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We’re talking about Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews, and an article published on the Toronto Sun saying that the Chicago Blackhawks have the highest odds at landing him for next year.
Article: https://torontosun.com/sports/chicago-blackhawks-favourite-to-land-auston-matthews
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Auston Matthews was the top NHL prospect at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews
2nd – Winnipeg Jets, Patrik Laine
3rd – Columbus Blue Jackets, Pierre-Luc Dubois
4th – Edmonton Oilers, Jesse Puljujarvi
5th – Vancouver Canucks, Olli Juolevi
6th – Calgary Flames, Matthew Tkachuk
7th – Arizona Coyotes, Clayton Keller
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Alexander Nylander
9th – Montreal Canadiens, Mikhail Sergachev
10th – Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Jost
11th – Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils), Logan Brown
12th – New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators), Michael McLeod
13th – Carolina Hurricanes, Jake Bean
14th – Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy
15th – Minnesota Wild, Luke Kunin
16th – Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Chychrun
17th – Nashville Predators, Dante Fabbro
18th – Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers), Logan Stanley
19th – New York Islanders, Kieffer Bellows
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from New York Rangers via Arizona Coyotes), Dennis Cholowski
21st – Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings), Julien Gauthier
22nd – Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks via Winnipeg Jets), German Rubtsov
23rd – Florida Panthers, Henrik Borgstrom
24th – Anaheim Ducks, Max Jones
25th – Dallas Stars, Riley Tufte
26th – St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals), Tage Thompson
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Brett Howden
28th – Washington Capitals (from St. Louis Blues), Lucas Johansen
29th – Boston Bruins (from San Jose Sharks), Trent Frederic
30th – Anaheim Ducks (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Steel
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30 Comments
Nonsense!
As a Toronto resident, we know he’s not resigning. Americans don’t want to play in Canada anymore especially with the lockdowns and vax mandates
Trade Matthews for the #1 pick
I do not wantMatthews! He is not a Gamer!
Marner and Matthews are going nowhere..lol
As A Blackhawks Fan I don’t Want Austin Matthew He’s Not Good No More Plus He’s Getting Old
If Matthews goes to Chicago after they just got Bedard, I will start punching stuff.
Edit: Still salty about the lottery. (I'm about to get roasted aren't I.)
NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!!!!!! Hawks are not going to take on huge salaries THIS YEAR
The Sun is complete trash and I'm not even a Leaf fan. It's not just the sports section either
The “odds” he just made up. Toronto media….
Annnnnnnd here comes the dissent against the Hawks.
Ridiculous
What hell would they have to give up to get matthews
That’s just gross that Chicago could do that. I mean…I could see it happening, but I pray to God it doesn’t because the Blackhawks just don’t deserve it.
Not happening
More media bull$h!t strring the pot…🙄
Betting websites have WAY more insight than fans! 😂😂😂 They don't just make up random odds 🤦♂️
The Chicago Blackhawks can Afford Matthews at $13M+/yr. Let me know what you think about that.
I would rather sign Aho next offseason than get Matthews
My question is, if this trade was to actually go down, who would the hawks give up to put Matthews alongside Bedard? It’s not like they are flooded with elite prospects to swap, (pre 2023 draft) and I doubt they’d do a 1 for 1. I think he’d prefer LA a lot more and they have tons of pieces they could ship out. That’s just me tho
Bro what
As Hawks fan and a well established GM in the realm of EA sports. I don’t see this happening. If he doesn’t sign extension this summer that’s when there’s smoke. But coming to Chicago, possible not probable.
Chicago has not enough assets to make the trade viable for whomever the next GM of the leafs is.
Yeah Mathews certainly looks like he should be playing for the Sexhawks…
One, yes it's just an article. But two, betting sites usually are really good at predicting things. That's why they do this. Having said that, I don't see Matthews getting traded to Chicago without Bedard going the opposite direction which defeats the whole purpose of Matthews going to Chicago. The only scenarios that I can see are a) Toronto and Matthews don't reach a deal and also they can't find a trade (which is very unlikely, someone will offer something to Toronto that they would accept) and Matthews enters FA and through that comes to Chicago or b) Toronto actually takes shitty deal from Chicago (again super unlikely since someone will offer better than Chicago can/would offer).
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I don't want his large salary cap and the way of the future is big defensemen that can skate. Good defensemen don't come cheap either and Cap money is like gold
Let’s get real. Chicago isn’t giving up Bedard for Matthews. No way. Not happening.
The Hawks aren't trading for Matthews. If Matthews wants to move onto the Hawks in 2024 as a UFA, the Hawks definitely have interest if the price is right. Who wouldn't?
Dude you’re such a click bait. You post videos based on garbage rumors that have no basis.