Auston Matthews is LOVING Toronto & faces of the NHL 👀 | The Pat McAfee Show

[@poorsonwelles]

Y'all should roll highlight reels of the player while you're interviewing them! If people haven't seen Matthews' best goals, they gotta see that.

[@APackOfNinjas]

This is a great idea.

[@MackDonald]

I'm not going to like your comment because it's currently at 34(AM)..

[@Pikabo0]

His second ever goal was absolutely disgusting, def deserves to be up there

[@HarrisonHollers]

Yeah they should show McDavid’s goals…much more amazing! Or MacKinnon.

[@joer8854]

They can't. The NHL and the team will claim the video the moment it becomes public.

[@shahaan-shah]

I really hope hockey fans notice & appreciate what Pat's doing for us

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa369]

Matthews answering that his “welcome to the league” moment was when he scored 4 goals in his debut is fucking legendary lmao

[@VanIsland69er]

Had to make up for Mcafee fucking up that McDavid led the league in goals last year not Mathews….

[@aparksmusic]

​@VanIsland69er as a Leafs fan I caught that.. he was the two years prior, but the shade thrown to McDavid there 😅😬 and AM didn't even correct him 🫣😆

[@Pikabo0]

Ngl, even as a leafs fan it's really funny that they managed to lose that game.

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa369]

@@VanIsland69er I was wondering if Matthews was gonna correct him 😂

[@daniellussier211]

4 goals and a L

[@JNJ1014]

Pat is going to single-handedly double the popularity of the NHL, his interview technique is simply fantastic 👏👏👏

[@krakenhawkstratdude204]

Stephen A Smith won’t touch hockey. At least Pat appreciates the sport and leads the charge.

[@Matts000]

100% agree!! It’s great exposure.

[@heyimfrankandyou]

Very well said! THIS is how hockey players need to be interviewed.

[@beast37171611]

He won't touch hockey because he knows he'll make himself look like more of a fool than he already is@@krakenhawkstratdude204

[@GianniVitucci]

He just needs to have Biz on the show every week.

[@ach2337]

As an American Leafs fan I appreciate you all, we need to showcase this man, hands down Mathew’s is the best American center. If you know Toronto hockey this man will be anointed as their Hockey God if he manages to bring them the Stanley Cup

[@dylanevans7529]

As A Canadian, unfortunately because he's American he'll likely be Placed beside A Canadian like Marner or Tavares or Reilly... But to the fans He will be Highly regarded and by a large margin of fans the greatest.

[@ZoeW101]

That part!

[@Pikabo0]

@@dylanevans7529 you can’t be serious? He’s easily the most popular leaf since Sundin, most talented player in franchise history hands down. JT will always be shit on (deserving or not) for his contract, Willy is loathed by boomers for existing, Marner is hated by a weird chunk of the fan base too, and Rielly will likely turn into a scapegoat again until spring

[@Pikabo0]

Kind of curious, how’d an American become a leafs fan?

[@shaneturner1809]

​@@Pikabo0 Marner is on his level too. He's just focused on setting Matthews up like the good old playmaker he models himself after The best to ever do it, Gretzky Nylander might even be on Matthews level too, the Sweeds are nothing to sneeze at

[@canadianrage5224]

Being a Leafs fan from Ottawa, i was at the game when Matthews made his NHL debut and scored 4 goals. I was 12 years old, so I wasn’t as invested in hockey as I am now, and I didn’t really appreciate what I was witnessing at the time. I was just upset we lost that game, but as I got older and more knowledgeable about hockey, now looking back on that moment and being apart of that history is surreal. Love Matthews, such a humble and down to earth guy that’s been able to excel despite having a ton of pressure on his shoulders playing in the largest market in the league. Toronto and Leaf fans everywhere love you, so happy he resigned.

[@sasdsdds]

Sens won that game in OT :/

[@jeffreycairns767]

​@@sasdsddsThat's what he said

[@sasdsdds]

@@jeffreycairns767 whoops I was thinking he was a Sens fan lol

[@natas-6747]

Lifelong Leafs fan. Dougie and Wendel Clark are forever my favourites, but NEVER in my lifetime have the Leafs had players (in their prime) as good as Auston, Marner and Nylander. Love ya Auston! Thanks for the thrills!

