Auston Matthews
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hockeyfan1
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disco said:
Nope. Mr. Awesome.
Bender said:
Pfttt, get back to me when he's "elite".
leafsjunkie
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I hate how he avoids contact and scores goals. Why can't he be more like Tie? We'd be a better team in the standings... AMIRITE.
dappleganger
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leafsjunkie said:
He's able to drop trou in a parking lot but isn't able to drop the gloves on the ice. Disrespectful.
hockeyfan1
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For those of us who think there?s something wrong with Auston Matthews, there really isn?t:
http://
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/12/14/21021363/does-auston-matthews-toronto-maple-leafs-seem-right-to-you
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/12/14/21021363/does-auston-matthews-toronto-maple-leafs-seem-right-to-you
hockeyfan1 said:For those of us who think there?s something wrong with Auston Matthews, there really isn?t:
http://
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/12/14/21021363/does-auston-matthews-toronto-maple-leafs-seem-right-to-you
That's not exactly the conclusion of the article (nor my interpretation of the stats and what I've observed during games).
AM is taking a lot more less dangerous shots from crazy places...especially along the side boards and near the blue lines. That's a part of the problem. The question is, is this because AM is not pushing to get to the higher danger areas, or something with the way the offense is designed? It hasn't changed much with the coaching transition.
Some quotes from the article:
"And he really is too often not a factor at all in games off the power play." Can anyone who watches the games dispute this? He's often largely invisible for long stretches.
"If you are the sort of person whose job it is to make up the story about why the eye-test and the numbers come out this way, you could say that sometimes Matthews just takes the night off. I?m not that sort of person, but I?ll tell you, I don?t think it?s an indefensible position. " Doesn't seem indefensible to me either.
"When every point counts, you don?t want to see one of the NHL?s elite shooters not shooting or shooting from way outside his area of maximum effect. So whoever has to step up and do whatever they need to do to fix that, they need to move on that now. Because I?m tired of agreeing with Overdrive. " Yep, definitely some tweaking needed.
bustaheims
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https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1207106819967115264
Not elite.
Not elite.
Guilt Trip
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It was a very good play defensively. You can see a much better effort on the D side of things from him. Nice to see.Bullfrog said:
The defensive effort has been very obvious recently. Execution isn't always there, but at least he's trying. I'd say the whole team seems to be improving in the dzone, at least coverage wise. There is some extended dzone time and cycling against the Leafs but they are doing a pretty good job keeping things outside.Guilt Trip said:
All of them have to tighten up on the careless giveaways into the slot, though. Seem to be a few of those every game.
Guilt Trip
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I find the Leafs aren't chasing like they used to in their zone. I've seen a few times when guys, who are going to chase, stop themselves and hold their position.Chris said: