11th hour trade or signing aside. What a damned shame it is to have this type of talent sitting on the sidelines. I Blame the Leafs mostly. Simply because if they know they have to sacrifice him to make the rest of their core stick together they should have dealt him well before the season started.
The Kid is good. Real good. They can get a great return for him and help their team. I mean I guess it's no skin off their teeth whether he plays or not, they don't have to cave into his demands since they're rolling so well even without Matthews for that stretch.
But this is embarrassing. Really is when you can potentially be wasting a full playing year of a player who would only get better.
Ugh, just trade him.
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