Auston Matthews Points Fingers and Throws Several Teammates Under the Bus After Game 7 Loss

We briefly touched on it this morning, but we absolutely had to revisit it.

When you think about it, captain Auston Matthews outright threw some of his teammates under the bus after the loss to the Florida Panthers.

It's causing a growing reaction, and many observers are calling it simply unacceptable.

This comment refers to the following statement by Matthews:

At first, I gave Matthews the benefit of the doubt and thought he was including himself among the "passengers," but reporters on site strongly felt that the captain was clearly pointing fingers at others.

Wow.

Names like Morgan Rielly, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and Scott Laughton come to mind, they had rough games and were seen having heated discussions with Matthews on the Leafs' bench late in the game.

It's pretty incredible.

Those are the three names most frequently mentioned by Toronto journalists as likely being the "passengers" Matthews was referring to.

In any case, for the Leafs to collapse like that and lose 6-1, there must have been more than just 3-4 passengers, if you ask me.

It's going to be a fascinating offseason in Toronto, without a doubt.

We should also keep an eye on this:

This opens up some intriguing possibilities for the Leafs' rivals, especially the Montreal Canadiens.

Could one team's misery become another's gain?