Leafs' Auston Matthews Happy For Mitch Marner's Success In Vegas

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Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner spent almost a decade playing together with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and even though Marner turned his back on the franchise, Matthews was still very happy to see Marner's success in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Vegas Golden Knights.

Marner and Matthews are set to faceoff for the first time this season, and Matthews was asked about Marner leading the league in postseason points last season. It's obvious the two remain very close off the ice, and have still kept in touch:

Marner looks to keep the momentum going into this season, meanwhile, Matthews has some new linemates in Jack Roslovic and Kirill Marchenko, and has seemingly turned back the clock and is back to dominating hockey games. 

Matthews posted four points, including the overtime winner in a thrilling comeback on Tuesday against the Nashville Predators. Leafs' head coach Jim Hiller is uber-impressed from what he's seeing from his captain early on this season. "Yeah, it really was for me," Hiller said. "I thought he's been really good all the whole camp. He's working on every puck. But tonight, for me, just a little bit different tonight. And from just a pure hockey perspective, to appreciate his game tonight was really a special night for him. I know he scored the overtime winner. I'm not talking about that. Just his game start to finish."

"What I really felt was, you know, there's lots of players that played really well, but I really felt something special from Auston tonight," he said. "If you go back and watch that game, just go shift by shift on his game, you'll see all the great things that have been said about him."

Matthews has posted two goals and five points in his first five games this season, and looks to be back to the 50-goal scorer we're all used to seeing in blue and white. 
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