Today the Toronto Maple Leafs held media availability during their locker clean-out day. As part of Auston Matthews' availability, he spoke about the injury and ailments he suffered during the series against the Boston Bruins. Until today there had been a lot of speculation and reports regarding the injury that was keeping Auston Matthews out of the lineup. Finally this afternoon we got some answers straight from Auston Matthews regarding what he was going through. First of all, Auston Matthews says it began with a sickness that developed before Game 3. Then in Game 4, Auston Matthews says he took a weird hit that resulted in an injury that kept him out for games 5 and 6. <q>Matthews said he was dealing with a flu-like virus at first, then sidelined by «a weird hit». All he would reveal.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1787513232585867772'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1787511850701082685'> </a></blockquote></div> <q>Matthews said he took a «weird hit» in Game 4 and that's all he's going to go into regarding what kept him out of Game 5 and 6.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1787510062228897986'> </a></blockquote></div> While this is an answer directly from Auston Matthews and confirms there was more to the story the answer is still underwhelming. Much of this information was already leaked by inside sources. Not knowing the exact injury that Auston Matthews went through kind of diminishes the response overall. Regardless it sounds as though Auston Matthews is improving which is fantastic news. He will be a major part of the Maple Leafs and their success going forward no matter what changes are made this offseason. <a href='https://www.dailyhockeydose.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/matthews-reveals-crucial-details-on-when-he-suffered-the-injury' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Matthews reveals crucial details on when he suffered the injury</a>