Leaf Captain Auston Matthews played all season, does not have to be operated on

Auston Matthews will not need an operation outside of the season to correct an injury that he influenced during the 2024-25 season. He said that he would fully recover.

This was the main start from the availability of the end of the season on Tuesday morning from Toronto Maple Leaf, as a coach Craig Berube and many members of the team spoke to the media for the last time this season. The Leafs were removed from the playoffs on Sunday after they lost in game 7 against the Florida Panthers.

Matthews rejected it to comment on what the injury was specific, but due to the illness, she named it as a “very hard season” and “a bit like a roller coaster ride, unfortunately throughout the season throughout the season”.

He added that he believed that he could recover “100 percent” for the next season through off -ce treatments in good time and not require surgery.

Matthews had only 33 goals and 78 points and missed 15 games this year after scoring 69 goals and 107 points in the season. He had three goals and 11 points in 13 playoff games. In February he also played three games for the team in the USA at the 4 National Face-Off Tournament and recorded three templates.

“I was injured in the training camp,” said Matthews and later added that the injury had “affected many different things” all year round.

“Obviously I didn't feel great in the first month of the season, took some time, went to Germany (to see doctors), did all these things to feel better. Then somehow came to a place where I had the feeling that I could make it.

“There were obviously some good routes in which I felt good. There were some routes in which I didn't feel very good. In any case, physically a hard year, but with a little free time and simply my own process and treatment and everything, I am really confident that I will be 100 percent back in the next season. And there is nothing to worry about.”

Matthews also explained that he did not want to state the exact type of injury because he believed that the opponents could target this area in the future. “It is my right to keep it private, I think,” he said.

He added that he did not believe that the pressure to play in Toronto was a problem, although the Leafs could not move the second round beyond the second round in a row since he came to the team as No. 1 in 2016.

“I love playing in Toronto and playing for this fan base and this organization,” said Matthews. “I think this kind of things is just a kind of outside noise that has not really concentrated or spoken about too much in our changing room.”

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