Maple Leafs notebook: How Auston Matthews set the tone

TORONTO — Put together a gift basket, Leo Carlsson. Send a thank-you note, Macklin Celebrini. Give the man a high five, Connor Bedard. Auston Matthews walked so future restricted free agents could run. Way back in the 2010s, when the Toronto Maple Leafs star centre signed his first post-entry-level contract, the negotiating ground for elite young forwards shifted. Previously, the prudent path for both management and franchise player was to sign for as much money and as much term as the CBA would allow. Matthews, under advisement from agent Judd Moldaver, broke the mold with his landmark five-year deal in…