Oilers vs. Maple Leafs - Mar. 1st, 8:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[cw]

I know he scored two last game but I miss when Matthews felt like every rush was an inevitable goal

I mean, last year I seriously wouldn't have traded Matthews for McDavid.

How stupid is that?

McDavid is far better. last year I told some Oiler fan buddies the gap wasn't that far off but there's no comparison. Biggest thing for me is McDavid barely takes shifts off where Matthews takes games off. Night and day between the two.

Well, I think you're just wrong about Matthews taking games off.  It's well-documented that he's vastly improved his defensive game and they had a side-by-side comparison to McDavid in a graphic tonight.

But no, the fundamental point is that nobody is anywhere close to McDavid overall.  It's remarkable that one player can be that much better than the rest of the best players in the world.

When your stats show no points, no shots on goal etc for someone making his money that's brutal and it does happen. We criticized his play at times this year a lot of us and maybe injury related but you expect more. He has taken nights off. If you're expecting him to play good D and not produce offensively and you're fine with that sorry I'm not ok with that not at his salary.

When? When do his stats show no points, no shots on goal, etc.

Here's his stats for this season:
https://www.nhl.com/player/auston-matthews-8479318?stats=gamelogs-r-nhl&season=20222023
He had a shot on goal or more in every game but one.

In the one game he didn't get a shot, against Carolina Nov 8th, (the team had 21 total) he got an assist in a 3-1 win that only had one PP.
He also won 61% of his draws (best on both teams)
He got one of his teams two takeaways. One of their 17 hits. And one of their 14 blocked shots.

There has been something wrong with him this year. He was hurt with a sprained knee. I still suspect he's nursing something else - as do many others.

As for this claim of yours:
"When your stats show no points, no shots on goal etc for someone making his money that's brutal and it does happen."

Didn't happen this year. I went back fives seasons. It only happened once against Washington ... during last season when he won the Hart, Rocket & Ted Lindsay trophies.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Good shift by Rielly and he negates the penalty.

[Guilt Trip]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

[L K]

What the heck was that PP.   absolute garbage effort tonight

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

Good to see them competing in a lost cause.

[Bill33]

I'm a bit disappointed with O'Reilly tonight. He looks slow and ineffective.

[Guilt Trip]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

Good to see them competing in a lost cause.

Yup. Nice to see.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Samsonov denies Hyman.  I'll give him credit, he's hung in there even though he had a bad game.

[Guilt Trip]

Samsonov denies Hyman.  I'll give him credit, he's hung in there even though he had a bad game.

Good to see him battle.

[L K]

Ceci grabs onto Bunting but it's not a call because the refs don't like him

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

We'll see how they show up tomorrow night.  Nylander had his poorest game in a long time.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Ceci grabs onto Bunting but it's not a call because the refs don't like him

Bunting has toned it down the last few games, to his advantage.

[L K]

Well that sucked. Oh well 3-2 loss or 5-2 it's still just one loss on the standings

[Guilt Trip]

Well that sucked. Oh well 3-2 loss or 5-2 it's still just one loss on the standings

Yup

[azzurri63]

We'll see how they show up tomorrow night.  Nylander had his poorest game in a long time.

The Flames biggest problem has been goaltending. They have outplayed some teams lately and should have had better results. Last night bruins were outplayed badly by the Flames. Better show up or it'll be another loss.