Matthew Knies Reveals His Ultimate Goal For This Season, and It's Not What You Think
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies is one of the best goal-scorers on the team, but going into next season, he is hoping to achieve something special.
Matthew Knies is a player who has a lot of pride in his work, and this past season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he showed the hockey world what he is capable of.
Twenty-nine goals in your second full-time season isn't too shabby. Meanwhile, the forward is also playing alongside guys like Auston Matthews.
With Mitch Marner gone, Knies will be that much more important to the Leafs this season, and there is no doubt that he is eager to up his game.
Matthew Knies wants to make the U.S. Olympic Team
While speaking to the Daily Faceoff, Knies actually revealed that his goals for next season go beyond just playing well for the Maple Leafs.
Instead, Knies wants to be so good that he gets consideration for the U.S. Olympic Team. NHL players are going back to the Olympics, and he wants to be a major part of that.
Obviously it would be a huge honour to make that team and to get to represent them again on that stage, that'd be pretty surreal.
I have to earn the opportunity to make that roster and I know it's not gonna be easy, there's a lot of names that deserve to be there. It's gonna be challenging, but I think if I have a strong start to the season, I can show what I can do and hopefully earn my way onto that team.
I have to earn the opportunity to make that roster and I know it's not gonna be easy, there's a lot of names that deserve to be there. It's gonna be challenging, but I think if I have a strong start to the season, I can show what I can do and hopefully earn my way onto that team.
Following the 4 Nations Face-Off, Knies became inspired to play for his country, and you have to appreciate that.
Although Canadian hockey fans would be rooting against him, Leafs fans would love to see him make the Olympic team and play alongside Auston Matthews.
He is a player who is going to have an amazing career in the NHL, and even if he doesn't make the Olympics this year, he will have more opportunities in the future.
Only time will tell whether or not Knies is able to reach his ultimate goal or not.
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