Great player, but not in same league as McDavid, Mackinnon or a younger Crosby. Paid too much for average playoff performance. It is frustrating because of his size and skill he has the potential to take over a playoff game and series.

He always gets off. All the leafs fans have blinders on because he’s had a couple really good reg season goal totals.

If every single other player in the same tier performs better when it matters... that player isnt in that tier. Matthews is not Mackinnon, hes not McDavid, hes not Kucherov. In goals per playoff game since he came into the league, hes not even a top 30 player in his own position.

34 always a playoff no show. Career PO stats...42 points and a +2....Marner 51 points and a +10....yup Marner's the problem

Not crosby's whole career, had 3 first round exits in a row with a total of 6 points, those are Matthew numbers. or 14 games 6 points, below 0.5 pts per game.

Hypothetically speaking lets say if the Leafs can't get Berube bc he picks New Jersey & Quenville isn't aloud back yet i think a great choice for coach would be Gerard Gallant he is old school the players love playing for him. I feel like Berube will pick the Leafs if they offer him the job but in case he picks Nj than i would like to see either Gallant or Boudreau over coaches like Evisson, Bylsma, Haxtall or other coaches who are sort of mediocre...

Let's get straight! McDavid struggled until the right chemistry on ice worked with teammates. Took Ovechkin 14 years to win a cup with right formula on ice. Matthews needs the right chemistry on ice as well. Management must do their jobs to create this on ice formula 1st & work it with Matthews over the next decade 👍

Had we ever heard about Willy’s migraines until this series?

Matthews lacks the eye-of-the-tiger. He's playground hockey player that gets all the trick shots but is a shrinking violet when it really counts.

Personally I think Marner's play influences Matthews' output. Marner's play depends on his physical situation. Late in the season I feel Mitch is physically "worn out" . Early in the new year I looked at how MARNER was implicated in Matthews' scoring, and at that time He was involved on about 70% of the goals scored by Matthews. Later this season , this changed: partly because of line shuffling, although they did play on the same PP, partly because of Marner's high ankle sprain, but he contributed very little to his own or Matthews production. MARNER is the lightest Leaf at 170# , and looks " slight" standing next to Matthews, Nylander, Tavares, etc. I believe he needs to spend the summer in the gym with weights to put on about 20+ # of upper body muscle mass so that physically he has something " left" in the tank at the end of the season and playoffs !

You guys are bashing a guy who put the team on his back and won game 2 himself. Then played until the doctors pulled him off. Jesus have dinner sympathy. He came back and assisted on nylanders goal. So he had 4 points in 3 games. Plus he played game 7 feeling like ass. Easy to criticize from as tsn desk

Maple Leafs in last 7 winner-take-all games. Record 0-7 Goals 12 Goals Against 27 Power Play 14.3% (2-for-14) Marner & Matthews: 0 goals, 5 assists (6 GP)

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That song was hurting my soul lol

They all got paid that is why they don't play hard and hungry in the post season.

Of course he’s off the hook, they even want to pass the C onto him. Scoring 69 goals doesn’t make you captain material, picking up a team and carrying it on your shoulders some times like a Sundin or Gilmour does!

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We were about to make an amazing comeback against Boston with Mathews out of the line up. He came back and we lost it. Trade him. Never seen a team turn around so well like that without their "best player" in the line up. Get him and his 90 goals out, clear salary and get a dman, decent forward maybe a goalie and a pick in one deal. He'd bring back a shit load.

What if they trade Tavares to Utah? Don't they need a decent cap hit so they can hit the cap floor? Also, a guy to sell jerseys?

Vancouver Riot would be insane in 2024 with the zombies out there.

You have to post the actual conversation about Matthews. I hate coming on here and here them talking about golf

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Matthews not admitting what his injury was seems very suspicious. Is he afraid that he will look bad by admitting his injury? Maybe it wasn't that serious and he could have played through it. Maybe that is why he doesn't want to admit his injury.

All day events

Regular season superstar.

time is a flat circle

Matthew’s has an excuse every playoffs, Look at Leon on Oilers he has 18 goals last 18 games in a bad oil team

Matthew’s just wants the money and couldn’t care less

Looking forward to Hyman getting more goals these playoffs than Matthews over his pathetic playoff career.

