Auston Matthews may be suffering a concussion per new reports
Auston Matthews has been struggling with an injury over the last several games of the team's first-round series against the Boston Bruins. Today a Toronto radio host named Howard Berger alleged that Auston Matthews could be battling a serious ailment.
While speaking about the Toronto Maple Leafs series Howard Berger talked about the Auston Matthews injury. He has interpreted the secrecy behind Auston Matthews' health to mean the star could be dealing with a concussion.
UPDATE
Howard Berger, the man behind this report, deleted his post after public backlash.
Now even during his argument Howard Berger makes it sound like this is quite the elaborate conspiracy theory to make the jump from illness to concussion. The league has policies in place to protect players from themselves and this kind of deception would be bypassing them all.
While Auston Matthews does indeed likely just have some sort of illness that he cannot shake now the small seed of doubt has been planted by Howard Berger. Regardless of what Auston Matthews is dealing with it seems like the team is preparing to play a must-win game without their top center.
That is not the case today
Leafs preparing for a scenario where Auston is unavailable for Game 5
As more information is provided on Auston Matthews' game status and ailment that is keeping him out we will provide that to you. Until then speculation will continue to run rampant through Maple Leaf Nation.
Source: Hockey Feed - Reports that Auston Matthews may be out with a concussion
| POLL | ||
AVRIL 30 | 215 ANSWERS Auston Matthews may be suffering a concussion per new reports Do you believe Auston Matthews is dealing with some more serious than a general sickness? | ||
| Yes | 149 | 69.3 % |
| No | 66 | 30.7 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||