Auston Matthews!

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Originally Posted by nicknock-2013

Talented young man, no question. Extremely quick on the puck, knows where to park in front of the net. My only word of advice to him which is hockey 101 would be play with your head up at all times, especially in cities like Philly.
The "Beard" awaits! Radko Gudas is a wanted man in more than half the NHL cities, a cheap shot back alley leg breaker who seems to have only one job with the Flyers, inflict fear into the hearts of talented fast skating forwards.
I know the NHL has changed quite a bit since the "old" days but this guy gets away with murder. He recently bug squashed the Rangers Jimmy Vesey and the consequences were minimal at best. Maple Leafs will be returned to their glory years in a few short seasons, there's way too much talent in the front office and behind the bench. IMHO.


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I know of him and I agree, he is nothing but a cheap shot artist looking to take out top players in order to give his team a chance, just like the Broad street bullies back in the day! If they couldn't beat you with talent, they'd beat you physically into submission.

I wish Toronto had someone like Milan Lucic protecting Matthews, and especially Marner, due to his size, like he is doing in Edmonton for McDavid, but I assume that is what Matt Martin's role is for Toronto?

I don't know much about the guy, but I don't think he's Milan Lucic tough, but hopefully he has enough to make players like Gudas think twice about going after the Leafs star players?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDuDdXz11M

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Matt Martin will protect Auston!