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I think he is underappreciated because 1) He is a Leaf and all outside fans don't want to give him to full appreciation he deserves. 2) Leaf fans are holding their breath for playoff success.
First it was john tavares was unappreciated and you all held a day of kissing his heiney because he got booed on long island…now matthews is "unappreciated", maybe yall are just soft as a bieber turd
He’s not under appreciated, his postseason resume is underwhelming.
As a noted Leafs hater, we pick on Matthews because he's 6'3 215 lbs with no bite to his game. He gets rag-dolled by smaller players and when the going gets tough, he folds. He doesn't have that take over style that other players have in the playoffs like McDavid, Draisaitl, Mackinnon, Stamkos, Eichel, Point, Pettersson, Kucherov, and many other.
It also doesn't help that Leaf fans are so annoying, if the Leafs win a game, plan the parade, if they lose a game blow it up! Bruh its a random Tuesday game in January
The Toronto fan base NEVER appreciates talent. They'd rather appreciate someone with grit. People never liked Sundin until he left, they always preferred Gilmour/Clark over him.
Sadly im picking marner before matthews
This is why people hate toronto media. Stupid topics, dumb question. Why not fire fans up and get behind the team.
Yes. And as an American we need the NHL Olympics back so I can root for him properly.
He is not under appreciated. Hes a proven non playoff performer, thats why he gets hate. When it matters most, he's typically not a factor.
What is so good about Dewar. Sorry , I don't see it. ? Reeves is playing well and so is Robertson??? I do not understand what everyone has against Robertson a 30 goal scorer??? So talented too. If it is not for Reeves and Robertson the tone would not have been set last night against Florida. i don't get it with everyone shitting on Robertson. Which player is not flawed?
..when you speak of Mathews..the team is not mentioned..,after 7 years of being chased out of the playoffs…maybe what is required to be successful is not inside Mathews and Marner..
I just turned 40 and have been a leafs fan as long as I can remember, Matthews is top 3 for the leafs. He’s 26 😂 let’s have faith – he will break through . then hes the gloat no question asked.
It doesn’t help that every fan base hates the leafs, it’s not the players fault, it’s the media, mostly
Most impressive thing about Matthew's and his goal scoring is that he never cheats ever. As barkov pointed out.
Matthews is a rare gem, let down by mngmt. As a leafs fan from Salming days, Burke/dubas eras were a joke but Matthews, though he plays like he came from a hockey program instead of someone who played 1000’s of games in every position, his love talent hardwork selflessness maybe undervalued by media but not by me. Dubas had all these amazing talents and blew it for all of them. Now, dubas has Crosby and blew that, too.
Also, Matthew's is Lidstrom-esqe with his stick defensively. There. I said it.
JD is the most talented person at sportsnet; however, he has a tendency to gaslight swathes of fans in order to make a point or elevate his opinion. Any real leafs hockey fan, regardless of age understands Matthews greatness. I loved watching Sundin and Gilmour and Clark; however, we have never seen anything like Matthews talent (and Marner and Nylander are not that far behind) and this has been obvious from day one of this era. Sorry to burst your bubble JD but most of us “old guys” appreciate Matthews more than you think. Overall good convo with Mirtle tho. Signed older Reply guy.
Only when sports analysts decide to make mountains outta molehills to push sales.
How can he be underappreciated when he has a media conglomerate hyping him every day?
Matthews is a much more effective goal scorer than Ovechkin
No he's over-appreciated
Matthew’s is not under appreciated by leafs fans, he’s the best leafs goals scorer of all time. He is under appreciated by the rest of the NHL. AM34 is the best leafs ever!
Look this guy is a regular season legend but fact is he has to be the same player in the playoffs and for me he is not even close to being the same guy in the playoffs
He's over appreciated because he's a Leaf lol. If someone life Aho or Reinhart was in Toronto he would be getting the same amount of hype.
Where Matthews is under appreciated is how he's changed the sport. Make no mistake, fooling the goaltender, having no tells, being able to disappear has become something every player does because Matthews is so good at it. Never before him did we have a player who did what he does. They way he changes his shot, doesn't let on when he's going to shoot and letting the goaltender think he's going to shoot and passing, Not choking up for power. He's made an art of fooling the goaltender and a ton of players are trying to do the same thing.
He's changed the way the sport is played. Other players are copying what he does, while the guy is still in the league.
Nobody is talking about that but the guys coaching players working their way to the NHL. I didn't know it was so pervasive until a coach said to me that a major part of what they teach now is fooling the goaltender because of how he does it.
He’s pretty much hated on by the 40 year old virgins over at HF Boards simply because he plays for the Leafs. Doesn’t really matter since Leafs fans would outnumber almost half the NHL fanbases combined, but it’s still funny. Kessel was the same – “overrated” with the Leafs, but when he gets traded he comes a legend? Hyman is another one haters used to say was “overrated”.
I just want the Leafs to win a string of cups just to really give the haters an aneurysm. 😂
Matthews is amazing in his own right. You don't score 60+ goals twice in 3 seasons without some supernatural combination of hockey skills and hockey I.Q. and that must be recognized. His abilities as a leader vs. a member of the supporting cast is a different combination, but it cannot be denied that he has stepped up and carried this team at times. I am not sure that someone this superior can lead but if he inspires superior effert, he is doing his part, and then some.
“Under appreciated” yeah ok the news is this slow today laughsnet?
toronto is a sports hellhole. The first 15 rows of scotiabank arena just sit on their phones the whole game
No, he's not underappreciated. You homers never shut up about him.
No I don't think he's underappreciated at all man. I think people are just worried about his performance in the playoffs. .. All the leafs need to do is get more players that other teams need to worry about firing the puck in the back of the net. ..more clutch players. Bertuzzi and Domi should help abit. The organization I think under values the backend . Esp the goaltending position. The goalie the the most important position in the playoffs for several reasons.
How many goals would he have if wasn't hooked, held, and slashed on virtually every shift? He refuses to go down or complain so easy non-calls for refs…
i like that you recognize his defensive play and making people around him better.
Sorry, I know his goal scoring is #1 in the league, but I don't think he is underappreciated. He easily got the MVP a few years ago even though McDavid had a better season and a few others were right there with him. Currently, guys like Pasternak outperform him with points consistently (and in head to head games) – but no one is putting Pasternak ahead of Matthews. Draisatl, Pasternak McKinnon, Kucherov, Makar and McDavid have all over the last 3 seasons or so been as good or better than Matthews – but the general consensus is Matthews is better than all those guys except McDavid. Lack of playoff success also drives valid criticism of Matthews
Every great player is under appreciated while they're playing. They're not fully appreciated until they're missed. Don't know what ya got til it's gone.
In Toronto, its not just the old heads that shade matthews. Theres a lot folks that are marner fans that will shade matthews to gas marner. The part of Leafs Nation that resides outside the GTA tend revere matthews the way youre saying he should be.
Under-Appreciated???? Lmao yeah okay, All leaf fans do is bow down to em like he’s some kind of king and blow em off like y’all are the best workers on the corner…. Under-Appreciated my A**…