Friedman, on 32 Thoughts, reported that a current Maple Leafs player texted him to say that “nobody is really sure” about what’s going to happen with Matthews now that Dubas is gone
I mean Toronto has alot more to offer outside of dubas. I think its getting a bit dramatic lol.
VicVinegar88
So they don’t know if it’s good or bad, and we also don’t know if he was going to sign if Dubas was here.
foxcatcher3369
The player was probably Holl lol
Skiffy10
i mean that’s pretty well known already. If shanny and the new GM are ruthless they’ll trade him if they can’t find an agreement instead of losing him for nothing. Matthews also might want something insane like $15 mill a year and little term which would help the idea of trading him too.
MelanzanaFritta
I think Friedman also said that, even if Dubas had stayed, the player indicated he wasn’t sure if Matthews would have signed on July 1.
leafman4000
What a fucking disaster
LeafsChick
That’s not what he said. It was “they weren’t even sure if Matthews would have signed by July 1st with Dubas. Cause if they made big changes around the draft, how would Matthews feel about it.”
Sounds more like he’s saying Matthews wants to see what the team looks like before he signs, not who the GM is
carletondabare
A superstar wants to wait and see the new GM, coach, and overall direction of the team before committing the rest of his prime? Shocking.
Gear4Vegito
If Matthews only real desire to stay in Toronto is based on Dubas then honestly it might be best to move him. We need players that want to play for this city and bleed blue not just for a friend.
Swaggy_McMuffin
Meh. Without a doubt one of the softies on the team texted that. Imagine a guy like tkachuk saying something like that and being worried about it. Would just say “fuck matthews” and be on with it.
kingex11
If Dubas was the sole reason for Matthews’s desire to remain a Leaf then trade him tomorrow
DangleWho
Hearsay
glue80
All this whinny news is getting so annoying. While people can be disappointed about the way things went down, why are so many people angry about a dude that ultimately underachieved as GM of the leafs being let go? Like we’ve lost some sort of god. If there are players that are angry about Dubas leaving, they should probably be angry at themselves for constantly failing when he put his faith in them. Maybe MLSE is toxic, maybe Shanny should be fired, doesn’t change the fact the Dubas as GM built a team that couldn’t win more than 1 round in 5 years while he was at the helm and ‘putting his career on the line’ for this core. Whining and excuses are for losers, they need a culture reset and if players want to leave with Dubas being let go, that says more about the players and culture. They’ve tied themselves to a person vs a team and what being part of the leafs truly means
wicked_crayfish
That’s not news.. no one knows now that’s true. Lol but I can’t see Kyle being the only fucking reason he plays here that’s insane logic.
Due-Leopard-7043
🎶 I see a bad moon risin’, I see trouble on the way, I see earthquakes and lightning, I see a bad time today🎶🎶
swimbaitjesus
Perfect 🙂
Letterkenny_Irish
I mean.. the season just ended, and they don’t have a GM currently.
As well, correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the leafs org have to wait til July 1 to start negotiating the next contract anyway? So another player saying they aren’t sure what’s gonna happen is… par for the course at this point??
Friedge usually has meaningful updates but this just seems extra clickbaity even for insider headlines.
ChildhoodLoud3031
I will boo 34 every game if he doesn’t resign here. Absolute joke to not want to play here, small toke player if true.
Samurai1221
I find it very hard to believe a current leafs player is texting elliot freidman speculation about another plays contract lol.
LeafsRealist
No shit. He’s hardly gonna go around the lockerroom telling everyone his plans.
This is a nothing comment that gets singled out and emphasized now we’re talking about it feeding into the frenzy further encouraging more posts like this. The media/fan relationship in this city is god awful.
EntryDiligent6908
The “player” was cheerleader Wayne Simmonds and if that’s true Shanny needs to sit down with Auston and get a trade done asap. I really don’t care about Matthews enough, his most memorable performance as a leaf was opening day of his rookie season, which also, the high point of this current tenure before Tavares scored the goal to move on. Trade 34, flip the page, tear the bandaid off.
AllOfTheAbove100
I don’t like the idea of trading him at all, but if this is the sentiment, you gotta do it. Doesn’t matter how talented or valuable he is if you don’t know what he’s going to do.
Matthews can easily get you 3 solid pieces in a trade vs potentially nothing next off-season. Not worth the risk with all the crap this franchise went through for a decade before.
ohandleme
If Matthews doesn’t want to re-sign because Dubas is GM then have a good career bud.
CMDRShepardN7
Here is what the trade would look like. He gets traded to a team he doesn’t want to play for and not likely extending. Team underpays.
He goes to a team that he would sign an extension to, but other team doesn’t even make an offer until after July 1, where we negotiate from a weak position. Team underpays.
Trading him will make the team worse, and give us capspace to allow us to overpay for middle of the pack grit that won’t move the needle.
There is no scenario where we benefit. For the next decade we will make moves to mitigate the loss. So this last post-season is probably the last playoff hockey we get for a very long time.
JackRusselTerrorist
Pridham needs to start fielding offers from around the league.