Leadership

Did Mathew Mars nee turn buckle bud leaf 🍃

Matthews likely would be an elite playoff winger. Matthews is a proven playoff disappointment at centre. Matthews only generates 33% to 50% assists compared to current top 25 NHL assist leaders. So that explains why Zack could score 54 goals in Edmonton - but not with Matthews. Those weak passing skills explain why Matthews is a playoff disappointment at centre & why Domi succeeded when Matthews failed. Snipers like OV, Matthews, Hull and Selanne thrive on the wing.

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Thanks Noodles for highlighting the injuries to critical players. I don't think it's a stretch at all to think that without the injuries the Leafs probably would have won the round.

Matthew’s is not a playoff player

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34 hasnt accomplished squat.

Force too pay spinal draft 😜

The TO media never critize Matthews. The media generated a Hart / Lindsay award before the season even started in 2022. Then the Toronto media srarted Selke talk. 2 yrs later is nominated. How can you win the Selke when you don't kill penalites, and don't take defensive zone face-offs often? There is no way that the NHL players voted for him for the Lindsay in 2022. He has no business being nominated in 2024. Matthews is the 3rd best player on his own team. Cheechoo 2.0, without the toughness.

Toronto fans can't completely demonize Vancouver fans. Look at how classless Blue Jays fans have been. Throwing beer cans at umpires etc.

Matthews is too soft when the playoffs start and I'm not even a Toronto fan. They show his face and he just looks lost, yeah, regular season he's an awesome player, but what good is regular season? If he scored 25 goals regular season and then a goal a game in the playoffs now you've got a player.

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SO you experts run FREEDY ANDERSON OUT OF TOWN YET THE SAME OFFER THE LEAFS GAVE HIM LMFAO AS I DIE HARD LEAF FAN CONGRATS FREDDY YOU HAVE WON MORE ROUNDS THAN THE LEAFS ......LETS GO LADIES OF THE SHOW WHAT YOU GOING TO SAY ??????

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To much skillet play words 😊

Brady Tkachuk straights across TRADE for Mitch Marner any day of the week

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These guys really sell golf as a fun hobby. Who cares who is on the hook or off the hook? It's not about blaming people for losing. It's about winning. Build a team that can win. Try to build a team that can win. Haven't seen them do either for the last five years. Their line-up is too skinny. Teams concentrate on those very few guys in the playoffs and they are not as good as people seem to think they are. They are paid as if they are great. Matthews might be worth 10 million Nylander 8-9 Marner 7-8 Tavares 6 Rielly 5 37 million for these five guys would still be 42% of their cap. In fact next year its $54.4 million and 62.2% of their cap. Matthews gets $13.25 million next year. He will be the highest paid player in the NHL. Thats a joke. David Pastrnak $11.25M, Sebastien Aho $9.75M , Jake Guentzel ????, Nathan MacKinnon $12.6M, Roope Hintz $8.45M, Connor McDavid $12.5M, Leon Draisaitl $8.5, Alex Barkov $10.5, Matthew Tkachuk $9.5, Sam Reinhart $ 6.5, Kirill Kaprizov $9, Filip Forsberg $8.5 M , Jack Hughes $8M , Matthew Barzal $9.15M , Artemi Panarin $11.642M, Mika Zibanejad $8.5, Vincent Trochek $5.625M, Siudney Crosby $8.7 , Nikita Kucherov $9.5, Brayden Point $9.5 , Steve Stamkos ??? , Elias Petterrson $11.6 M, J.T. Miller $8M, Jack Eichel $10M, Mark stone $9.5M, Kyle connor $7.125, Mark Scheifele $8.5. Most of these guys I would rather have than Matthews.

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97 three more sorry team SWE3P🎉😂

No he shouldn't be

Noodles the shit starter..lol

Ottawa will over pay for Tanev.

The Leafs will never win anything because their fans will buy their merch, pay their salaries, and buy out the arena no matter how badly they do. Truly, Leafs and their fans deserve each other.

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Matthews is no leader.

Carolina had some pace, but I think Noodles is a bit over the rope with his praise. Some time in crease area. Lotta time on perimeter. No, Rangers were better where it mattered. Also, do NOT let MLSE execs hire Gallant. No Nono. Toronto needs to be taught a lot. Skills galore. Team D, desire, discipline, focus, seems weak to me as an outsider. Toronto needs a Senior management and coaching/leadership reset.

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Matthews just had bad luck with health. He was primed for a crazy playoff breakthrough. It's definitely not his fault.