I will check with my mom to see if I can go out.
- Feds91Stammer

I just rolled over and asked her and she said No. Sorry

I like Matthews for starters.
But hold on with comparisons to McDavid!

McDavid is a threat every time he is on the ice and he is so dangerous, he does not need a supporting cast. There is no one in the NHL like him. The only player from the past that I can think of that was in the same class as McDavid was Bobby Orr in his prime.
- 67hawks

Really? Only Orr? I guess you didn't see Gretzky or Lemieux play.

Probably not. Even if he drops to 25%, he's on pace for 74 goals. Drop to 12%, he's on pace for 40.
- Cimo

Nah.

70 and 33

I just rolled over and asked her and she said No. Sorry
- Vukota

She wearing her Maple Leafs pajamas again?

She wearing her Maple Leafs pajamas again?
- Feds91Stammer

Im honestly shocked the leafs have wsh sat night. Figured for sure bettman woulda gave them a back to back home games against sabres and coyotes to keep the leafs on a winning streak and pad the stats against bottom feeders like they have so far this year
- 1993_Cup_Champs

I will cut you.

Don't care about either. Let one of them win something before they're crowned.

Who the F would draft Matthews over McDavid?

No one.

Who the F would draft Matthews over McDavid?

No one.
- Pixote Andolini

Arizona.

Im honestly shocked the leafs have wsh sat night. Figured for sure bettman woulda gave them a back to back home games against sabres and coyotes to keep the leafs on a winning streak and pad the stats against bottom feeders like they have so far this year
- 1993_Cup_Champs

False logic. Everyone knows Bettman and the NHL and all
Refs hate the leafs - a bigger conspiracy than JFKs murder.

Hey
- robin_steele264

i am a closet oil cans fan. Root for them every year after the loafs.

what in (frank)’s sake has been going on there the last 20 years?

jeezlouise draft a goaltender and some defense for the love of (frank)all

Everything you said might be true.

But there's always this: Oilers suck hard even with the greatest hockey player to ever hockey, amirite?


- mjones242

youarerite, I will not debate this.

Matthews, Tavares, Marner, Kadri and Rielly.

Not one team you mentioned throws that combined power out on 1 line.
- Cooshie

MacKinnon, Rants, Landy, Jost, and Barrie. (combined 322 pts last year in 366 games)

theres your similar combined power (your cant be matched Leafs units combined 323 pts in 383 games)

sooooo does a team putting up the same combined power in less games...is that good?

I hate to be a leaf party pooper. But Matthews is not on same level as mcdavid. Matthews is an elite player but he has played six games against the worst teams in the league. He also has the luxury of getting Extremely sheltered minutes. Kadri is one the best defensive centers and Tavares is one of the best centers in the league. So Matthews only gets offensive zone face offs.

I know leaf fans are going to get pissed by the truth. But Matthews is not mcdavid. If they switched teams do you honestly think Matthews would score hundred plus points? Mcdavid would score 150 points if he played on the leafs.

AW telling all the haters to SHOVE IT!

I hate to be a leaf party pooper. But Matthews is not on same level as mcdavid. Matthews is an elite player but he has played six games against the worst teams in the league. He also has the luxury of getting Extremely sheltered minutes. Kadri is one the best defensive centers and Tavares is one of the best centers in the league. So Matthews only gets offensive zone face offs.

I know leaf fans are going to get pissed by the truth. But Matthews is not mcdavid. If they switched teams do you honestly think Matthews would score hundred plus points? Mcdavid would score 150 points if he played on the leafs.
- Bigdog1991

Tavares has a higher offensive zone starts then Matthews FYI. took 2 minutes to look up this information.

So does this mean 12.5 Million next contract?

I hate to be a leaf party pooper. But Matthews is not on same level as mcdavid. Matthews is an elite player but he has played six games against the worst teams in the league. He also has the luxury of getting Extremely sheltered minutes. Kadri is one the best defensive centers and Tavares is one of the best centers in the league. So Matthews only gets offensive zone face offs.

I know leaf fans are going to get pissed by the truth. But Matthews is not mcdavid. If they switched teams do you honestly think Matthews would score hundred plus points? Mcdavid would score 150 points if he played on the leafs.
- Bigdog1991

I love these kinda threads when people have to argue that the Laffs have a good team and that's why X is doing well.

Can you imagine actually saying the Laffs have a good team? It's gone bloody soft round these parts.

Who the F would draft Matthews over McDavid?

No one.
- Pixote Andolini

Ek

MacKinnon, Rants, Landy, Jost, and Barrie. (combined 322 pts last year in 366 games)

theres your similar combined power (your cant be matched Leafs units combined 323 pts in 383 games)

sooooo does a team putting up the same combined power in less games...is that good?
- DDM-Coga

Yo Cog, I was gone hunting, but I saw your sqaud once again turned Dubnyk into a swiss cheese pumpkin again...

So does this mean 12.5 Million next contract?
- fsanford

$12,500,000.34.

Yo Cog, I was gone hunting, but I saw your sqaud once again turned Dubnyk into a swiss cheese pumpkin again...
- MnGump

Dubi has to hate the Avs now, at least he survived the game this time...he played well bc it could have been a run away early, he held them in there

Dubi has to hate the Avs now, at least he survived the game this time...he played well bc it could have been a run away early, he held them in there
- DDM-Coga

I wasn't surprised to see they had lost. Your speedy squad is going to surpass the geriatric Wild this season...

MacKinnon, Rants, Landy, Jost, and Barrie. (combined 322 pts last year in 366 games)

theres your similar combined power (your cant be matched Leafs units combined 323 pts in 383 games)

sooooo does a team putting up the same combined power in less games...is that good?
- DDM-Coga

It's a good power play. It's not a match to the Leafs though.

You can argue Mac and Rantanen are equal to Matthews and Tavares, although I think after this year it might be a tougher argument for you.

Landeskog in 8 seasons has never put up as many points as Marner did in his 2nd year (maybe he's better in other areas, but we're discussing a power play).

Jost has only put up 22 points. Does anyone really think he's as dangerous offensively as Kadri, who put up two back to back 30 goal seasons?

Barrie has put up slightly more impressive numbers than Rielly so far. It's close but looking at past years Barrie wins in this comparison, although I bet Rielly gets more this year.

This is another excellent click bait article Ek!

Maybe next you can write an article suggesting Andersen already has earned the Vezina award. That should get people talking!