Player Discussion Auston Matthews Discussion

[DuklaNation]

Amazing the amount of dummies, including people in the media like Jeff Oneill , who think that players like Nylander and Matthews are just wimps without any knowledge of what's actually going in. What's more logical, that AM just didn't want to play because he has a tummy ache or that there were serious issues that made the doctor think he should be pulled?

Given recent history, you really taking this side? No wonder this bad situation has been going on for so long.

Bunch of couch sitters in this thread.

Lot more physically demanding jobs than a sports league. I'd always caution against these kind of statements.

 

[Stephen]

If he's constantly getting sick maybe he should wear a mask and wash his hands occasionally.

I don’t really get it. If a player is really sick and he’s powering through as best he can… but he could also spread it around the room and make X number of teammates also sick and that bug manages to ruin a playoff run before it’s started… what’s the thought process there, since we just came out of that 2020-2022 event that shall not be named.

I don’t get the logic here.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

He quit again but at least he scored 69 goals in the softest era of hockey ever where half the time the teams don't even try.

 

[Gilmour1996]

you wear a mask in a bar and at a party afterwards? wash your hands every time someone hands you a beer?

bro I still don't believe you lol... this is a troll post it has to be


ah we have another troll post... it has to be, I don't believe that these posts are for real

If I was making over 10 million a year and had a responsibility to a fan base millions strong, I would avoid bars, parties, strip clubs, etc. for the few weeks the playoffs represent in an effort to maintain my own health over this period and not bring sickness to the whole team.

 

[hfman]

If I was making over 10 million a year and had a responsibility to a fan base millions strong, I would avoid bars, parties, strip clubs, etc. for the few weeks the playoffs represent in an effort to maintain my own health over this period and not bring sickness to the whole team.

oh ok

so bars, parties, strip clubs are okay from October-March but from April-June they can't go..



well if they wear a mask, can they still go to the strip club? Is it okay to go to a party in April if they wash their hands every 15 minutes?

 

[Racer88]

Bunch of couch sitters in this thread.

Just because we are watching from the couch doesn’t mean we don’t know crap when we see it

Holy f*** we were about to go down 3-1 but the doc thought his sniffles were too much

Nylander’s out here acting like the captain of losers, marners playing like a loser, Tavares is an actual loser, and Matthews is doing this


What a core.

Ya it seems there is always something wrong with matthews when it matters. He is either sick or playing with a nagging injury

 

[Isaac Nootin]

And yet i've been in more hockey fights than than our core that have played their entire lives.

Lol, congratulations!

 

[mjd1001]

-Matthews is the best player on this team.
-Matthews is the best goal scorer in the NHL now.
-Matthews is an overall top 5 player in the league.

-Matthews is also a guy who doesn't push himself to another level in the playoffs (or maybe he pushes himself to that level in the regular season and there is no 'next playoff level')
-Matthews is also a guy who cannot will himself take over and dominate an important game and carry his team, basically say something like "give me the puck and get out of the way I'm winning this game."

The first 3 things AND the 2nd 2 things can be true at the same time.

 

[Cournoyer12]

Come on...

It's too late to worry about spreading germs. 20 more minutes of ice time would not kill him. Shame.


$13.25M/yr. WOW!

Remember when Bobby Baun scored a finals game winner with a broken leg

Come on...

It's too late to worry about spreading germs. 20 more minutes of ice time would not kill him. Shame.


$13.25M/yr. WOW!

 

[leafers]

Go to 3:25 where they talk about Matthews.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

-Matthews is the best player on this team.
-Matthews is the best goal scorer in the NHL now.
-Matthews is an overall top 5 player in the league.

-Matthews is also a guy who doesn't push himself to another level in the playoffs (or maybe he pushes himself to that level in the regular season and there is no 'next playoff level')
-Matthews is also a guy who cannot will himself take over and dominate an important game and carry his team, basically say something like "give me the puck and get out of the way I'm winning this game."

The first 3 things AND the 2nd 2 things can be true at the same time.

Yup. Matthews is simply not a leader.

 

[DueDiligence]

Yup. Matthews is simply not a leader.

Who on the Leafs is?

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Who on the Leafs is?

Um.... uh.... gimme a minute.... uh, let's see... uh.... it'll come to me...

 

[WillyC]

Matthews not coming out for the third?

Nobody saw that coming.

 

[francis246]

-Matthews is the best player on this team.
-Matthews is the best goal scorer in the NHL now.
-Matthews is an overall top 5 player in the league.

-Matthews is also a guy who doesn't push himself to another level in the playoffs (or maybe he pushes himself to that level in the regular season and there is no 'next playoff level')
-Matthews is also a guy who cannot will himself take over and dominate an important game and carry his team, basically say something like "give me the puck and get out of the way I'm winning this game."

The first 3 things AND the 2nd 2 things can be true at the same time.

What’s crazy is Marner and Matthews both have just 2 goals in their last 10 playoff games.

Though Matthews went crazy last year against Tampa

 

[weems]

Always been a Matthews fan but 1 goal in your last 9 playoff games isnt good enough for the leagues best goal scorer.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Always been a Matthews fan but 1 goal in your last 9 playoff games isnt good enough for the leagues best goal scorer.

Don't forget highest paid either.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Matthews ranking for playoff points.
I'm pretty sure he leads the league in salary.

 

[Jojalu]

Matthews ranking for playoff points.
I'm pretty sure he leads the league in salary.


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Next year for sure he does.

 

[robertmac43]

Probably the worst ever timing to get a sickness. I can only imagine it's pretty bad for him to not come out for the third.

Hopefully 3 days rest gets him ready to go.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Is Matthews a winger ?

He can't carry the puck for any length of time. He can't put ozone pressure on the D.

Is that really a 1C ?

 

[leafers]

Go to 3:25 where they talk about Matthews.

For those talking about sickness, Sheldon said the doctors pulled him out of the game and the video posted indicates he is injured and the reason he missed the 3rd.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

For those talking about sickness, Sheldon said the doctors pulled him out of the game and the video posted indicates he is injured and the reason he missed the 3rd.

Keefe specifically said he was pulled because of this "illness".

 

[JKG33]

I've been watching hockey a hell of a long time, and I'm not sure I remember a guy being pulled from a game by a doctor for something other than a concussion. I've seen guys get IV fluids between periods because of dehydration. Between this and Nylander, what is going on here?

This is all the Leafiest thing ever. I've never seen a team with this much talent find interesting, unique, and embarrassing ways to lose in the playoffs yet here we are on year 8.

I always used to say the fact that this team hasn't, out of sheer dumb luck, won a playoff rd is insane. But it looks like that's what we can credit last year

Amazing the amount of dummies, including people in the media like Jeff Oneill , who think that players like Nylander and Matthews are just wimps without any knowledge of what's actually going in. What's more logical, that AM just didn't want to play because he has a tummy ache or that there were serious issues that made the doctor think he should be pulled?

We've got 7 yeats of shitty playoff efforts to suggest the former...

 

[leafsfan5]

There's always something up with this guy, really frustrating