The Toronto Maple Leafs are forming a contender once again. But, could Auston Matthews be thinking more about himself rather than the team? If the reports are true about Matthews wanting to land on a different line than Hyman and Kapanen, it would certainly mean some reshuffling would need to happen among the Leafs’ forward corps.
Players can have preferences of who they can play with but, at the end of the day, the coach decides the lineup. I mean, Matthews has not earned the right yet to be a player/coach. (Maybe after the Leafs win the cup).