[@GianniVitucci]

Thanks for the support from all of us in the Great White and all us Leafs fans (GLG). Just a small correction: Auston won the Rocket Richard (Most Goals) award the year before last. Connor McDavid won it last year.

[@dylanhopkins14]

No it wasn't it was last year. 2 seasons ago but it was 2022 which is last year

[@fallis07]

last year not last season, remember hockey seasons are 21-22, 22-23 etc.

[@Youngjas17]

Let’s goooo can’t believe they got Matthews on the show

[@Thisisbailie]

Matthews led goals in 2021 and 2022 but last year was McDavid.

[@MrPantera123456]

Go Leafs Go!

[@hotfirewire]

Humble and skilled not often do you see both in a Superstar.

[@therapist6328]

Those traits go hand in hand with hockey players. They also don't waste their first checque on diamonds and Bentley's.

[@erickbolden2584]

Lovin this NHL coverage on ESPN

[@thpisland2423]

What’s your welcome to the league moment? “When I scored 4 goals in my first game” What a G

[@poorsonwelles]

Gotta get Auston into the MLB All Star celeb game next year!

[@eggsbruhnadict4298]

he'll hit better than the jays 💀

[@Pikabo0]

@@eggsbruhnadict4298 i'm pretty sure he singlehandedly cursed the jays by showing up to games lol

[@poorsonwelles]

@@eggsbruhnadict4298 I’m still so mad about the WC series 😑

[@hellomotoCoop]

Best goal scorer in the league

[@TYtyeTyee-ee1fn]

Humble for how much of a boss he is!!!!

[@jackharrist8180]

Kudos to Pat for not just marketing hockey, but doing such a great job of it. The NHL could learn a lot of things watching this set up and interview style.

[@dbow0097]

Thanks Pat! From a life long hockey fan from Arizona

[@chamber32doors]

Hit em with the 4 like Auston Matthews

[@smarbels]

Only recently learning about McAfee since he started covering hockey. He really is great and conducts an excellent interview with great questions

[@JoeyVatavuk]

Not only did he have 4 goals, but one of them was a pickpocket of Erik Karlsson and one was on Dion Phaneuf

[@Pikabo0]

Which was on phaneuf? I remember him cooking EK65 and Mark Stone (along with I believe Neil) on his second ever goal

[@JoeyVatavuk]

@@Pikabo0 goal 3 is right in his face

[@maddenmobilegames720]

Love that you are having nhl players on the absolute best most fun athletes out their

[@champagnesupernova2536]

The face of the NHL. Auston Matthews!

[@lowpolar]

Pat is doing an awesome job at bringing hockey to everyone that doesn't know how incredible it is! thank you!

[@Qmocean]

Highest paid NHLer makes less than some 2nd and 3rd stringers in the NFL, NBA n MLB. That plays a big part in why more of them remain humble. An NFL QB probably makes more in 1 game than the minimum salary for a year in the NHL.

[@Grayto]

The average salary of both leagues seems to be about 3 million a year. I would probably say there are more 2nd and 3rd strings in the NFL, but they dont get paid that much, while the higher end NFL players get substantially more than their elite NHL counterparts. Also, the endorsment and advertisments contracts for elite NFL players likely eclipses those of the NHL.

[@Qmocean]

@Grayto not many of the average salary guys are going to be entitled. Those guys are probably more like hockey players than their much higher paid peers, because they're the guys tgat are most likely to ignore injury for fear of losing their jobs. The superstars in hockey usually remain humble. Listen to the highest paid guys in hockey talk. McDavid, Matthews, McKinnon, etc. They're all very humble. Some of that is due to the fact that if you combined all 3 of their salaries together, they wouldn't even crack the top 5 nfl contract values. Lamar makes $1M less this season than the top 7 NHL salaries this season.

