On Episode 110 of the Gluttons For Punishment Podcast, Michael Lepore and Anthony Bruno discuss Auston Matthews’ contract situation with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and whether Matthews choosing to sign a short-term deal will have a trickle-down effect among the team’s other top players. They also discuss Ilya Samsonov’s salary arbitration case, Kyle Dubas’ worst move as Leafs GM, the importance of goaltending in today’s NHL and the Leafs hiring assistant coaches Guy Boucher and Mike Van Ryn. Lepore and Bruno close the show with a Leafs offseason Q & A.
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Show Index
0:00 Intro
5:08 Ilya Samsonov’s salary arbitration
14:01 MANSCAPED
15:32 Kyle Dubas’ worst move as Leafs GM
18:36 Importance of goaltending in today’s NHL
25:17 Leafs hire assistant coaches Guy Boucher and Mike Van Ryn
33:12 Leafs offseason Q & A
58:44 Episode 110 final thoughts
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33 Comments
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What is Auston Matthews contract extension going to look like? 😰
If you ever feel bored in the summer, Joe Woll and Matthew Knies highlights will keep you informed
I'm convinced Auston Matthews is going to sign a 3-year extension and cause a negative domino effect with the other Leafs contracts. Hope I'm wrong!
Once Murray is gone, who dresses when one of the two goalies is injured? Also trading him is the only option as Murray and his agent will fight a buy-out (he is due $8M this year) and will fight LTIR if he is not injured as it would end his career..
Is Auston Matthews an all around top 10-20 player or is he a top 5 scorer? If he is an all around top 10-20 player then sign him up and let's go. If he is a top 5 scorer then trade him for all the things. I think he is more just a scorer than an all around carry and lead the team up and down the ice horse.
Come to Windsor and you'll know what real great pizza tastes like. We have the rest of Canada beat 🍕👌
I don't understand why people say they're fans of Kyle Dubas and what he did in Toronto. Dubas had nothing to do with the Leafs acquiring Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Rielly or any player of significance. The only memorable moves Dubas has made are the bad ones, the Kadri trade, the Murray trade, the Marchment trade, just bad moves all around.
I think Matthew’s is going to Phoenix AZ. I would trade him now, before he walks away to free agency.
The leafs love for Holl and Martin Marincin as if they were Alex Pietrangelo will never be understood 😂
Hilarious if he makes a penny more than Mackinnon
I heard a rumour recently that the Hurricanes and Leafs were talking about a deal of Pesce, Necas the Hurricanes 1st rounder and a prospect for Marner or Nylander and Liljegren. Would you do this deal? I know I would (although I would probably want to move on from Marner).
Matthews 5 x $13.5 per and Nylander 8 x $9.75 per is my new guess
Bertuzzi net front and Klingberg could give our pp a different look. If Nylander is signed by training camp he will be pp1 and if not may be pp2 to keep numbers down 😂
I think Austons contract will be 4 years @$13.25m
I hope to see Matthews just 1) plays out his existing contract and 2) takes the highest offer he gets and wants (even from the New York Islander to even up things from JT’s past). Shouldn’t Leafs fans maintain loyalty to Matthews and Dubas – even if Matthews signs with Pittsburgh and wins his cup with the Penguins? It just looks like Leafs will go another 50 years without a cup in Toronto – the way the Leafs executives over paid the Leads core 4. Maybe I will be proved wrong?
It wasn't Lucic that hit Mike van Ryn, it was against Montreal, and if my memory is correct it was either Tom Kostopolous or Glenn Metropolit that made the hit.
Doesn't shocked me at all a leaf fan hates pizza from NH. They already have terrible taste.
2.4 mil 4th line Kerfoot over top 2 mil PK defenseman Holl even if he was not great? Samsonov and Campbell had career years with Holl on defense. How bad could he really be?
It really is absurd that the Leafs always have overpaid players, if any market in the NHL could make-up the contract dollars from off-ice endorsements it's Toronto. Let's pay Marner five million per year and work out a deal under the table for Skip-the-Dishes to pay him the other five million.
A good goalie will save 1 extra goal per game and make 25 saves that make a difference and potentially win you a game when it matters.
Auston Matthews making north of 13 million will ensure the Leafs never win the Cup! 😁
Love the pod. Keep ‘em coming.
Hill played less games than Sam
Keep in mind , a 3 year deal is actually a 4 year deal.
Dubas has already destroyed the Leafs with multiple awful contracts, the precedent has already be set
AM earning more than CM is going to destroy the Leafs.
I lived in Connecticut for 10 years and yeah totally overrated. Good, but not worth a special trip tbh.
And New Haven is a fucking scary city! Skip Yale, send her to McGill. Wouldn’t go out at night in New Haven ever!
The reality is Auston Matthews has to do what's best for Auston Matthews. He has brought some very specific fruit of his labor to the table for the Leafs but his future is filled with free decisions that will empower him to achieve his full potential. Free agency may be his optimal path to wealth and development sign or trade the blue and white will be a better organization, go Leaf's go. 🎨
Mathews should be able to get the Leafs at least 2 Real ice hockey Players.
A Real Ice Hockey Player should know how to Properly Play Your Zone in all the Aspects.
Dominate the Puck in the Zone Your Covering, How hard is it to do.
Mathews doesn't Dominate any part of the Ice so He is more like a Chair with a Stick Taped to it.
Just do the Honor System and Push the Mathews Chair near the Opposition Goalie and Bounce the Puck Off Him and Score.
OH, I forgot the Leafs don't like to Put the Puck into the Crease anymore, WHY?
Auston Matthews didn’t destroy the Leafs, the front office paying 4 players 40 million dollars did. Hockey is a team sport, if you don’t use your cap space wisely, you won’t have the depth to go on a deep run in the playoffs. All the other team has to do is shut down Matthews, Marner and Nylander and the Leafs are useless.
I would try Junior's on Dundas Street West, near Roncesvales
Please, Please, Please dump regular season Matthews and use the cap space to get some grinder, playoff players.