Auston Matthews

2022 - 10 - 12

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An Auston Matthews trade, play-in rounds, team chaos rooting guide ... (The Athletic)

Let's get in a quick mailbag before we all start forming conclusions that we'll cling to all season long.

8 seeds play each other in a single game with the winner advancing and the loser facing the winner of a showdown between No. [MLB](https://theathletic.com/mlb/)’s wild-card weekend was fun and the [NBA](https://theathletic.com/nba/) play-in tournament has been a winner. The NBA and MLB now both have play-in rounds, and the NFL kind of does too if you count the wild-card weekend.

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Maple Leafs over/unders: 60 goals for Auston Matthews? 115 points ... (The Athletic)

How many starts for Ilya Samsonov? How many goals for Mitch Marner? Welcome to the first annual Maple Leafs over/unders preview.

Matthews scored at a 65-goal pace during the lockout-shortened 2020-21 season, and ripped along at a 55-goal pace the year before that. (Again: how???) But the last player to hit 60 in back-to-back seasons was Pavel Bure in 1992-93 and 1993-94. Total the last three seasons together and you’ve got a wild 148 goals in 195 games.

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