Tell Austin he’s either signing by June 15th, to one of a few packages Pridham puts together, or he’s playing on x team this season.
Can’t risk ending up in a Calgary situation.
Ditto Nylander.
Ditto Marner next offseason.
With Matthews, Marner, Nylander, and Tavares all reaching the ends of their contracts, this team is at a crossroads.
And as much as I love Matthews, you gotta be worried about his health when handing out a 13M contract. I don’t buy the narrative that he didn’t battle these playoffs. Dude hit, and routinely dominated the ice when he was on it, but the results weren’t there, and I haven’t seen his insane shot in a while. He’s still a menace without it, but he’s not a $13M player without it.
Massive-Round992
Matt Murray is just salty
howsshegoin
if this is true they need to be knocking on dubas’ door with a full apology and a blank cheque ASAP
EddyMcDee
If this is true and nobody in the organization knew it, that’s a big problem.
thismadhatter
If Matthews cared he would have signed for 8 years last contract. Just saying.
Jmac24mats13
If Matthews is waiting to see what happens to Marner, and if he gets traded doesn’t wanna sign before July 1 or possibly at all, even if the return is different than Marner, but what the team needs to win in the playoffs, I don’t know what to say really other than see ya. Players have ran the show for to long and it’s time for management for take it back. They should do whatever they can to keep Matthews, but if it’s means keeping the same core (especially Marner) and giving Auston 15M to do that, than unfortunately he’s gotta go too. The Leafs will not win the playoffs if this going trend keeps happening
Fuck_Admin_Cunts
Fuck.
Coffeedemon
News like this just writes itself.
NEWaytheWIND
Pivot now. Be middling for a few years and keep cap space open for McDick’s homecoming.
GQMatthews
They’re done. The team is cooked. We’re going back to nothingness. There is nothing bright or exciting about what has happened. This is a clusterfuck of fuck ups and will lead to many many fans swearing off the team.
Steakholder_
That’s pretty obvious. There’s all kinds of turmoil at the moment and Matthews wants to know what kind of team he’d be committing to before signing. I’d do the same.
DC-Toronto
Of course no one is sure. It would always be this way. No move clause and a player who doesn’t deliver in the playoffs it reportedly wants a huge contract next year.
It’s decision time right now. It would always be up in the air. This isn’t news unless you’ve been hiding under a rock.
Flashy_Ferret_1819
If the Leafs can’t get a deal in principle in place that makes sense before the draft they have no choice but to trade him. Doing anything else makes zero sense
Leafsnthings
If matty wants to be here he’ll be here, if he doesnt want to be here there’s nothing that will change his mind, figure out what it’ll be before the no move kicks in and go from there, waiting till it’s too late would be a disaster though
krazykanuck
This is going to be hugely unpopular, but I think they need to look at trade scenarios.
Kamdog11
Matthews will stay. Enough of this drama.
Swa9Dra9on
Press X to doubt
RattledRed
If Matty is only playing here because of a GM then that points to alot of issues….
Judge_Tredd
Trade players for a bunch of 1st rd picks 2026
Friggin_Grease
Nobody was sure before, but sure as shit nobody is sure after…
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I mean Toronto has alot more to offer outside of dubas. I think its getting a bit dramatic lol.
So they don’t know if it’s good or bad, and we also don’t know if he was going to sign if Dubas was here.
The player was probably Holl lol
i mean that’s pretty well known already. If shanny and the new GM are ruthless they’ll trade him if they can’t find an agreement instead of losing him for nothing. Matthews also might want something insane like $15 mill a year and little term which would help the idea of trading him too.
I think Friedman also said that, even if Dubas had stayed, the player indicated he wasn’t sure if Matthews would have signed on July 1.
What a fucking disaster
That’s not what he said. It was “they weren’t even sure if Matthews would have signed by July 1st with Dubas. Cause if they made big changes around the draft, how would Matthews feel about it.”
Sounds more like he’s saying Matthews wants to see what the team looks like before he signs, not who the GM is
A superstar wants to wait and see the new GM, coach, and overall direction of the team before committing the rest of his prime? Shocking.
If Matthews only real desire to stay in Toronto is based on Dubas then honestly it might be best to move him. We need players that want to play for this city and bleed blue not just for a friend.
Meh. Without a doubt one of the softies on the team texted that. Imagine a guy like tkachuk saying something like that and being worried about it. Would just say “fuck matthews” and be on with it.
If Dubas was the sole reason for Matthews’s desire to remain a Leaf then trade him tomorrow
Hearsay
All this whinny news is getting so annoying. While people can be disappointed about the way things went down, why are so many people angry about a dude that ultimately underachieved as GM of the leafs being let go? Like we’ve lost some sort of god. If there are players that are angry about Dubas leaving, they should probably be angry at themselves for constantly failing when he put his faith in them. Maybe MLSE is toxic, maybe Shanny should be fired, doesn’t change the fact the Dubas as GM built a team that couldn’t win more than 1 round in 5 years while he was at the helm and ‘putting his career on the line’ for this core. Whining and excuses are for losers, they need a culture reset and if players want to leave with Dubas being let go, that says more about the players and culture. They’ve tied themselves to a person vs a team and what being part of the leafs truly means
That’s not news.. no one knows now that’s true. Lol but I can’t see Kyle being the only fucking reason he plays here that’s insane logic.