[@Grayto]

I don't undertsand your point. Those are the average salaries from each league from what i can find. I agree that the higher end players don't make as much, but I believe the statistics indicate that the average player in NHL is better off. I also think injuries are a worse concern in the NFL, and the time in the league is shorter (3.3 years) vs the NHL (4.5). The numbers don't bear our that the NHL is poverty league compared to the glamorous NFL league. Im sure there is desperation for some lower-end players in both leagues.@@Qmocean

[@Qmocean]

@Grayto who said anything about them being poverty? My point is that there aren't anywhere near as many high paid athletes, and the high paid athletes aren't making that much more than everyone else. The highest paid NHLer is $12.6M, in the NFL it's $80M. Both have similar minimums, kinda. The NHLs minimum is the same for everyone. NFL it climbs depending how many years they have played. That massive discrepancy is what leads to more guys having little to no humility. The NHL tends to have way less arrogant athletes than their higher paid counterparts. The amount of guaranteed money leads to more of them completely changing how they play. They get the bag and then shit the bed.

[@Qmocean]

@Grayto in short. NHLers remain more humble because their superstars only make $12M not $40M-80M.

[@ThaOldNite]

Digging the mullet dude!!! Hellz yeah 😆

[@DurdyShwa]

We Love you here in Toronto as well brother. Greatest player to ever wear the Blue & White. 💙Go Leafs Go💙 💙Leafs Nation 4 Life💙

[@quinnblackhurst8181]

Pat McAfee - Hockey’s Unlikely Hero

[@patrickkirkham]

I’m surprised that he didn’t correct Pat that he led the league two seasons ago the first time in a decade anyone had scored 60 edit: I guess I should mention that McDavid led in goals last season

[@jeffreycairns767]

EVERY true hockey fan knows both

[@MrPantera123456]

Ya I was very surprised also.

[@RealMrNails]

oh i see what's going on here... and i love it!

[@tompriestley8221]

There’s such a humble guy culture in hockey which is great but man I wish they’d let that locker room crazy banter personality out a little more occasionally

[@darrenmacniel5481]

GLG Love Matthews

[@phillyphill955]

Im a huge Leafs fan and glad its getting more coverage, but the hosts should do more studying before doing these kind of interviews.

[@ryandenton190]

I think hockey players always obviously grow up in wealthy families because it's an extremely expensive sport, so they live a comfortable lifestyle their entire lives so they're just used to it and not craving celebrity and money when they're older...

[@canadianrage5224]

Good point.

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

Yes, but it's also the culture "name on the front, not on the back; don't stand out, team first, don't focus on building your personal brand, etc." It's slowly starting to change with the younger guys like Jack Hughes though give it five years and we'll see some of the swagger of the other leagues lol

[@ryandenton190]

@@kiroolioneaver8532 I hope not. I find the players from the other leagues to look thirsty... hockey is the only big sport left that seems respectable

[@jeffreycairns767]

Disagree. I know an NHL player that was raised in an average home. There wasn't alot of extra money available but every penny and time went towards his career. His sisters weren't happy and did without alot of things they wanted but that's the way it is in some families

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

@@ryandenton190 You gotta sell the product man it's the entertainment business and by necessity that's what's going to have to happen to keep the sport relevant. You're already seeing this with baseball and stars like Bryce Harper lol

[@tdenhof1694]

I really hope pat transitions to covering hockey the way he covers football week to week after the Super Bowl. It would be a perfect time in the season to step in, right before the playoff push… his enthusiasm for the game beats most or is on par w tnt’s crew

[@Conada1002]

Big Tony

[@jeffreydean5112]

Thank you for bringing up diversity in hockey. Everyone thinks it’s just “all white people” but it’s way more than that. So many countries are represented in hockey

[@Pikabo0]

They are, but it's also true that the sport is largely played by well off white guys, which kinda sucks tbh. Toronto is the most diverse city on the planet, the crowds outside the arena during playoff games are from fucking everywhere, but you wouldn't really know it from the team. It's why a lot of kids from Muslim backgrounds (myself included) fell in love with Kadri so deeply; he was the first person who looked like us playing for our team. Papi's an inspiration for latino kids everywhere, i know a few people who started cheering for the wild and stars because Dumba and Jason Robertson are fillipino, hope his little brother can do the same for the blue and white. I love that the team's began to embrace it more and more in recent years, doesn't matter where you're from, you bleed blue and white.

