Nick Gosse and Darius Domingues break down a report surfacing that massive changes are coming for the Toronto Maple Leafs regarding Auston Matthews and John Tavares, as well as discuss a Yani Hakampaa injury update.
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Give Mathews the C
Toronto will always have dead weight on the team and they have to get bargain players cause no really good players want to play for toronto the core 4 will always be the problem if that doesn't change first round exits every single year even mathews can't get it done in the playoffs I'd rather have any other teams core players.
Who cares if they take the C from Tavares he's old and is another liability this team will not get past the first round.
Leafs brass obviously don't care if the FANS are pissed they just want to put bodies in the seats pay the high prices for the jerseys with this core not going to win a damn thing.
With the bruins getting Zadorov I was really hoping to have jani in the team.
The leafs concerns are keeping Matthews not Tavares. This is Matthew’s team he’s the priority. Tavares is a grown man, he can handle it. Social media like the rest of you are making a bigger deal about it the Tavares is.
Acquiring Tavares with his bloated contract was Dubas' biggest blunder. it possibly cost the Leafs a legitimate run at the Cup.
A slap in the face for JT. No class act.
Trree talked about hakanpaa signing
Long suffering Leaf fan here…..The way we treat our Stars in Toronto is appalling, why would any elite player want to play here?
who cares what tavares wants? he's the biggest mistake of the matthews era. his robotic demeanor pisses me off so much!
they even had a press conference to announce the tavares captaincy as if he led the islanders to a bunch of cup finals.
There going to do it because they don’t want him leaving when his contract is up or demand a trade. His best friend is gonna be gone soon and giving THE man the C makes sense to soften him up to stay forever hopefully
Not sure why it seems to be a forgone conclusion that Tavares will return on a cheaper contract. He is slow and becoming more innefective. He is owed nothing Nd infact has bee overpaid since the beginning. He can play somewhere else. Overrated.
Mathews takes too many playoff games off to be captain…JT has earned his C… disrespectful to not wait a year to take it from him
Doesn't matter what the leafs do…. they will get bounced again from the playoffs. You can count on it.
They cannot score in the playoffs!!!!
If Matthews did something in the playoffs, different story. Matthews has more than ample time to prove himself in the playoffs. He got his record contract and doesn't care anymore. Typical American player. Pay them more, they do less.
Get out of that cancer team John!
Tavares is way to quiet to be a Captain. You gotta have a C whos vocal and leads by example. Honestly, whos out there the longest in terms of minutes? If it was me, i would have made Captain Morgan Rielly.
John T is judged by is salary .but he's done more in playoffs then 34 and 16 .imo don't strip him .but wonder if this isn't a move to get him to wave his NMC ?
Dummmmb what can a captain do that a non captain couldn't.. the captain and assistant captain is the biggest waste of time.. I've played on multiple teams and the captain ment absolutely nothing
There is no need to give the C to Mathews. The personnel is not going to change and the personalities aren't changing either. Marner would probably make a better captain than Mathews. He 's the guy who manages the team when he's on the ice, not Mathews or Tavares or anyone else. I can't say what goes on in the locker room and neither can you. But one thing we all know is that Mitch has improved every player he's played with. Mathews does not, and does not seem capable of that.
McCabe should be captain
The way I say it, Matthews taking the captaincy is both inevitable and necessary. Official captain aside, Matthews drives the team, whether he's truly the best "leader" is secondary. The team rises and falls with Matthews, team organization will come to reflect that
Seriously, what difference will changing the captain's make?
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAH Autistic Mathews cannot even spell the word intensity. skips the hard games and then shows up to lose game 7!! keep on leafing you leafing leafers!
Matthews is no captain.
Reilly has been there the longest.
JT is a class act he will do what is best for the team where ever he is playing,he would be happy with a A go Leafs go
leafs need a strong, tough guy , Matthews is not one of them
It’s either Matthews or Reilly
Your best player doesn't need to be your Captain.. many examples when the best player wasn't the team captain and that role doesn't suit every best player. Austin Matthews is a weak performer in the playoffs, if he wasn't I'd say maybe consider this, but there's nothing to be gained from this but disruption. Tavares is one of the very few Canadian players who chose to not only return to play in Canada but took a paycut to do so, Matthews wouldn't do that for Toronto. Horrible idea. To even discuss Matthews in the same sentence as McDavid makes no sense. Completely different characters. Not to mention Tavares will probably sign a cap friendly deal to stay in Toronto after next year, why risk that by insulting him like this.
wonder why they didn't go for Montour? he signed for $7.14M. Domi and Liljegren are $6.75 TOTAL, should have gone for Montour
Barring the winning goal in the only series they won ( that would be the series Mitch Marner lead the team in scoring in) ,Tavares has brought very little to this team , his emotionless play to the point of cowardice on the ice and his generic monotone answers in the press are not of Captain quality. The only thing he's brought to the Leafs is he taught young up and coming stars how to avoid accountability and milk as much money out of the team as they could. The biggest mistake of many made by Kyle Dumbass was signing him instead of bolstering the defense. $11 million dollars 7 yrs ago would have went a long way to a good defense. Hopefully this coming season is his last with this team. WE DON'T NEED HIM.
Its time for him to have the C . Beside the guys know who are the leaders in the dressing Room, No letter needed, there is still A's
Morgan Riley should be Captain if JT is stripped. Riley has way more leadership than Matthews
Heck I would pick Nylander over Matthews…
Why can't this be clean? "Hey John, we want you to give the C to Auston. please and thank you"….. why do feelings have to get involved?
Finally he cannot motivate himself. He should have never been a captain for the team
Honestly matthews is the best player on the roster it's time for change with this team with the so called core 4 but with no trade clauses hard to move these guys if they can move 1 of them then it's real change I think matthews can wear the c but will it really change the team for playoff success Honestly I think these guys are going to make marner an offer on a new deal and low ball Tavares on a new deal to create more salary cap space to sign another key peace the following season and they are going to ride this season out with these 4 guys again
Jani hakanpaa , sounds Like LTIR . And use that money to stay under the cap and return for playoffs , just a thought .
JT should leave that team ASAP!
I think you guys better wait Until Chief speaks on the matter. Maybe wait until Training Camp. Berube will make the decision
Matthews as captain makes sense.
For the love of god trade Marner