Two additional hockey personalities weigh in on the Auston Matthews/Travis Konecny situation
Much was made of former NHLer turned analyst Mike Rupp and his comments regarding Auston Matthews and the way he handled the scrum at the end of the game against the Flyers on Wednesday. Rupp said that Matthews smiling and smirking and standing around while his teammates jumped in to protect him sent the wrong message - a message that would get old quick in the dressing room. On their "32 Thoughts" podcast this week, Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman discussed the situation and Rupp's remarks.
"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.
- Friedman on the Matthews/Konecny scrum.
Marek chimed in and said that Matthews standing back and smiling was more of a "this is ridiculous" smile than a "gotta get through my team before you get to me" smile. Regardless of how you observed it, Friedman is right in that Matthews should have at least grabbed someone to avoid any odd-man situations in the scrum.
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NOVEMBRE 4 | 76 ANSWERS Two additional hockey personalities weigh in on the Auston Matthews/Travis Konecny situation Do you agree with Elliotte Friedman's take on the Matthews/Konency dust up? | ||
| Yes | 58 | 76.3 % |
| No | 18 | 23.7 % |
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