Today the Maple Leafs players, Brendan Shanahan and Kyle Dubas met the media. There’s nothing very useful a hockey player can say after being ousted in what isn’t even actual playoffs. They perform hockey, they aren’t there to explain it to you, and they see the game from inside their own heads. Usually what they have to say adds up to: I’m angry/sad.
Auston Matthews put that shoe on the other foot, and said this:
And I think that’s fine and right he feels that way. Every NHL player should never read anything said about them, never watch TSN or Sportsnet, and the first thing they should do after signing a contract is smash the radio in their car.