Auston Matthews makes his feeling known about Craig Berube’s outburst – Source: Imagn

Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered a lopsided 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. During the game, Leafs coach Craig Berube was visibly upset after the Blues had scored their third goal of the night, yelling at the Maple Leafs bench.

The goal in question came at 7:58 of the second period, scored by Alexandre Texier to put the Blues up 3-1. It came after Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko had forced a turnover from Matthews in the Toronto zone.

Berube was clearly frustrated with the lack of effort by the Leafs on the play, making his feelings known by shouting at their bench. When asked about the incident after the game, Matthews didn’t seem too bothered by Berube’s reaction.

“It’s hockey; you get yelled at sometimes. …” Matthews said (as per TSN Mark Masters). “It obviously has an impact. We all respect him, his presence, and everything he brings on the bench. It’s not something you take personal.”

Auston Matthews acknowledged that the Leafs didn’t play up to their potential in the lopsided loss to the Blues.

Fans react to Auston Matthews’s thoughts about Craig Berube’s outburst at bench

NHL fans reacted to Auston Matthews’ comments on coach Craig Berube’s emotional outburst against the Blues. Fans had plenty to say in response to Auston Matthews’ remarks on social media.

One tweeted:

“Letting your coach who got fired from his last team be embarrassed by them … says a lot.”

Another wrote:

“It’s playoff hockey with the chief all year long every day. Matthews will thank him for it later captain cookies is going to win a cup; they need to play a heavy game; look at the players we got from Florida; they all are playing the right way.”

Here are some more fan reactions:

“Start earning your paycheque!!!,” one wrote on X.

“Maybe that’s the problem they’re not taking this personal,” another wrote.

“If players can’t handle being yelled at for playing like shit then they have no business being in sports! Wanna play a sport where no one cares how shit you are go play ping pong or tennis where its a solo game no one cares how you do, but you!,” a user commented.

“Well said Auston , now turn your game around,” another wrote.

The Maple Leafs captain said that his team needs to regroup quickly, with a matchup against the arch-rivals Boston Bruins up next on Saturday night.