With elimination still fresh in his mind, it's hard for Matheson to think of his own personal season after what the team went through up until Game 7. When looking at numbers, this was the best year of the defensemen's career, and aside from that, he was happy with the way he played overall. Matheson feels that he made good strides with his game in a lot of areas, and with a lot of areas to continue to improve on, he's excited for the future.
"I think if you really do go back and look at that series and the whole season as well, we didn't play a single game this year with a whole healthy lineup with everybody available," Matheson said. "That was difficult in the sense that we never got to see our full team. But having said that, I think we did a good job of fighting through that, whether it was during the season or in the playoffs when guys weren't available. A lot of people stepped up and played in different roles that they weren't used to and did a great job of that. So, to come away losing in overtime in Game 7 is a tough pill to swallow. That's the way it goes sometimes, and you just got to use it as motivation going into the next season."