The 2022-23 regular season wasn't exactly stellar by the standards Matthews has created with his play. For most, a 40 goal season would be considered excellent. For Matthews, it was his lowest total since 2018-19 when he had 37. It makes you wonder if the 25-year-old is still nursing an injury, although he insisted near the end of the regular season that what ever was wrong had gotten much better, and he felt better on the ice. Toronto needs its star to play like one if there's any hope of coming back from the current 3-1 series deficit to Florida.