kick it into gear for next season

Does it really matter though? He can score 200 regular season goals. Come playoffs, he calls in sick for the tenth consecutive year and disappears. Then blames ”the passengers” on the team.

He is a generational loser through and through.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

just see what happens with him, he may or may not kick it into gear for next season

Regular season?

 

[sampollock]

Regular season?

ever he sucks

 

[hfman]

Does it really matter though? He can score 200 regular season goals. Come playoffs, he calls in sick for the tenth consecutive year and disappears. Then blames ”the passengers” on the team.

He is a generational loser through and through.

celebrity status, parties, fashion and night life come first

hockey comes second

 

[jcs0218]

Playoff non-production or not, the real question is: How can anyone Toronto Maple Leafs fan like the attitude that Auston Matthews constantly shows?

When I heard him refer to his teammates as "passengers", I almost choked on my drink.

That wasn't the first time he has shown a very poor attitude, either.

I know Mitch Marner has often rubbed people the wrong way in the past. But at least with Mitch, I get the sense that he actually cares about all the losses but he simply doesn't have the mental toolbox to deal with the pressure and expectations.

With Matthews, I don't think he actually cares about anything other than making sure he looks as good as possible at all times, which is why he wanted to blame everyone else but himself for the team's failures.

If I am Treliving, I would want to trade Matthews even if the return for him doesn't look as good on-paper. At least I would be getting rid of the team cancer by trading Matthews.

MLSE would never let this happen though, because there are still enough fans in Maple Leaf Nation who still mistakenly believe Matthews is some great captain/leaders and they will continue to buy his jerseys. MLSE wouldn't want to lose this revenue.

 

[sampollock]

he can wear a purse good and bury his teammates in his pressers

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Leafs should bring in Michel Therrien to teach this guy rispeck

 

[sampollock]

Leafs should bring in Michel Therrien to teach this guy rispeck

or have bieber hold his purse during those moving RBC commercials