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We’re talking about Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews, and the idea that he may be more likely to leave now that Kyle Dubas is gone.
Article: https://thehockeynews.com/news/opinion-maple-leafs-parting-with-kyle-dubas-rings-alarm-bells
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Auston Matthews was the top NHL prospect at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews
2nd – Winnipeg Jets, Patrik Laine
3rd – Columbus Blue Jackets, Pierre-Luc Dubois
4th – Edmonton Oilers, Jesse Puljujarvi
5th – Vancouver Canucks, Olli Juolevi
6th – Calgary Flames, Matthew Tkachuk
7th – Arizona Coyotes, Clayton Keller
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Alexander Nylander
9th – Montreal Canadiens, Mikhail Sergachev
10th – Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Jost
11th – Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils), Logan Brown
12th – New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators), Michael McLeod
13th – Carolina Hurricanes, Jake Bean
14th – Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy
15th – Minnesota Wild, Luke Kunin
16th – Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Chychrun
17th – Nashville Predators, Dante Fabbro
18th – Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers), Logan Stanley
19th – New York Islanders, Kieffer Bellows
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from New York Rangers via Arizona Coyotes), Dennis Cholowski
21st – Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings), Julien Gauthier
22nd – Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks via Winnipeg Jets), German Rubtsov
23rd – Florida Panthers, Henrik Borgstrom
24th – Anaheim Ducks, Max Jones
25th – Dallas Stars, Riley Tufte
26th – St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals), Tage Thompson
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Brett Howden
28th – Washington Capitals (from St. Louis Blues), Lucas Johansen
29th – Boston Bruins (from San Jose Sharks), Trent Frederic
30th – Anaheim Ducks (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Steel
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39 Comments
as a Habs fan……..MORE DRAMA>>>LOVE IT!!!
Matthews is a culture killer. Just wants to live the life style of the rich and famous, doesn’t care if he wins. Money and fame
Trade him
I do not envy the new GM who will be faced with this conundrum right off the bat
Yeah I would love dubas too if there was no accountability and I got a bridge deal
Matthews Maple Leaf or not, MLSE not losing a dollar. It's more than highly unlikely Matthews gets move, Marner NMC kicks in July 1st he'll probably will not sign before that, honestly don't think Nylander gets moved either, they'll play this out until Tavares no longer here, the current core 4 is Matthews Marner Nylander Reilly…
Wow , someone said something,,,,,,, everyone run…….. pppppssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh …….
1st-you don't trade a guy like Mathews 2nd-Nylander has done more than enough to stay especially at a very friendly cap hit 3rd-Tavares is untradeable so your stuck with him. That leaves you will Marner who isn't built for high stakes, physical hockey so get what you can for hm(2 1st's and its a done deal IMO) and use that money to resign Orielly and Samsaov.
Excellent update. Matthews is a weak player and too soft for playoff hockey
The Leafs cup window is officially closed. The Shannaplan failed and Dubas lost the power struggle. Matthews is a Dubas loyalist and will be traded. He is not a playoff performer and he will want 13 million per year. LOL!
Why would anybody want an $11.5M player who is useless in the playoffs?
Very close = gave me the exact contract I wanted and walked me to free agency.
You need to trade Matthew's and Marner. Keep Nylander and Tavares.
Load up on top 10 picks this year.
To Arizona: Matthews
28th pick
To Toronto: 6th pick
Clayton Keller
Logan Cooley
Sorry but AM 34 has NEVER produced in the PLAYOFFS where it MATTERS. HAPPY to trade him for a stud number 1 d-man.
get some common sense in your heads people.
The Leafs are screwed no matter what. If they sign Matthews they will have no money left for anyone else. If they trade him they will not get in return what he's worth. Just think about it, you are a potential trade partner what would you be willing to give the Leafs in return for Matthews if there's no guarantee that he will sign with the new team and just leave after a year? It would have to be a trade and sign situation and Matthews could say no I'm not going to sign which means he already has a no trade situation.
