Is Matthews the worst playoff performer ever?

[WillTheThrill]

He just might be the greatest

 

[Oak]

Close this thread already he proved us all wrong tonight with that stellar game winning goal

 

[The Shadow]

He finally woke up

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Matthews has some confidence now.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

when mitch leaves the fig this summer. the blame will shift, just not sure to who

Can you explain this fig thing you keep saying?

"Toronto is not commonly referred to as "the fig". The term "the fig" isn't associated with the city in any known or widely recognized way. It's possible this is a misunderstanding or a localized nickname that hasn't gained widespread recognition."

AI search results. I could tell you many nicknames for Toronto, but I have not heard about this fig thing and would really like to know.

GTA, 416, TO, Terrahna, hogtown, etc etc........

Help a brother out.

 

[Aashir]

maybe he starts chipping away at this

baby steps though

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Can you explain this fig thing you keep saying?

"Toronto is not commonly referred to as "the fig". The term "the fig" isn't associated with the city in any known or widely recognized way. It's possible this is a misunderstanding or a localized nickname that hasn't gained widespread recognition."

AI search results. I could tell you many nicknames for Toronto, but I have not heard about this fig thing and would really like to know.

GTA, 416, TO, Terrahna, hogtown, etc etc........

Help a brother out.

I'll explain it for you: he sucks at chirping (he's a good dude, though)

 

[River Meadow]

HATERS WHERE Y'ALL AT?!??!?

 

[GQS]

Close this thread already he proved us all wrong tonight with that stellar game winning goal

While its great that he put in a GWG tonight, he's still been somewhere between decent to mediocre much of these playoffs. Sometimes he's looked really good and other times he's been a ghost. Lets see what he can bring in game 7.

 

[Coffey]

Generational.

 

[HockeyVirus]

The HF jinx thread remains undefeated.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Its going to take a lot more than 1 goal in 1 game for me to change my opinion on 9 years of playoff Matthews, but tonight was good and he really needed it.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Can you explain this fig thing you keep saying?

"Toronto is not commonly referred to as "the fig". The term "the fig" isn't associated with the city in any known or widely recognized way. It's possible this is a misunderstanding or a localized nickname that hasn't gained widespread recognition."

AI search results. I could tell you many nicknames for Toronto, but I have not heard about this fig thing and would really like to know.

GTA, 416, TO, Terrahna, hogtown, etc etc........

Help a brother out.

i think its his way of disrespecting the Leafs, like how kids call the oilers the coilers, or the redwings the dead wings etc. Its childish and that poster is the person i've ever heard refer to them as the figs. Its dumb.

 

[wgknestrick]

So is he still on the trading block?

Blow it up. Leaf fans won't be satisfied until they are rebuilding for the 10th time again.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Can anyone challenge him for the Smythe at this point?

 

[Lampedampe]

Can anyone challenge him for the Smythe at this point?

Pretty sure he gets it even if they lose against the panthers.

Just a defensive juggernaut. And now with scoring on top, unstoppable.

 

[GlitchMarner]

He really needed that goal. Hopefully he has more confidence in his shooting and goal scoring abilities now and pots another one (or more than one) on Sunday.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

I dont see it happening, but im not blind enough to suggest that it cant happen.

I think McDavid signs with the Oilers with a short term contract. The way the cap is going i think 8 year deals for stars are going to be rare, they leave too much money on the table if the cap continues to go up as the projection are predicting.

No.

He can ask Klingberg how stupid that is.

 

[34]

This guy sucks lmfao

3 Rockets, Hart Trophy, Ted Lindsay, 50 goals in 50 games, almost 70 goals last season. Scored more goals than Ovechkin since entering the NHL.

 

[Oilslick941611]

No.

He can ask Klingberg how stupid that is.

There’s a huge gulf between the kinds of the player they are


Also Alan Wash is the predicting this type of contract becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years and he’s one of the guys negotiating contracts. He expects stars to sign contracts like LeBron a year or two long to maximize dollar amount.

This only happens is the salary keep rising though.

 

[sampollock]

Nostril's scored
So he has stopped the heat now

 

[34]

Nostril's scored
So he has stopped the heat now

He is better than every player on your subpar team. No player on your team will ever win the awards or trophies or score the amount of goals he has.

Carry on though.

 

[John Mandalorian]

There’s a huge gulf between the kinds of the player they are


Also Alan Wash is the predicting this type of contract becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years and he’s one of the guys negotiating contracts. He expects stars to sign contracts like LeBron a year or two long to maximize dollar amount.

This only happens is the salary keep rising though.

Klingberg wasn’t the best example but his point remains. If Tavares had taken this route, it would have likely backfired. Hard to see him getting over 10M the last three or four years.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Klingberg wasn’t the best example but his point remains. If Tavares had taken this route, it would have likely backfired. Hard to see him getting over 10M the last three or four years.

Those were Alan Walsh’s words.

JT was never on McDavid level. Players like McDavid will always have the opportunity to make around the same value on a year by year basis or a long term contract.


My personal hope is he signs a long term contract. But we’ve seen with Matthews who only signed a 5 year contract that was is an appetite for shorter term contracts. I’m also probably going to throw more weight behind an actual nhl agent opinion on matters like this than some random on the internet.

Don’t take my word for it. Alan Walsh is the one the predicting short term contracts in the nhl, not me. He also only said this happens if the salary cap keeps rising. Again. This isn’t my prediction or original thought. It comes from nhl agent Alan Walsh. So you know there will be players looking at these types contract.

It doesn’t work in a flat cap world. So that’s why Klingberg was an awful example So is JT because he doesn’t lead the team in anything and he hasn’t won anything of note, especially over the course of his 11 million contract. But then again it was the flat cap era. So still not apple to apples imo.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Those were Alan Walsh’s words.

JT was never on McDavid level. Players like McDavid will always have the opportunity to make around the same value on a year by year basis or a long term contract.


My personal hope is he signs a long term contract. But we’ve seen with Matthews who only signed a 5 year contract that was is an appetite for shorter term contracts. I’m also probably going to throw more weight behind an actual nhl agent opinion on matters like this than some random on the internet.

Don’t take my word for it. Alan Walsh is the one the predicting short term contracts in the nhl, not me. He also only said this happens if the salary cap keeps rising. Again. This isn’t my prediction or original thought. It comes from nhl agent Alan Walsh. So you know there will be players looking at these types contract.

It doesn’t work in a flat cap world. So that’s why Klingberg was an awful example So is JT because he doesn’t lead the team in anything and he hasn’t won anything of note, especially over the course of his 11 million contract. But then again it was the flat cap era. So still not apple to apples imo.

At the time, Tavares was an elite level player. If not top five, then top 10. That's obviously no longer the case. But it illustrates how it can backfire.

Regarding McDavid, yes he might do that. But I can just as easily see him aligning his contract with Draisaitl's time remaining on his deal.