Lmao I’ll gladly be the biggest fan of the soon to be greatest Maple Leaf of all time.
I’ve explained a bunch, but I don’t believe Matthews has been bad. What happens when there’s only one player on a line with an NHL shot is the other team just plays them for the shot. I’ve seen Matthews give Marner so many cross crease passes this series and Marner just can’t finish. He’s not a threat so the Habs just play Matthews for the shot and the line is neutralized.
I mean you said no core player was committed, so I brought up Nylander. He’s committed is he not?
I don’t have an issue giving your franchise player a blank cheque. I have an issue with Marners contract but that’s another topic.
Come on man, did you just say AM isn’t a franchise player? Okay so based on playoff performance, would you also agree that McDavid isn’t a franchise player???
I think he steps up tomorrow similar to the way he did in game 2. I’d hope that you were also hoping for that to happen because at the end of the day we all want the team to win.
I said in the playoffs he's not a franchise player and McDavid your right isn't though he's closer being above ppg.
If you think his first 5 years where he has 1 Rocket make him on track to be the greatest leaf of all time then you need to brush up on leafs history.
Matthews is 4-5 years of sustained dominance away from being at that level. I think he can get there but he's not that close where one more elite season makes him the best leaf ever.
Before this year he wasn't a serious contender except by playing his career long enough as a leaf. Now if he's a continued 110 point player with 60 goals than 4 seasons should be enough to make him the GOAT leaf if he has similar level of success come playoffs.
Matthews hasn't been setting up marner I don't know what game your watching. Matthews made one good pass to marner which went through his legs I'll give you that but matthews himself has been missing point blank looks rielly, marner have set him for and hasn't been finishing like he should. Your exusing his poor play when he should he held accountable. Matthews was our 2nd worst player last night after 16. He started the game terrible and couldn't connect on a pass, making poor decisions repeatedly. This isn't a franchise player in the playoffs he has to emerge to that level. Guys like Mackinnon, rantanen, Aho, Point are franchise players come playoffs that's where Matthews needs to get to.
I wasn't hoping for him to step up and dominant game 2 b/c I had extreme confidence he was going to play well and the points would come and we'd win in 5. However the past two games have taken away from that confidence and they have been Matthews and Marners worse games of the series as before this they were doing solid with 4 in 4 and creating enough chances while not being scored on.
They owe the team a huge game tomorrow to make up for game 5 and 6
Kessel had a starring role in Pittsburgh...is that why he was shuffled between the second and third lines on those teams 
