{"id":275208,"date":"2025-04-29T19:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/paul-bissonnette-believes-matthew-knies-extension-is-more-of-a-priority-for-leafs-than-65408000-star\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","slug":"paul-bissonnette-believes-matthew-knies-extension-is-more-of-a-priority-for-leafs-than-65408000-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/paul-bissonnette-believes-matthew-knies-extension-is-more-of-a-priority-for-leafs-than-65408000-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Bissonnette believes Matthew Knies&#8217; extension is &#8216;more of a priority&#8217; for Leafs than $65,408,000 star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4897263\" data-slug-id=\"2497354\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Matthew Knies had a goal in the Toronto Maple Leafs&#8217; Game 4 matchup with the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. For the third straight game, the Battle of Ontario has gone to overtime. Toronto won the first two, but the Ottawa Senators staved off elimination by winning the last one.<\/p>\n<p>Knies&#8217; performance, as well as his overall play in the playoffs, has Paul Bissonnette making bold claims about his future. He thinks he&#8217;s more important to keep than Mitch Marner, who is on a six-year $65.4 million contract.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Knies received a ton of praise from Bissonnette on &#8220;Spittin&#8217; Chiclets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That was one of the nicest goals I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; Bissonnette said on Monday. &#8220;Yeah, he was shooting lightning bolts out of his a**&#8230; And you said it, the fact that that he was able to fake a backhand, go forehand, and go top cheese, right where grandma hides the v*******s is absolutely bananas.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He called the Knies &#8220;incredible,&#8221; adding that the Leafs have to do &#8220;whatever they can&#8221; to re-sign him to a long-term contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He is just as much, if not more of a priority to re-sign than Mitch Marner, and at this point, I would say more of a priority, just because his game transfers more over to playoff hockey,&#8221; Bissonnette said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bissonette also praised Anthony Stolarz and Toronto&#8217;s &#8220;big dogs&#8221; for their performance. He added that he&#8217;s pleased with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/william-nylander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">William Nylander<\/a>, and he expects the Leafs to &#8220;close it out in five.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Matthew Knies earns praise from Craig Berube<\/h2>\n<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs are one win away from advancing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/stanley-cup-playoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Stanley Cup Playoffs<\/a>. They nearly swept the Ottawa Senators thanks to a clutch, tying goal from Matthew Knies in Game 4 on Saturday. He took on the defense one-on-one on a breakaway puck and scored.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Matthew Knies scored a goal last time out (Imagn)\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Matthew Knies scored a goal last time out (Imagn)\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/19c26-17459524072389-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Matthew Knies scored a goal last time out (Imagn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Craig Berube had nothing but praise for his star player on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That\u2019s a lot of effort, I\u2019ll tell you, he pulled away,&#8221; Berube said, via Yahoo Sports. &#8220;He\u2019s a powerful guy, and what really impressed me was, it looked like he got in really tight on the goalie, but just pulling that puck back and getting it upstairs. It\u2019s a high-end goal by him. He keeps impressing me, along with impressing everybody in the organization.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Knies and the Leafs will have another chance to close it out on Tuesday in Game 5. 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