Two additional hockey personalities weigh in on the Auston Matthews/Travis Konecny situation

"No problem with the way that whole thing started. Konecny is being a sore loser and as long as you don't go over the line it's okay. I love that Matthews didn't back down and that's a really important thing you have to let people know you're not always going to take it. Toronto slept walked through the first 11 games of the season it was about time that spark really showed there. A lot of their games have been lacking energy aside from being created on the powerplay. I think it's great that Giordano said not on my watch and did this. It's something Toronto kind of needed. Do I think Mike is right that Matthews should pair up with someone? Yea. He should grab someone so there's no odd man situation. But overall it's been so bad in Toronto the last couple weeks. I would just shrug that off. They needed the win, they got the win, but that's just noise. Don't let it (Rupp's comments) become a thing. But grab someone in the future."

- Friedman on the Matthews/Konecny scrum.