Auston Matthews on Maple Leafs Future: 'Too Early to Talk Extensions'

0:00It's April 16th. This is NHL News Today, AI-powered updates on your team. I'm Corey with the story. Austin Matthews, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, broke his silence on his future with the team after a knee injury sideline him since March 12th. His current 4-year $53 million deal runs through the 2027-2028 season, but with big changes ahead. He's keeping options open. The least fire general manager Brad Tree living back on March 30th and are now hunting for new hockey operations leadership, even bringing in an agency to help. Coach Craig Baroube's status is up in the air too, so Matthew says it's too early to map out the vision or chat extensions, those talks will happen, naturally down the line. This season hit Rot bottom for Toronto, finishing 32 wins, 36 losses, and 14 overtime losses, second worst in the east, and missing playoffs for the first time in Matthews career here.

1:00He owned the flop, saying players like him didn't deliver consistent, compete level, and he gets the fans frustration after that 30-point drop. From last year's division title, Matthews posted career lows with 27 goals and 53 points in 60 games, but his rehab is progressing well. He showed up in a brace, but stayed positive. At number one, overall in 2016, he's still the NHL's top scorer with 428 goals since debuting, and he believes. The core can rebound my Boston just did. As for the hit from Anaheim's Radico-Gudas that ended his year, a five-game suspension followed, Matthews called it unfortunate, but noted the team fought back to win that night. With new blood coming in, eyes are on whether Toronto builds around their star or sees him walk in a few years.