It won’t wipe away the sting of another first-round disappointment, but the accolades are still coming in for Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews. He is also the Leafs’ first MVP finalist since Doug Gilmour in 1993, when Mario Lemieux won the award. No Leafs player has won the Lindsay, which was originally introduced as the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1970-71. He added the Richard trophy to the Calder Memorial Trophy he won as rookie of the year in 2016-17. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar June 10, 2021 20:22 UTC