[@blacksheepAb]

Lead the league lmfao he was 17th 24 goals behind Connor McDavid

[@Ghost-ir7yl]

I think he meant two years ago

[@Leafsfan91]

Casually just mentioning that he scored 4 goals in his debut, thank you for not mentioning the score of that game btw.

[@Don.Ryan91]

As a Canadian living in Toronto, you have no idea what Mathews means to Toronto

[@gerardfraser]

awesome

[@dangdin554]

Love that he resigned. Worried that he was gonna find his way back to the states.

[@MrPantera123456]

I’m surprised Papi didn’t correct Macafee. Matthews didn’t lead the league in goals last year.

[@aparksmusic]

Same. I'm a bigger fan of AM than I am of McDavid, but that shade there was unnecessary 😂🫣

[@Pikabo0]

if Mac wants to award him a third straight Rocket, who's Auston to disagree?

[@coreyrees840]

Hockey players in general just have a different mindset and grew up in a different culture compared to other sports. We don’t really look for/care for the celeb status like other athletes. Like some nba players seem like celebs more so than athletes if that makes sense. I’d say most hockey players love the lack of attention. You get be a millionaire without the downsides of not being able to go anywhere and not being able to live a semi normal life.

[@worstusername]

Tony Da Goat 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@ZoeW101]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

[@georgetsekos3091]

He scored the most goals 2 years ago*

[@lucapascucci2540]

Love you guys but you gotta do more research... he didn't lead the league in goals last year, he didn't sign for 100Ms, and ofc he scored 4 in the first game....

[@gregscott3479]

Hockey players are chill because if you show boat or boast too much, the other players can punch you in the face. lol

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

Wow, Pat hit the big time. How did he book The Hairline?

[@leonidas7281]

Hes not resigning in Toronto

[@rickma6363]

McDavid led the league in goals last season. Who's feeding this guy his info?

[@Gooj42]

Asking Mathew’s how his golf game is is such an unintentionally funny question to ask a leaf 😂😂

[@MrM4rvelous]

Where were you when am34 hung 4 during his very first game lol

[@flannelfield5255]

patty a la papi? si senor....lets gooooooo, leafs go!

[@daniellussier211]

Crazy picking a L as your welcome to the league moment lmao

[@Nilbogllat]

Love hockey. Go canes

[@terry4898]

McDavid led the league in goals last season. Matthews led the year prior. Details matter Pat.

[@raptorspostgametalk]

AM34 let's go

[@renzo2579]

I really appreciate ESPN actually having people with personalities doing these interviews. The Canadian broadcasts are so boring and too old school

[@heyimfrankandyou]

Exactly! The other interviews put me to sleep.

[@amac5875]

Boring or not, pretty sure a Canadian interviewer would know he led the league in scoring 2 years ago. Last year he was tied for 14th.

[@renzo2579]

@@heyimfrankandyou It's always the same thing. "nice goal in the 2nd period, tell us what you saw on that play".... lol

[@renzo2579]

@@amac5875 one mistake didn't make it less entertaining imo. I just want to see more personality and excitement in our broadcasts in Canada. idk maybe I just watched too much hockey in my life and got bored with the what happens between periods lol

[@sals79]

@@renzo2579 i've been saying this shit for decades now. i hate how robotic players are. show some godamn personality! that's why i absolutely love the move to TNT! too bad it's only once a week, unless it's something special like tonight's heritage classic.

[@davestrange3718]

choke choke choke, why was Aston talking in past tense when talking about Toronto ?

[@chrismccrea6927]

Mcdavid lead the league in goals last year, come on do your homework

[@slimrick]

thanks for growing the game pat ... merica needs to get off that shitty baseball n watch a real sport !!!

[@jeffreycairns767]

Exactly. No more baseball, football or basketball. They're all boring asf to watch but hockey is the best to play and watch.

[@slimrick]

@@jeffreycairns767 man I like my nfl but it can be boring so many whistles so many injuries and stoppages ... nhl changing rules latley doin that to hockey tho ... like these coaches challenges on offsides... refs get it right 95 percent of the time just let the game flow more and so many penalties these days it's great when there's no whistles and the boys are playing

[@whoopdattrick9390]

Mcdavid led league last year bud

[@nugglife3035]

Nathan MacKinnon is awesome.

