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2025 Series: Cole Caufield still has more goals than Auston Matthews
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2025 Series: Cole Caufield still has more goals than Auston Matthews
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently in a… tricky situation. They had a 2-0 lead in their series against the Panthers, but have just lost two in a row.

And given the Leafs’ history in the playoffs, the AI was probably right to doubt them, even with a 2-0 series lead.

If the Leafs want to bounce back, they’ll have to hope Auston Matthews starts scoring goals again. The club’s star forward plays good defensive hockey… but he earns his salary by scoring goals, and right now, he’s scoring goals at this level.

In fact, since the start of the current playoffs, Matthews has 10 points in 10 games, but only two goals. And that’s less than… Cole Caufield, who’s been on vacation for the past two weeks.

The CH maverick scored three goals in five games against the Capitals.

Even worse: Matthews has yet to score a career goal in the second round of the playoffs. Even Jake Evans managed that feat… even if he had to suffer to get there, Mark Scheifele’s word.

What’s clear right now is that the Leafs must be hoping their captain returns to the elite scorer he’s capable of being. Again, it’s great to see him so solid defensively… but in Toronto, we need to see him score goals.

And right now, he’s not doing that enough. Far from it, in fact.

We know that Matthews has been playing injured for some time, but at this stage of the season, all the players are suffering from injuries. This excuse doesn’t go down well… especially when it follows the trend of recent years.

And that’s why, right now, the heat on Matthews is really, really intense… so much so that in Toronto, the decision to name him captain before the current season is currently being castigated.

Let’s see if Matthews can break his goal-scoring drought tomorrow… because if the Leafs want to avoid another early elimination, the captain is going to have to step up.

And the clock is ticking.


Overtime

– Official: Miro Heiskanen will play tonight.

– Happy listening.

– Interesting.

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