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Does How The Leafs Do Affect Auston Matthews Decision to Stay? Buzz@2

March 27, 2023, 3:57 PM ET [42 Comments]
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There is always pressure on the Maple Leafs. But this off season….well this is a pressure cooker for Leafs Nation. Many young Leaf fans have never seen this team win a playoff series. And even though they would pretty much be assured of victory in any other division, this year, they can actually complain that there of the best, if not THE THREE BEST teams in the NHL play on the Atlantic.

And for now, they are stuck just waiting. They know they will play Tampa. A team that has been to the Cup Final the last three seasons and won the Cup Twice. They lost to Tampa in an extremely close series last year….playing Tampa as hard as anyone could….and fall short…

This year the GM and Coach on both very much in danger despite the team having one of the best regular season record over the last several seasons…It doesn’t matter anymore. Win a playoff round…at the very least.





And there sits Auston Matthews. He likes playing in Toronto, but he also is fiercely competitive. He wants to win and doesn’t want to be Toronto’s version of the Bills Jim Kelly. The guy who could never get it done.

Matthews also is of course an American from Arizona. He grew up a Coyotes loyalist and probably realizes he may be the one thing to insure that franchise’s existence. So could he be on the move if things go south again and the Leafs can’t beat Tampa?

Sources I speak to vary greatly in their theories, but no one out there is saying there is ZERO chance he leaves Toronto…and that is significant.

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