Probably not. My inclination to any kind of gossipy story is to doubt it and blame the voraciousness of the media, and the market, for blowing a perfectly normal situation out of proportion. What do we really know besides that the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock visited Auston Matthews at his home in Arizona after the season concluded?
And why do we even know that?
When the playoffs concluded, there were rumors that Matthews was unhappy with his ice time. Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet said on the radio that it appeared Babcock had “lost” Matthews.