Injury Report: Matthews - Day to Day

[Stephen]

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James Duthie: No Auston Matthews for the Toronto Maple Leafs against Boston. It doesn't sound too serious, CJ, but likely to extend for a least a few days?

Chris Johnston: Yeah, I think certainly with the Leafs having back-to-backs [on] Friday and Saturday, that in addition to missing Tuesday's game against Boston, wouldn't be surprising to see Auston Matthews miss a little bit more time. You're right when you say there's not a lot of concern, I don't get the sense there's any big picture alarms going off here. And really how we got here, is Auston Matthews missed a little bit of time during training camp and I believe he's been managing this, to some degree, throughout the season, hasn't been 100 per cent. Obviously, wanted to get off to a good start during the year. He's been pushing through it, but after a busy week, last week three games in four days, over the weekend a decision was made to just shut him down, give his body a little bit of time to rest here. I think we'll see him sooner than later, but will probably miss more than the one game.

So basically they gave him the week off to recover from whatever and signalling the week off isn't the same as week to week.

 

[nsleaf]

I speculated they’d give him a couple of days off under the cover of injury after the Minnesota game.

Wouldn’t be totally surprised if it was a conditioning thing. I’d be curious to see if the PK responsibilities get scaled back and defensive zone faceoffs are managed when he returns.

Don’t like that it’s an injury coinciding with a Bruins game though. That gives me some flashbacks to the last series and we can all have our feelings on whatever happened there.

Link?

 

[Stephen]

Link?

I said when he signed the deal that he was risking more than you'd think. The way it's been going, he could be taking some massive reputational damage the way he consistently under delivers in the playoffs.

Anyway the way this season has gone, I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a mystery injury and took him out for a couple of weeks. The guy looks cooked.

 

[Nineteen67]

In the post game thread someone posted the records without Matthews, Nylander, Marner, MO and it stood out to me how many games an NHL player misses in his career. Bergeron, for example, missed 150+ games.

 

[thewave]

Nobody here knows the secret health issue that sometimes afflicts AM? He had to take time off during the Boston series as well and Keefe its something that affects him sometime.

I have no idea but was thinking maybe like a Crohn's disease or something? Its a bit weird

 

[Nineteen67]

Nobody here knows the secret health issue that sometimes afflicts AM? He had to take time off during the Boston series as well and Keefe its something that affects him sometime.

I have no idea but was thinking maybe like a Crohn's disease or something? Its a bit weird

Well then, sometimes it could be upper body, sometimes it could be lower body, sometimes it could be both.

 

[Leafs98]

he has had it lingering since preseason and maybe before that. Its chronic not sure why they say its not serious. they could use his rested legs on b2b. Its a problem.

 

[BallardEra]

Did they say if he's playing Friday or Saturday?

 

[saffronleaf]

Given that he's been playing like trash it's not a big loss

 

[SprDaVE]

Did they say if he's playing Friday or Saturday?

Not playing tomorrow, unsure about weekend.

 

[1specter]

Did they say if he's playing Friday or Saturday?

I think Dreger alluded to it being unlikely that he's available for the weekend but Dreger also often walks back the things he says so who knows

 

[saffronleaf]

Nobody here knows the secret health issue that sometimes afflicts AM? He had to take time off during the Boston series as well and Keefe its something that affects him sometime.

I have no idea but was thinking maybe like a Crohn's disease or something? Its a bit weird

Yes I think it has to be something gastrointestinal given how he shits the bed every year.

 

[BallardEra]

Thanks guys. If he's not playing tomorrow then I don't expect to see him for Saturday as well.

 

[1specter]

Nobody here knows the secret health issue that sometimes afflicts AM? He had to take time off during the Boston series as well and Keefe its something that affects him sometime.

I have no idea but was thinking maybe like a Crohn's disease or something? Its a bit weird

Honestly I wonder the same thing. Dude often looks like shit and 'sickly' half the time with giant bags under his eyes

 

[Dough72]

it was strange he wasn't taking any one-timers this year after having a surprising amount of success with them out of the blue last year. Probably his shoulder or back. Also this thread is embarrassing.

 

[leafsfan5]

Just give him the rest of the week off and see where he's at for Tuesday against Ottawa

 

[Community]

In the post game thread someone posted the records without Matthews, Nylander, Marner, MO and it stood out to me how many games an NHL player misses in his career. Bergeron, for example, missed 150+ games.

It makes sense considering how physical hockey is and the number of games they play.

Of the major NA leagues, only football can really be considered more of a physically demanding league and they only play 17 games + playoffs.

There's also been more of an injury crisis throughout most European soccer leagues and they "only" play ~2 games a week. The injuries are more related to fatigue than physical contact, but the point is the same that most professional athletes are being asked to play more games than in the past due to the financial potential of an increased schedule.

The NHL also apparently looking to get a few more games in (in addition to more tournaments like the 4 nations).

 

[Martin Skoula]

it was strange he wasn't taking any one-timers this year after having a surprising amount of success with them out of the blue last year. Probably his shoulder or back. Also this thread is embarrassing.

Last time that was the case he was struggling with his fast pivots on the boards, doesn’t look as bad this time.