Matthews behavior drew significant criticism from former NHLer Mike Rupp and many sports analyst alike. Last year Matthews underwent wrist surgery before going onto score 60 goals. It would be silly to expect Matthews to drop the gloves and Canadian Legend Don Cherry agrees.
During this week's edition of the Grapevine Podcast, Cherry offered the following advice to Matthews:
It's hard to disagree with Cherry's assessment of the situation. When you look around the league players like Connor McDavid, Cale Makar and Leon Draisaitl all have combined for zero career fights. There is no reason for Auston Matthews to be dropping the gloves, but skating away while his teammates are battling leaves his team at a disadvantage.
Hopefully Matthews learns from this situation, because it's only a matter of time before the time comes and help doesn't arrive in time if he starts something he's unwilling to finish.
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7 NOVEMBRE | 654 ANSWERS Don Cherry offers Auston Matthews some advice after he chose not to drop the gloves with Travis Konecny Should Auston Matthews be dropping the gloves? | ||
Yes, fight your own battles | 349 | 53.4 % |
No, he's too valuable for that | 305 | 46.6 % |
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