The Leafs’ superstar isn’t scoring as many goals as he did last year, but he’s emerging as one of the league’s top defensive forwards.
have cruised into the halfway mark of the season looking more prepared for playoff success than in the past five seasons, even though talk persists about Auston Matthews’ goal production.
Matthews, as one of the top players in the league, continually draws attention to his goal numbers. He’s currently on pace for 40 goals — obviously shy of his pace last season, and his play has fuelled concern about a potential fall off. “I like what we’ve done as a team, I think we play the way we can as a team … but we know there’s more work ahead and we have to keep playing our game the best we can,” Morgan Rielly said last week.
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