Dekes For Days
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It's easy to be outraged when you just flat out make stuff up, eh?I love how “Matthews doesn’t have good enough teammates” is now a thing after years of hearing about how good Nylander is and how Hyman is an elite two way player and Marner is the best winger in the league and Kapanen is a legit first line forward and Rielly deserved the Norris and Barrie is the best OFD in the league and Muzzin is better than any defenceman on the Oilers and Andersen deserved the Vezina and Matthews carries this team
This is a complete fabrication. You clearly don't watch Matthews at all.Matthews is a poor passer. If you’re wondering why his linemates don’t put up better numbers, it’s because he plays more like a shoot first ask questions second winger than an elite 1C. Get puck. Shoot puck. Get puck again. Shoot puck again. Watching him play there doesn’t seem to be much thought about puck distribution.
Matthews is a great passer. It's just not the role that is most efficient for his team. Your claim doesn't even make any sense because his linemates should still be getting assists if they're contributing so much to Matthews' success.