Steve Dangle breaks down the reported captaincy change by the Toronto Maple Leafs seeing Auston Matthews replacing John Tavares as captain of the team. Is it the right move? Steve weighs in.
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32 Comments
As a fan of both the Leafs & Jets (i know i know) this is a way better option for a new captain than what happened with Wheeler & Winnipeg lmao. Really excited/anxious about this season. Thanks as always Steve!
Leafs saved us from a very boring August.
Matthews deserves the C and will be a great leader.
Should have been Mo. Being a great goal scorer doesn’t make him a great leader.
Its giving me biden/ harris vibes
I don't care for it. Matthews is the team's best player, that doesn't mean he's the best Captain. Look at what happened to Doug Gilmour when he got the C. All the added pressure and expectation seriously diminished his game. Sometimes, it's better to let your best players JUST PLAY.
Stripping Tavares of the captaincy? He actually managed to score the goal that won the ONLY SERIES THE LEAFS HAVE WON IN THE MATTHEWS ERA. Meanwhile, Matthews himself has a TERRIBLE record in elimination games, but sure, let's see where he leads us. Maybe one day he will help the team win more than its usual 3 playoff games a year. So far, though, his era has been a complete f***ing dud. One big nothing.
Well, this is the big change they were promising 😂😂😂
Theyre doing it in hopes to resurge Matthews.
Panthers fan: What. The. F***.😂😂😂😂😂. One goal in what 8 playoff games? Immortality is not earned in the regular season.
Leave it to the Leafs to think stripping the "C" from a current player is a good thing. Go ahead and put more pressure on Mathews. He has lit it up in the playoffs hasnt he??? Sorry but wearing the 'C" doesnt mean you must be the best player or the face of the franchise as SD says… Clearly shows Dangle hasnt play any high level hockey at all… He thinks the kid who was namedt C for his team from the coach his dad was actually earned… Smells of a desperate move by management to gain favour from the fanbase cause this isnt helping that dressing room
As a life long leaf fan. He deserves it. He’s developed into a leader on and off the ice.
It matters, but I'm not sure how much it will change things.
Matthews the best Leaf ever? Huh?
He's a fantastic regular season hockey player. After that? All bets are off bud.
Honestly, if THIS is what having "the best Leaf ever" looks like (and by that I mean ZERO playoff success whatsoever), I'd prefer the 93-95, 99-02 Leafs. Any day.
Matthews is no Gilmore, Clarke or Sundin.
gess what, they have not changed shit. toronto is doomed
Has anybody asked for Mitch Marners father's reaction?
Yup Steve, you are right on everything about Auston……….. and he is an AMERICAN! Enjoy!
Ha, what a joke! Ah the curse of Harold Ballard! Go B's Go! Whoo! Whoo!❤🎉
HONESTLY GUYS
It wont help.
It's like shuffling the deck chairs on the….. well, you know
that is all.
Name leaf captains in alphabetical order;
Me: Peter Zezel, ahh crap, looks like I'm out.
Hahahaha how dumb is that
Why does Tavares sound like Hank Hill? hahaha
Tavares after losing to BOS talking about “being right there, being so close”. Morgan rielly in his interview said “we aren’t close to anything, we need a lot of improvement and work”. Brendan shannahan mocked that “being close” idea in his end of season interview too with the new owner. This is exactly why Tavares got stripped, he was not a good captain and this move needed to happen. 2 points in 7 games in the playoffs
So they are announcing it on Wednesday? So they are trading JT tomorrow, aka Tuesday?
Somewhere in Ontario, Paul Marner and Darren Ferris are in shambles
Captain of a 1st round team 😅😅😅😅 not a real accomplishment
Should have been Mo. He was here through all the bad years, always a leader, always has the effort, true captain.
He's almost guaranteed to completely shit the bed this season. Welcome to the Maple Leaves.
Look at how Quinn Hughes changed the Cannucks after he became captain
Was this Berubes decision? If not then it should be.
i d g a f who the captain is ….. this is idiotic …. need to replace Bertuzzi ….. and resolve the Marner situation …. this is NOT huge …. w g a f