Injury Report: Matthews out minimum three weeks with knee sprain

[Jozay]

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[Jimmy Firecracker]

NOOOOOOO!

 

[Aashir]

Where did this come from.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Somewhat decent timing with the All Star break coming up.

Hopefully Willy takes his spot.

The positives from a shitty situation.

 

[The Podium]

I bet it’s, in part, to shut him down for the asg

The Leafs bye week is right after the break, so 3 weeks out is only 6 games missed

 

[DopeyFish]

#freewilly

 

[A1LeafNation]

Well be fine. Cap space accruing.

 

[Apex Predator]

Hopefully just 3 weeks. With the all star game he doesn’t miss too much. Good chance to move up holmberg and see what he can do with more ice time.

 

[BallardEra]

Somewhat decent timing with the All Star break coming up.

Hopefully Willy takes his spot.

The positives from a shitty situation.

Yep. Maybe only 7 games missed in best case scenario.

 

[the squared circle]

oh dear.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Isaac Nootin]

After the Boston game the Leafs play Columbus twice, Chicago twice and Montreal.

Timeline puts Papi back around/just after that.

If you're going to miss a stretch, nows the time.

 

[SprDaVE]

Where did this come from.

The tweet literally says it's from the Rangers game.

 

[kb]

 

[SprDaVE]

This will give them a pretty big idea about their center depth leading up to the deadline. Holmberg with more minutes should be interesting.

I hope they give another shot to SDA in the next few games.

 

[tom leafers]

I remember seeing him fall awkwardly during the rangers game and was slow to get up so wonder if that was it.

Weve been surprisingly good without him in the lineup and were playing some real dog poo teams so better to rest up now.

 

[DopeyFish]

they put barkov in, so lame

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

Tavares finna killa totally that thang up during this one he a true capitano, for life yall!

 

[Aashir]

The tweet literally says it's from the Rangers game.

I probably should rephrase:

Where in the rangers game did he seem to have sprained his knee, because I don’t think he missed time in the game, unless he played through it which is possible

they put barkov in, so lame

Unfortunately nylander won’t get in

Tavares has a higher chance of being there than he does. Idk why but it is what it is

 

[LeafChief]

Well, this is not ideal.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

That does suck but at the same time it may not cost him many games.

They have 3 games before the all star break then they are off for 9 or 10 days.

That means they have 3 games in about 2 weeks, then they have 2 against Columbus, then they have another 3 or 4 days off so if It's 3 weeks that's 5 games.

It's never a a good time to get injured but if It's going to happen this is the ideal time because they barely play the next 3 weeks

 

[TheBeastCoast]

they put barkov in, so lame

Let our boys rest. I am good with it.

 

[Future]

They put Barkov in the all star game although Nylander has double the goals and is having a way better season.

Hard to imagine a business worth billions that is more poorly run than the NHL.

 

[genk]

I really don’t think this is a big deal at all. Matthews is battling a few injuries and it gives him time to fully recover from it all before the playoffs. It’s not like the Leafs were going to overtake Boston for 1st in the league anyway.

 

[GoonieFace]

Probably a blessing in disguise