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Patrice Bergeron was hurt too. So hurt he actually missed a playoff game which is unheard of. I dont want to hear he was injured. Plenty of guys out there were/are hurt
More's the point, Bergeron at 32 is a different player than he was at 20. And that's the context by which any young player should be provided. That the benefit of the doubt rests in young players of Matthews calibre developing as their careers mature and as experience provides.
You don't want to hear Matthews was injured as an excuse isolated to your preferred narrative? No problem. If you need to remove germane points so as to protect a preference, that's fine.
But don't expect thinking people to simply agree with an opinion that says a 20 year old Calder winner in his second season, is who he's always going to be on the basis of one round of playoff hockey.