🎶 I see a bad moon risin’,
I see trouble on the way,
I see earthquakes and lightning,
I see a bad time today🎶🎶
Perfect 🙂
I mean.. the season just ended, and they don’t have a GM currently.
As well, correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the leafs org have to wait til July 1 to start negotiating the next contract anyway? So another player saying they aren’t sure what’s gonna happen is… par for the course at this point??
Friedge usually has meaningful updates but this just seems extra clickbaity even for insider headlines.
I will boo 34 every game if he doesn’t resign here. Absolute joke to not want to play here, small toke player if true.
I find it very hard to believe a current leafs player is texting elliot freidman speculation about another plays contract lol.
No shit. He’s hardly gonna go around the lockerroom telling everyone his plans.
This is a nothing comment that gets singled out and emphasized now we’re talking about it feeding into the frenzy further encouraging more posts like this. The media/fan relationship in this city is god awful.
The “player” was cheerleader Wayne Simmonds and if that’s true Shanny needs to sit down with Auston and get a trade done asap. I really don’t care about Matthews enough, his most memorable performance as a leaf was opening day of his rookie season, which also, the high point of this current tenure before Tavares scored the goal to move on. Trade 34, flip the page, tear the bandaid off.
I don’t like the idea of trading him at all, but if this is the sentiment, you gotta do it. Doesn’t matter how talented or valuable he is if you don’t know what he’s going to do.
Matthews can easily get you 3 solid pieces in a trade vs potentially nothing next off-season. Not worth the risk with all the crap this franchise went through for a decade before.
If Matthews doesn’t want to re-sign because Dubas is GM then have a good career bud.
Here is what the trade would look like. He gets traded to a team he doesn’t want to play for and not likely extending. Team underpays.
He goes to a team that he would sign an extension to, but other team doesn’t even make an offer until after July 1, where we negotiate from a weak position. Team underpays.
Trading him will make the team worse, and give us capspace to allow us to overpay for middle of the pack grit that won’t move the needle.
There is no scenario where we benefit. For the next decade we will make moves to mitigate the loss. So this last post-season is probably the last playoff hockey we get for a very long time.
Pridham needs to start fielding offers from around the league.
Tell Austin he’s either signing by June 15th, to one of a few packages Pridham puts together, or he’s playing on x team this season.
Can’t risk ending up in a Calgary situation.
Ditto Nylander.
Ditto Marner next offseason.
With Matthews, Marner, Nylander, and Tavares all reaching the ends of their contracts, this team is at a crossroads.
And as much as I love Matthews, you gotta be worried about his health when handing out a 13M contract. I don’t buy the narrative that he didn’t battle these playoffs. Dude hit, and routinely dominated the ice when he was on it, but the results weren’t there, and I haven’t seen his insane shot in a while. He’s still a menace without it, but he’s not a $13M player without it.
Matt Murray is just salty
if this is true they need to be knocking on dubas’ door with a full apology and a blank cheque ASAP
If this is true and nobody in the organization knew it, that’s a big problem.
If Matthews cared he would have signed for 8 years last contract. Just saying.
If Matthews is waiting to see what happens to Marner, and if he gets traded doesn’t wanna sign before July 1 or possibly at all, even if the return is different than Marner, but what the team needs to win in the playoffs, I don’t know what to say really other than see ya. Players have ran the show for to long and it’s time for management for take it back. They should do whatever they can to keep Matthews, but if it’s means keeping the same core (especially Marner) and giving Auston 15M to do that, than unfortunately he’s gotta go too. The Leafs will not win the playoffs if this going trend keeps happening
Fuck.
News like this just writes itself.
Pivot now. Be middling for a few years and keep cap space open for McDick’s homecoming.
They’re done. The team is cooked. We’re going back to nothingness. There is nothing bright or exciting about what has happened. This is a clusterfuck of fuck ups and will lead to many many fans swearing off the team.
That’s pretty obvious. There’s all kinds of turmoil at the moment and Matthews wants to know what kind of team he’d be committing to before signing. I’d do the same.
Of course no one is sure. It would always be this way. No move clause and a player who doesn’t deliver in the playoffs it reportedly wants a huge contract next year.
It’s decision time right now. It would always be up in the air. This isn’t news unless you’ve been hiding under a rock.
If the Leafs can’t get a deal in principle in place that makes sense before the draft they have no choice but to trade him. Doing anything else makes zero sense
If matty wants to be here he’ll be here, if he doesnt want to be here there’s nothing that will change his mind, figure out what it’ll be before the no move kicks in and go from there, waiting till it’s too late would be a disaster though
This is going to be hugely unpopular, but I think they need to look at trade scenarios.
Matthews will stay.
Enough of this drama.
Press X to doubt
If Matty is only playing here because of a GM then that points to alot of issues….
Trade players for a bunch of 1st rd picks 2026
Nobody was sure before, but sure as shit nobody is sure after…
14 mill 8 years. Dubas who.