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