JD Bunkis opens with his thoughts on John Tavares’ sacrifice, before breaking down the comments post-press conference from Morgan Rielly, Brendan Shanahan, and Craig Berube. JD also talks about the difference in captaincy, if Tavares could be extending, rallying behind Auston Matthews, and Berube shielding the team from narratives.
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25 Comments
Very interesting video! Thank you for your creativity and dedication! 💞✨
The Leafs are not doing anything until we get playoff performers, and sadly that means getting a new core. This one we botched, and they learned to be scared of losing instead of being hungry for winning, and that makes all the difference in the world
Nobody really seems to be touching on it yet but the best thing about Matthews becoming the captain is that he can no longer laugh off punches to the face, or turn his back to a scrum in the corner. He's going to have to be tougher for himself and his teammates because Captains have to throw hands sometimes to make a point to the other team. Captains can't be jumping out of the way of body checks, can't skate away from scrums or make a career out of avoiding the hard areas of the ice. Tavares was a great captain for this reason as he just fights through most of what other teams throw at him but Matthews and Marner have a literal entire career of them avoiding a lot of the hard areas on the ice. This is a good sign that Berube might actually hold him accountable and help push Matthews to find another gear that encompasses the playoff environment.
Love when camera angle is empty chair cam 😅
I usually like to determine if the Leafs did the right move by reading comments for those who are jealous / hate the Leafs. If they're happy, then it's a bad move. If you see them complaining and trying to downplay it, that usually means they made the right move.
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Johns sacrifice was captain material
More Matthews ego coddling
You couldn't put on pants for this? You're dealing with summer weather in Toronto, not Arizona.
Bottom line…. Laffs lost a Ultimate Captain to a no Character spoiled brat…. Laffs SC 20….67.
You know people say loosing the C is a big deal but its hard to say man unless you know the guy well. What I saw was weight lifted off his face when he was handing over the jersey. JT just may have beein tired of that resposiblility. Hard to say unless you know him but my sense is when he spoke with the media on a reg basis esp after a loss or playoff exit he looked really drained emotionally man. I can't see Matthews liking answering tough questions based on how I have read him in past. Anyway at the end of the day they made a change….The guys in the dressing room though only know if it was the right move or not.
Yeeees finally back leeets go great stuff men
11 million dollar boo-hoos. Poor John. Nice guy, but after 56 years THE TEAM COMES FIRST. Big deal YouTube fodder.
6:55 JD, Not as tough as one playoff win in 6 years for JT
What does lead by example mean when you have 23 equals playng? All 23 can screw up or succeed. Wouldn’t you agree that Mathew
‘ 69 goals leads by example?
Mathews is current, Tavares is past. Live goes on.
Process, mountain, jeeze give me a break. Hockey guys are in a separate world.
Sit the players in front of the tv and have them watch every Panther’s playoff game from last year. Clearly show what it takes. 23 hearts pounding together on every second of each game.
The self-talk conversation was pretty strange, lol. If you listen to management and not just this year we know how much the team respects Auston and what he brings and not just on the ice. This was certainly the main thinking behind making him captain. Tavares was a good captain, but Matthews is elite of the elite. An absolute monster impact on the ice. 100% WAR analytics. As a former player said, it’s about being the best in the NHL for Auston.
JD who the hell are you talking too … The picture on the wall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tavares is a leader?!? if he was he wouldn't have screwed the NYI so badly. he does it for the money.
3:35 Bunkis pretending like he's been involved in team meetings, practices, and pre/post game scrums with the boys for the last six years 😂! Also…. what a backhanded compliment lol! "The best thing you did as captain, John… was when you stepped down as captain!" Sooo much speculation
Thank you John Tavares for ALLOWING the Leafs to make a decision that they are the only ones with the right to make. Softest market in the league.
Whether john or auston doesnt change anything …more so the organization having to do something to say they did something if u know what I mean …smh
Berube just sounds like a recycled Babcock btw
People forget the leafs are a winning organization 13 Stanley cups
They know what they are doing leafs are good I’m in the minority but keep it the same it will work
This core is the one to end the cup drought maybe around the 60 year mark leaf’s will win the cup number 14