The Maple Leafs (32-30-13) entered Wednesday 11 points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference with seven games remaining. Matthews was selected by the Maple Leafs with the No. 1 pick at the 2016 NHL Draft and since that time leads all players with 428 goals in 689 games.
“They’re going to have to have deep conversations with Auston Matthews and his agent, Judd Moldaver, to get a sense as to what his plans are and what he’s thinking, and you have to lay out a vision,” Pronger told co-hosts Dan Rosen and Shawn P. Roarke. “Whoever comes in there is going to have to lay out a vision to figure out how you’re going to reimagine the team and how…