John Tavares hands over the Leafs captaincy to Auston Matthews, marking the next chapter for the team. Matthews makes history as the first U.S.-born captain of the Leafs, and only the second non-Canadian to hold the post (Swedish born Mats Sundin was captain from 1997 to 2008.) Go behind the scenes and see the candid moments from both players on the day of the announcement. Tavares reflects on his time as captain of his hometown team, and Matthews expresses his excitement for the future.
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23 Comments
Go Leafs Go!
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My relationship status? Somewhere between "I don't need no man" and "But a back massage would be nice.š
Watching from Glenevis Alberta
Congrats š
GO LEAFS GO šš¤ Captain Papi
Tavares is an absolute class act
Plan the dang parade
John will have an A at least as an alternate captain right?
Props to JT for deciding to pass the torch and congrats to Auston Matthews on being named the 26th captain in Leafs history!
to strip a C from a future hall of famer…incredible..all in the bigger game plan of selling more leaf jerseys..this time am34 with a C on it..lol..lol…my ribs are too sore..
Oh Captain my captain
please lead us to glory, captain.
A life long Habs fan, living in the GTA, and I must say this was the classiest thing the MLSE has ever done!
CAPTAIN PAPI LFG
Love seeing Mitch and Mo there too
Well one thing you can say that the leafs brass did strip the captain from John Tavarres and what a clš ass act JT to pass the captain to Mathews to quite down all the fans from other teams that the captain was not Stripped.
Johnny is the man such a classy guy
John Tavares āONE CLASSY GUYā Austin has big shoes to fill
tavares is retiring after this year. letās go leafs
Mathwees has no griet , no toughnes .
When the playoffs begin he disappears ,like a coward !
Ooh ,I have a headache ,he is not fit to be Captain !
TRADE him3-1 to Flames, get the top players from Flames .
Center, Winger
Defencfman .
Trade Nylander to Seattle for Grubauer !
NYLANDER WAS NOTHING BUT A HEADACHE ALL LAST YR. !
BOTH MATHWEES AND NYLANDER had a Headache during the playoffs last sesson .What are the odds of that ! ? WHIMPS and PUSSIES and COWARDS
Tavaras should be Captain, perhaps Domi !
Send Mathwees to Calgary, let him find out how cold Canada REALLY IS !
Matthews deserves it! Heās the best player in the NHL! š
Where the hell is nylander not a great look if he is anything like his dad he only cares about number one and thats fine just now seein this comfirms it for me and congrats Austin and such great and a true pro to john tavares he is a true pro in my eyes well done leafs
Taveres can focus on his game now. Less need to do post gamers. It's Matthew's job