The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman has struggled through his first 13 games of the season. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says the player is injured and working through some things. Auston Matthews is once again helping SickKids fundraise during the holiday season. The 26-year-old appeared in a video with SickKids that also featured Canadian actor and SickKids Ambassador Ryan Reynolds and Canadian singer/songwriter and Grammy-award winner Michael Buble. The fundraising video focuses on the children at SickKids acting like kids, throwing tantrums, and as Reynolds says jokingly, "be ******". Matthews appears halfway through the video, surprising several children who were doing arts and crafts. "Hey kids, it's NHL superstar Auston Matthews," a woman in the video explained to the children. "Hey," Matthews said before one of the children pushed their crafts all over the floor. "I wanted Michael Bublé," the young girl screamed at Matthews. Matthews has been a supporter of SickKids for several years. Last season, the 26-year-old wore custom SickKids ugly/not ugly holiday sweater-themed [https://x.com/sickkids/status/1605359660827086848?s=20] skates. "Thank you @VancityReynolds for supporting @sickkids every year and for having me join what has to be one of the funniest fundraising ads ever created," Devin Singh, a Paediatric Emergency Medicine doctor at SickKids, said in a post on X [https://x.com/DrDevSK/status/1731693797539557744?s=20]. "This is a must watch! Repost and donate if you can. p.s. @AM34 & @MichaelBuble are hilarious." If you donate money to SickKids before December 24, Samsung Canada will match all donations up to $100,000. You can donate here [https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/campaign/1/fy24pchintegrated?appeal=GEA-DIGT-BRD&utm_campaign=healthefuture_vanityurl&utm_source=vanity&utm_medium=referral]. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNTk1MTUxMDE2NDM2ODQ0/cf1808c0-6a82-4298-9049-3eb2eae105b0.jpg] Related THE NUMBERS: The Maple Leafs Lead the NHL in Overtime Sessions This Season, History Shows That Could be a Problem [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/latest-news/the-numbers-the-maple-leafs-lead-the-nhl-in-overtime-sessions-this-season-history-shows-that-could-be-a-problem] Mitch Marner Sheds Fishbowl at Maple Leafs Practice After Wearing it for Only Two Games [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/latest-news/mitch-marner-sheds-fishbowl-at-maple-leafs-practice-after-wearing-it-for-only-two-games] 'It Just Seems Fitting For Him To Get That Role': Why Former Maple Leafs Forward Rich Clune was the 'Natural Fit' to be an Assistant Coach with the Toronto Marlies [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/latest-news/it-just-seems-fitting-for-him-to-get-that-role-why-former-maple-leafs-forward-rich-clune-was-the-natural-fit-to-be-an-assistant-coach-with-the-toronto-marlies] News from THN.com THN Archive: Infamous Bruins/Rangers Brawl Led To Fierce Reaction From NHL President Ziegler [https://thehockeynews.com/news/thn-archive-infamous-bruins-and-rangers-brawl-led-to-fierce-reaction-from-the-nhl] NHL Three Stars: Oilers, Islanders and Coyotes Get Much-Needed Brilliance [https://thehockeynews.com/news/nhl-three-stars-oilers-islanders-and-coyotes-get-much-needed-brilliance] NHL Fighting Rate Increased Through the First Quarter of 2023-24 [https://thehockeynews.com/news/when-tempers-flare-nhl-fighting-rate-increased-through-the-first-quarter-of-2023-24]