[@jeffreycairns767]

???

[@Rggilby]

He didn't score the most goals but I'm not here to hate lol. Great content

[@canadianrage5224]

Not last year, but since entering the League he’s the leading goal scorer.

[@TheMattboudreau]

I thought the same, but technically he won it in 2021-22. 22 being lastyear, technically

[@Playstation19999]

Who did than if it wasn't him ? 😂

[@canadianrage5224]

@@Playstation19999 McDavid with 64 goals

[@Rggilby]

@@Playstation19999 McDavid ever hear of him?

[@VanIsland69er]

He didn’t even lead the league in goals last year, that was 2 years ago…….

[@aparksmusic]

2 years prior yes.

[@Pikabo0]

leads all players in scoring sicne entering the league tbf. Hillarious that a 40g year is down for him

[@slimrick]

MORE HOCKEY !!!!!

[@tankdiggs8974]

American Hockey got better because since the 80s Canadian nhlers have played an American cities settle down and started lives and Families safe to assume a lot of them got involved with their children and coaching minor leagues so over time young kids games developed while being coached buy NHL Talent from Canada this is my personal Theory but it makes a lot of sense to me play the majority of my life from age 18 to 30 in St Louis I meet a girl from St Louis I coach my kids team

[@silgarf]

Pat atleast do ur research he didn't lead league in goals last year

[@Kuch86]

I can’t wait until ESPNs contract is over with the NHL. It’s cool and all that ESPN wants to talk about hockey more but At least have people who know wtf they are talking about cover it. This clown and PK Subban is the best you can get? Like come on. Don’t get me started on Buccigross. He’s ear bleeding bad.

[@Matts000]

Lol 🤡🥴

[@johnschober1819]

Leafs are a 2 line team at best, they're not going anywhere

[@208467]

he has all his front teeth, wow.

[@zigfield723]

Except last year he didn't "lead the NHL in goals". The best player in the world Connor McDavid did with 64. Pat, get it together.

[@hazelnut49]

Next you should interview the american superstar hockey player Jack Hughes from the New Jersey Devils who is already the best player this season only 2 weeks in!🙌 🇺🇲

[@TailGunner9187]

As a hockey fan, it's pretty cringy. ESPN needs tk gtf out of hockey. And I'm an American

[@LeeAdrian777]

Look at this rebel who went against society and didn’t get tattoos.

[@captainkushy7829]

as a canadian fan STOP BLACKING OUT EVERY FUCKING GAME

[@rileymills7887]

Biting my tongue that he didn’t lead the goals last year (the 3 years before tho ya)

[@jeffreycairns767]

Year before, not 3 years before

[@aparksmusic]

​@@jeffreycairns7672 years prior*

[@Culinaryduet]

Matthew was a little cringy tbh 😂 let’s go leafs

[@EuroGuy85]

we'll see how he feels about Toronto when they steal his car

[@Pikabo0]

knowing auston, he'll propbably just steal it back and go the opposite way to score

[@EuroGuy85]

@@Pikabo0 not in the second round 😂 😂

[@larrymildred5863]

Lol Matthews did not lead the league in goals last year, he was not even top ten. Just another perfect example of the espn crowd not knowing anything about hockey.

[@robertcianciaruso3258]

Mcafee’s knowledge of hockey…Mathews leading goal scorer last year? If ESPN really cared about promoting the game and doing it right they would hire grapes, too bad espn’s become the world wide leader in woke.

[@jimbeau64]

Go Leafs Go!!!!

[@maxb9435]

I LOVE how humble hockey players are in the media... ya got morons and JAGs in other sports talking shit all the time like Micah, Antonio Brown, Paul George, Kyrie Irving and so on.... meanwhile ya got a beaut of player in the NHL here and he's humble, interesting and bright. LEARN FROM THE HIM - NFL, NBA

[@whoisjaaxn2587]

who in New York doesnt know Sidney Crosby loool thats a stretch

[@og3989]

AM 34 🇨🇦🔵⚪🏒

[@steelflex]

Pat mcaffee is terrible!