invited a world-class goaltender into his quarantine bubble, and just because the sniper extraordinaire has been honing his already-elite shot between“No. He’s not going in net,” Matthews chuckled over the phone Thursday from Arizona. “I wouldn’t do that to him. He’s not a street hockey goalie. He likes to play out anyways.”This is just Matthews’.
“It’s obviously frustrating and disappointing to see the season go on pause. When you think about all those kinds of achievements and accomplishments, being really close to scoring 50 goals and stuff like that, I think it all kind of becomes irrelevant when you’re talking about human lives and what’s been going on around the world.”
“But this thing is bigger than sports. It’s bigger than a lot of things. And I think the most important thing is to be safe and try to stay as healthy as possible.” “Making sure that we’re all ready,” the alternate captain said. “And I think that should be taken upon the leaders to set that example.”— luke fox The superstar nails it when he describes his individual 2019-20 as a season of “growth — and room for growth,” one that began with an off-season disorderly conduct charge that sprung from a night of regrettable behaviour and was spiked with on-ice adversity throughout.