Quoting: Brad_Treliving
- Matthews has evolved as a player under Treliving, he actually has the stones this time to defend himself and not laugh it off like how Kyle Dubas explained it to him
- JT was not the obvious signing, it was a bone headed move by Dubas and cost us at the expense of moving Kadri who later told Dubas to "kiss his a**" when he raised that cup above his head. There is a reason why the Islanders didn't bring him back (not captain material)
- I'm taking Jake DeBrusk over Mitch Marner. One shows up in the playoffs and the other disappears (I do not care about regular season participation awards)
- No, Matthews has been doing this in the playoffs since Keefe took over... If anybody deserves credit for evolving Matthews' game, it's Keefe
- It was,, the Leafs needed a guy to take the pressure off of Matthews, and Kadri was bad in TO, so JT was the logical option... Especially since JT wanted to come home and was willing to take the pressure from the media...
- At the time of the draft, heck no... But currently, I would take Debrusk @4.5 over Marner @10.9... I think most would