Ironically Kopitar is the comparable I remember being thrown around for him in his draft year.
Actual_Cobbler_6334
I was thinking more ROR, seeing as Berube had him in St.Louis. Being said, having Matthews be a matchup centre after Treliving gave up multiple premium assets for Laughton and Roy is nonsensical.
keeeeener
What a terrible take. He’s been top 5 in blocked shots among forwards for like 10 years now. This isn’t new, but nice try!
triggerman1722
I watch the leafs all the time and seriously can’t remember seeing this guy ever block a shot.
wiles_CoC
That’s great… but I liked it better when he scored almost 70 goals instead.
trgoesham
He’s been a top shot blocker for years. None of you people can think for yourself, you just parrot what others say.
No_Calligrapher_8493
We’re going to run this guy out of town. He is a solid shut down centre. He’s not going to net 50 a year anymore probably but let’s build around him, Knies, Cowen and move forward.
JeFF1957HuGHes
Unfortunately, blocked shots by a forward is often a symptom of an inept defense.
91Caleb
Right conclusion, wrong reason
He’s being deployed like a shutdown centre
Flatoftheblade
He literally led the league in blocked shots among forwards for a season under Keefe, people.
kstacey
But that’s not what we pay him to do.
Prof_Scott_Steiner
I would understand this if he was causing 60 goals against in his 60 goal seasons, but this risking your goal scorer’s hands and legs to block shots shit is fucking stupid.
Don’t give me this bullshit about him needing to do everything that every other player is asked to do to unite the room. They fucking stink. All you’re doing is banging him up and then asking him to play heroball because he has no one feeding him anymore.
CMDRShepardN7
ROR makes way more sense than Desharnais.
Sometimes hyperbole is taken so far it just sounds stupid.
goleafsgo13
lol blocked shots mean you don’t have the puck and increased potential for injury. Not my favourite stat for a generational goal scorer.
Spare_Wash2356
Too bad their Goalie can’t block this many
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heatseekerdj
Let’s turn a generational scorer into a Patrice Bergeron or Ryan O’Reilly.
Thats the 2 or 3C’s job
ResponsibleCouple278
He’s better at being hit by the puck than scoring with it. Let that sink in.
WankaBanka9
Would be great if he was paid to block shots
letstourthemaritimes
Ok…I’m impressed.
AccomplishedLimit975
I guess when you aren’t getting any shots
Dry_Welder_6134
This is a negative stat that says they never have the fucking puck and are hemmed inside their zone 24/7
FredArtGetson
Just what they hoped they’d get and not some 60 goal guy. Bahahaha
irkybirky
The other 549 have made it through and and are GA
North-Evidence-2352
When you can’t score no more you block shots?
SolitudeQuo
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onthelongrun
It’s telling that Kopitar is his current comparison when in past seasons, Matthews was in the MVP discussion.
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Ironically Kopitar is the comparable I remember being thrown around for him in his draft year.
I was thinking more ROR, seeing as Berube had him in St.Louis. Being said, having Matthews be a matchup centre after Treliving gave up multiple premium assets for Laughton and Roy is nonsensical.
What a terrible take. He’s been top 5 in blocked shots among forwards for like 10 years now. This isn’t new, but nice try!
I watch the leafs all the time and seriously can’t remember seeing this guy ever block a shot.
That’s great… but I liked it better when he scored almost 70 goals instead.
He’s been a top shot blocker for years. None of you people can think for yourself, you just parrot what others say.
We’re going to run this guy out of town. He is a solid shut down centre. He’s not going to net 50 a year anymore probably but let’s build around him, Knies, Cowen and move forward.
Unfortunately, blocked shots by a forward is often a symptom of an inept defense.
Right conclusion, wrong reason
He’s being deployed like a shutdown centre
He literally led the league in blocked shots among forwards for a season under Keefe, people.
But that’s not what we pay him to do.
I would understand this if he was causing 60 goals against in his 60 goal seasons, but this risking your goal scorer’s hands and legs to block shots shit is fucking stupid.
Don’t give me this bullshit about him needing to do everything that every other player is asked to do to unite the room. They fucking stink. All you’re doing is banging him up and then asking him to play heroball because he has no one feeding him anymore.
ROR makes way more sense than Desharnais.
Sometimes hyperbole is taken so far it just sounds stupid.
lol blocked shots mean you don’t have the puck and increased potential for injury. Not my favourite stat for a generational goal scorer.
Too bad their Goalie can’t block this many
…
Let’s turn a generational scorer into a Patrice Bergeron or Ryan O’Reilly.
Thats the 2 or 3C’s job
He’s better at being hit by the puck than scoring with it. Let that sink in.
Would be great if he was paid to block shots
Ok…I’m impressed.
I guess when you aren’t getting any shots
This is a negative stat that says they never have the fucking puck and are hemmed inside their zone 24/7
Just what they hoped they’d get and not some 60 goal guy. Bahahaha
The other 549 have made it through and and are GA
When you can’t score no more you block shots?
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It’s telling that Kopitar is his current comparison when in past seasons, Matthews was in the MVP discussion.