Confirmed with Link: Auston Matthews wins the Calder
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Chapter 1 of the Leafs/Matthews saga has gone according to script.
Couldn't have scripted it better.
Chapter 1:
Tank to 30th .. Draft #1 overall = generational franchise C
& ----> playoffs in year 1, and Calder as best rookie in the league and 3rd in the league in goals. While setting all new standards for Leaf rookies in goals and points.
Chapter 2:
Leafs name Matthews captain, he leads Leafs to playoffs and the beginning of consistent playoff competitors streak like the Wings.
Chapter 3:
Bettman says "Auston, put down your Conn Smythe, and come up here and get the Stanley Cup".
BodaciousBeefBazooka
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LeafsNation75
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Yaaaasssssssss! Well deserved Auston, great short and sweet speech too. Had many a laugh over the jets fans who can't admit it was Matthews all the way.
Suntouchable13
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Laine must be pissed. Second overall to Matthews in the draft and very distant second to him in the Calder votes. He will be as motivated as ever next season.
LeafsNation75
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I'm sure Matthews won't need this as motivation for next season, however I wonder if he knows or cares that he was 3 votes short of wining all 1st place votes. Laine got those other three 1st place votes and those same voters are the only ones who gave Matthews those three 2nd place votes, which is significant since Matthews didn't get any 3rd, 4th or 5th place votes.
7even
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it's not that. like Laine/Murray, Werenski all were great. but i think when you look at the Ballot and see that 164 people out of 167 voted for Matthews first place...
WHY YOU REBEL?!
we're a very worked-up-able bunch.
i don't usually go into the specific team boards unless it's something pertaining to us and them linked so I don't know why they would be overtly insecure or whatever. i legitimately hope they do well. I mean, I hope we smoke them when we meet in the Cup Final in a year or two, - but other than that I really wouldn't see why they'd be insecure about anything.
Because they were hot garbage for a decade and landed Yung Sidney Crosby, and now anyone who is mentioned in the same breath as him strokes their massive inferiority complex.
It's like holy ****, yes McDavid is the best player in the league. Everyone knows it. Of course he's the bar everyone is going to be measured against.
TheDoldrums
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LeafsNation75
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He also 6th in Lady Byng voting and I think if he wasn't a rookie he might have at least been a finalist, since he only had 14 penalty minutes.
I think Matthews is going to try to aim for 50 goals. He should be able to up his assist numbers as well now that he's more familiar with Nylander as well.
James Duthie
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Well, Lawless isn't a reporter in Winnipeg anymore. He's working PR for Vegas.
LeafsNation75
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IMO, if Matthews was playing for like the Canes or NJ, or any other non Canadian teams Lawless would not have written that article.
disgruntleddave
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Dominic Moore said that Matthews called him to welcome him to the team after his signing.
Is there any doubt of who our next captain should be? Fantastic.
Is there any doubt of who our next captain should be? Fantastic.
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Leafs24Seven*
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Marleau said the same thing in one of the radio interviews a few days after he signed.
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