Injury Report: Matthews out minimum three weeks with knee sprain

[Arzak]

Home ice meant exactly f*** all last year. Just make sure he is healthy for round 1, where it starts doesn’t matter that much.

I get it, it wasn't much of an advantage for Leafs last year,

But why is everyone assuming we'll suck less without it?

 

[Throw More Waffles]

I agree with the conspiracy theorists that Matthews has been playing injured for a while now and this is the best time possible to take a 3 week break given the bye week and all star break.

 

[ULF_55]

I hope it's not lingering. Otherwise it's basically the optimal time for a 3 week absence during the season. Get well soon Matty!

Trade him before it gets worse.

 

[Notsince67]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

COME ON

Hoping Papi gets better by the time playoffs are around

This is freakin SCARY

It's actually good. There are a lot of players who will realize the team can't coast of Papi's skill. The Kerfoots and Engvalls of the team better take a long look in the mirror and realize if the team fails now, it is inevitable they get scrapped for a bag of pucks b4 the trade deadline if they are not already on the chopping block.

 

[PromisedLand]

It's actually good. There are a lot of players who will realize the team can't coast of Papi's skill. The Kerfoots and Engvalls of the team better take a long look in the mirror and realize if the team fails now, it is inevitable they get scrapped for a bag of pucks b4 the trade deadline if they are not already on the chopping block.

watching kerfoot and his 3.5AAV do F all really ticks me off man

 

[htpwn]

As others have alluded to, Matthews has clearly been bothered by something (likely wrist) all year.

Hopefully the knee injury isn't really serious and this is just a good excuse to get him a few extra games off.

I am also not so concerned about having home ice or not, which is really all that we're playing for at this point.

 

[robertmac43]

Best time of year for AM34 to take some time to get healthy. Hopefully the recovery plan goes well.

 

[Cleetus]

watching kerfoot and his 3.5AAV do F all really ticks me off man

that play late last game when he put the puck back into the Zone and set up a NYR chance was just horrible, guy has very low hockey IQ

 

[hamzarocks]

He wasn't dominating this year so hopefully some time off and he comes fresh and ready to produce

Need him to step it up and be our best player when he's baxk

 

[PromisedLand]

that play late last game when he put the puck back into the Zone and set up a NYR chance was just horrible, guy has very low hockey IQ

ya really ticked me off and morons on the broadcast were sayning Lily was out of position well yea... kerfoot made a really DUMB play against the flow of the play. Everyone was moving forward.

Kerfoot is gonna cost leafs the series if he continues his moronic plays

 

[LaPlante94]

Maybe now with Matthews out they'll simplify the game on the PP and our top PP unit will actually be a threat every night. No excuse for our PP to not be top 3 in the league with the talent on that top unit.

 

[LeafGrief]

This hurts his chances at 50g, and that’s all I really care about tbh. Hope he rests up and comes back beast mode to hit the 50!

 

[saffronleaf]

sucks, watching leafs without matthews is just not the same

but not the worst timing. he's gonna be ready to go for the stretch and playoffs

lets go willy

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

watching kerfoot and his 3.5AAV do F all really ticks me off man

He's very perplexing. He looks effective out there and does a lot right but he has zero finish and makes so many boneheaded decisions. His skating style is very eye-pleasing, that's the best thing I can say about him. Reminds me of how Jason Blake skated.

 

[TorMapleJays]

Home ice meant exactly f*** all last year. Just make sure he is healthy for round 1, where it starts doesn’t matter that much.

This will create a strong possibility of game 1 and 2 being on Friday and Sunday night then!! Might have to make another trip out there for 2 games!!!

 

[WTFMAN99]

Heal up 100%

 

[The Iceman]

Its ironic that Matthews feels 5-10 165 which is Marners size.....Marner feels 6-3 220 which is Matthews size. Matthews card gets called in the playoffs, which destroys the Leafs vibe. See MTL dman, Chariot that rag dolled him while Matthews looked like a 6th grader looking for help.



Good time to call Mike Tyson to train him not to be the softest 603 220 guy in the NHL. Im not saying fight but when Konecny exposes u, its a problem.

You need to fix your Google...it is busted

 

[BertCorbeau]

I agree with the conspiracy theorists that Matthews has been playing injured for a while now and this is the best time possible to take a 3 week break given the bye week and all star break.

Convenient timing, especially leading up to the deadline where the Leafs can test the depth of their farm in bigger roles (like Holmberg tonight) and see what moves they need to make

Historically the Leafs have done well with Matthews' hurt but it will take some time to adjust.

 

[Azail]

This hurts his chances at 50g, and that’s all I really care about tbh. Hope he rests up and comes back beast mode to hit the 50!

Could care less about this. Be healthy for the playoffs should be the only goal.

 

[34]

leafs look like a house league team getting blown out by the Sens without him tonight. Huge loss. Matthews is the team.

 

[BallardEra]

Could care less about this. Be healthy for the playoffs should be the only goal.

Yep. Get healthy.

He's not hitting 50 this season.

 

[34]

Yep. Get healthy.

He's not hitting 50 this season.

Not a chance he hits 50. To be honest, don’t think he even hit’s 40.

McDavid is a lock for the Rocket

 

[Canadian Finn]

like my bro said, Matthews isn't injury prone, he just gets lots of injuries.

 

[tokyoite]

Trade him before it gets worse.

what on earth are you thinking ?

 

[BallardEra]

Not a chance he hits 50. To be honest, don’t think he even hit’s 40.

McDavid is a lock for the Rocket

He'd need 15 in about 25 games to hit 40 and 16 more goals gets him to 300 career goals.