Chest tattoo says “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr

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  2. I hope he reflects on himself a bit when he sees that tattoo in the mirror, although I doubt he will.

    For those who missed it, now Brock Nelson, Jake Oettinger, Kyle Connor, Jackson Lacombe, and Jake Guentzel have declined the White House invitation. So they’ve disproved the narrative that anyone on the team has to go to this. Attending was a choice.

  3. Yea it really shows a lot about how well educated and empathetic a person is.

    Yes those are words with a literal meaning, but the context of the words can also mean something entirely different, which seems be have been lost of Matthews.

    As someone who’s gonna a father soon, I hope to god that I will be able to teach the importance of that to my daughter.

  5. I have zero respect for american people. The country is morally bankrupt. Literally half the country supports and borderline worships a rapist and pedophile.

  6. One day Matthews will come to realization he shook the same hand that Trump masturbates with… 🤮

  8. Hate to say it but to him and the rest of the team visiting the Whitehouse in spite of the controversy could be him showing where he stands.

    Remember Matthews is a rich 28 year old with no higher education and no life experience where he wasn’t already rich/on the path to becoming rich.

    Athletes are not the people you should be looking at for their political opinion

  11. Leafs PR should have gotten out in front of this with him and prevent this. Are we going to see him booed in Toronto his first game back?

    I know the internet rarely reflects real life but the fan response is pretty bad everywhere I look.

  14. Zero respect for Matthews. Between that and his horrible play the last two seasons, I wish we had kept Marner

  18. I have never seen a captain and a team go from the highest high to the lowest low this quick. Trump turns everything he touches to poo

  22. Can’t trust the judgement of a man who squints in the sun while he wears a baseball cap backwards

  26. I stopped being a Leafs fan because of this foolish prick. He doesn’t care about winning a cup. He only cares about his payday. He’s gonna go sniff Trumps butthole.

  27. The Leafs had already lost me this season, and now I have even more reason to disregard them. Fuck the Leafs.

    Go Sceptres.

  28. I’m happy reading these comments and everyone is just as annoyed and pissed as I am

  34. Another reason for Leafs fans to toss this jersey on the ice—just trade this guy already.

  36. Given his mothers background and the way Hispanic have been treated by trump I’d think it’d be a good time to stand down

  37. Like the other fan bases I think it’s important to let your players know how you feel about their actions. Boo Birds can go both ways. Let him know the town doesn’t see him in a positive light. Maybe you’ll get some cap space back for a player who can lead you to the cup.

  38. AM34 with Mexican roots. Not sure what the point of placing a tattoo on your chest if you don’t honour it. Might as well put a Nike Swish on there as well. Neither means a damn thing.

  40. I say we all take him up on this and measure him as a Leaf on where he stands at this moment. It’s not an event for medalists he’s attending, it’s a political speech. As far as I’m concerned we boo him out of town. Leafs need to rebuild anyway, and I’d rather lose than keep him.

  41. I emailed his agent and beat reporters about this. I hope people ask him about what it means to him.

  44. Very curious how MLSE congratulates him during the game on Saturday. Everyone knows they will do something!

  45. Don’t know why everyone is mad, the quote and how Matthew handled this Trump stuff line up perfectly. It only falls apart if you insist on thinking he’s a good person.

  46. If the Toronto media doesn’t eat him alive for this, the fans certainly will! I’ve never said a bad thing about Matthews through it all, I was even proud of him for winning over Canada. This is something else. I won’t be as upset when he’s run out of town one day, or just leaves. It won’t end well either way.

  48. Matthew’s should be booed, disgrace as the captain of the maple leafs to endorse that pedo in chief

  49. He has a MLK tat but he just shook hands with the orange pedophile, rapist, racist president. Which is it brother

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