Good, the leafs deserve nothing
According to CapFriendly, Marner's NMC also kicks in July 1st THIS year. So basically Toronto have to make a decision on him too, besides Nylander and Mathews.
Matthews has known for over two years that he is going to sign for a US West coast team.
With or without Dubas Matthews is leaving
No way should the Leafs let Matthews walk with no return.
Trade Matthews and Nylander and sign players who will actually show up in the playoffs.
Dubas did a terrible job.
Signing Matthews to only a 5 year contract to walk him to free agency a.s.a.p
Mathews ……Meow …enough said
I had to un-sub because of clickbait videos and titles. There is no terrible news, just a non news video.
Lets all put our thinking caps on for two seconds and ill pose this question : what makes anyone think he was going to sign on july 1st , even if dubas was gm?
Matthews has just come off of what is arguably one of his worst offensive seasons of his career and another dissapointing playiff performnce with 0 goals the entire second round.
If i was matthews regardless of who is in the GM spot i wouldnt sign until midseason and i would prove my value with consistent play. For matthews this could be the difference between 13 million a year or 14.5 million a year
They say the empty can rattles the most!
Lol they are all going to leave, if that happens than the right players will come over, it goes both ways.
trade him he's not a playoff performer, he's not desperate enough, he's all about the money, trading him gives you the biggest cap relief and the biggest return
Matthew’s for Bratt and Dougy Hamilton make it happen
If Matthews pulls a Johnny hockey(hilarious to me that a guy with that nickname is a little spinless traitor to a team that basically gave him his chance for success) then he might have to hire a 24 hour security team lol
Matthews reportedly is wanting $14 million, that may price him out of staying at Toronto, however, 6:22 if Toronto is to have any hope of winning the cup in the near future, he needs to get extended, it's going to be a difficult situation for the new incoming GM
None of them have no-trade or no-movement clauses. If Mathews doesn't want to be in the team, trade him. Good riddance. Canadian teams need to avoid American's in the draft….they have little loyalty to Canadian teams and seem to create poor team-first culture.
Good riddance.
who cares if Mathews doesnt stay. the team is better off without him. hes great when its preseason but when the chips are down, he folds like limp banana! good Riddance!
Matthews
Carjack Marner
Johnny Pyjamas
Nylander
None of them are built for Playoff’s
Is this not evident after
4 -5 years of repetition and repeat hot-garbage performances
All 4 are Daffodils 🌼
I hope they don’t let the foot hit them on the way out
Does it go farther then this, is true there's reports of Dudas's agent that was a part of the conter offer increase for Dubas, the same agent representing Matthew's? Is there some type of conflict of interest? And no matter the of type contract Dubas made if he was gm, would of made any total and conditions on a new Matthew contract questionable
Does TML have $15MM to sign Matthews? If they do – then the ‘Dubas’ experiment continues. High paid ‘six’ and a continuous revolving door for the rest. BUILD A TEAM!
Looks like club Dubas is closed and the bar flys who do nothing on the ice durning the playoffs dont like it.
If they trade him they better get a star back .
Best to move him and get some depth pieces who perform in the playoffs. I don't care about regular season scoring titles, you play hockey to win the stanley cup. Matthew is overpaid with no playoff success to show for it, let's get back some playoff performers instead.
Trade him now, he does nothing in big games
The Toronto brass is going to have swallow hard and basically give Matthews whatever he wants. I am guessing it is going to be the $14 million range. It's simply not 8:56 feasible to consider Toronto even remotely contending for the cup without Matthews.
1st time looking at the trades. I love watching hockey, for decades. My opinion was that The Leafs were finally building a strong club, give or take a few. But I think if Mathews goes, he will need his sidekick, Marnier. Am I a Leaf fan, I sure don't know now. Sure is alot of Drama on trades…..