Auston Matthews urged to overcome playoff goal drought

Monday, May 12, 2025, 11:20 pm

Amid the playoff pressure, both a Maple Leafs coach and a seasoned columnist have zeroed in on Auston Matthews’ persistent scoring woes. With coach Craig Berube confident that the “big goal” is just around the corner and veteran analyst Rick Vaive offering unfiltered advice on quelling the slump, all eyes are on whether Matthews can break free of his goal drought.

torontosun.com / LEAF NOTES: Craig Berube urges Auston Matthews to believe ‘the big goal is coming’

Craig Berube is still in Auston Matthews’s corner. “The big goal is coming, that’s the way (he has) to think about it,” the coach told media before the Maple Leafs flew home Monday. “Who knows when it will happen, but just focus on playing the game. “I get the pucks not going in for him, But he’s…

torontosun.com / RICK VAIVE: How Auston Matthews can beat the goal blues

Auston Matthews has great hands, but what he might need now is a puck to go in off his ass. Even the great scorers go through the kind of slump he’s in now, and while the timing sucks that it’s happening during the NHL playoffs, if I’m him, I wouldn’t change what has worked so […]

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