Quoting: Saskleaf
Just saying, past experiences don’t back that up. I do agree he’s probably staying though.
Past experiences? Before JT no one left the team that drafted the as an FA. Now really the only other big name, is Gaudreau and left a backwater town to go closer to family. That now means all the Leafs players want to leave. Definitely no leap there eh? Gaudreau stays in Calgary, so does Tkachuk. He left and Tkachuk thought he needs to go to a better team. Funny enough both players lost out, since they both went to bad teams. But this whole story that Matthews is going to leave is just fuel for clicks. The media drives it on to get clicks because troll nation has wanted to see the Leafs burn for ever.
Think about what people on here have said since Matthews was drafted.
A) he wasn't generational
B) then Nylander had to be traded.
C) then Marner had to be traded because they couldn't keep him
D) then rielly had to go
Now Matthews is 100% leaving
Its just not going to happen