TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston joins Mark Masters to discuss John Tavares handing off the captaincy to Auston Matthews, how the leadership shakeup helps the Leafs in their ultimate goal of winning the Stanley Cup, Tavares and Mitch Marner’s future in Toronto, and what’s going on with Jani Hakanpää.
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Trading Marner now is pointless since his trade value is lower than what it can be. Let Oct and Nov play out….let Marner prove his worth, if he plays lights out and they get a good return on a trade….then bye bye Mitch.
Enough about the leafs already
Class act by Tavares! He’s not a dumb guy and im sure he knew that the time to pass it over was near.
How can Matthews grow? HOW can he grow?!! He can do what the best players in history do: You put the team on your back for a change when it actually counts son! Not just show up, and score a few goals. You do what Curtis Joseph, Doug Gilmour, Wendel Clark, Darryl Sittler, Dave Keon, Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuck, Teeder Kennedy, and Syl Apps did. IF Matthews himself wants to be mentioned with those names in 50 years
Goals for Leafs if The Management had guts
Sign Prince Igor
Trade Riely * we play good without him. 46-20-7
Sign Marner for 8 milli or under. Or trade with Dubas for Crosby lol
Tavares for under 4 million. He is a slow 3C
Find guys on the buyout market and guys willing to take a deal to wear the Jersey.
JT wants to be a leaf beyond 2025 and this was a requirement for him to do that – this shouldn’t be lost as part of the story
OH look the C was handed from one soft player to another soft player who scores more goals..just not when it counts. Stanley cup will be the leafs now ,,,,I’m sure of it
nothing will really change …..
Mathews doesn't have a killer instinct….
so more of the same
Nice. Meet you guys on the golf course this upcoming year. So exciting! ❤
loser franchise lol
San Jose
John is captain material with the way he handled himself
They did JT dirty…Fukin ashamed to be a Leafs' fan today.