"A dirty play. The league will obviously look at and see what the suspension will be or whatever. We should've had four guys in there doing something about it, but it didn't happen. But I thought they responded in the third. It was a good response there, but we all would've liked everybody to get in there right away."
"Yeah it was great. I mean, it was a lot of what we talked about. I thought that everybody went out and did what we asked in the third period, including Cowboy getting involved and going after one of their best players."
"The Leafs' lack of an immediate response to Matthews getting injured on this play drew heavy backlash from fans and media members alike, especially given this wasn't the first time a hit of this nature went unpunished in the immediate aftermath."
Radko Gudas intentionally stuck his knee out and clipped Auston Matthews during the second period, causing Matthews to crash to the ice and require trainer assistance due to a left knee injury. Gudas received a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct. Coach Sheldon Berube criticized the play as dirty and expressed frustration that the team didn't immediately respond physically. While the Leafs scored two power-play goals, their initial lack of response drew heavy criticism from fans and media. The team's physicality improved in the third period, with players like Easton Cowan standing up for teammates after subsequent hits. Berube acknowledged the team's improved response but indicated dissatisfaction with their initial reaction during the second intermission.
Read at TheLeafsNation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]