Confirmed with Link: Brad Treliving officially announces Auston Matthews as the first ever US born captain of the Leafs

[Namikaze Minato]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1823737629294367165

https://x.com/i/web/status/1823131242553905294

Amazing decision, about time!

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[thinkblue]

 

[TimeZone]

Franchise altering

The parade is back on

 

[Kazparov]

I support this move.

 

[LaPlante94]

Damn, you'd think they'd wait until Tavares contract was done before changing Captains

 

[The Masters]

rick moranis - "we are not here to sell jerseys"

haha

congrats auston. JT was a whatever captain. Too soft. Team was right there my a**

 

[IPS]

There was no other option. Maybe Rielly but it's so blatantly obvious it's Auston's team.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Good move. A symbolic but important gesture to turn the page on the previous Dubas-Keefe era by naming a new Captain. Nothing against John but he's not the guy on this team. He can still lead by example a with an 'A' instead of the 'C' on his jersey.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

That tells you everything you need to know about JTs leadership abilities if they're stripping the C with a year left.

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

I thought they'd wait until JT's deal expires but I'm good with this. It's been Matthews team this whole time and if he's not ready for the C now we have a problem. Let's hope we see a new leader in him this year

 

[Burnie97]

Figured they'd let it play out until the end of this upcoming season but so be it.

 

[Rob Brown]

Cool

 

[Bellzy]

LETS GOOOO. TIME TO GET THE “C” stitched on.

 

[hamzarocks]

RIP Bozo - Tavares

Captain Matthews.... now its your turn

 

[AvroArrow]

About damn time, best player on the team and the guys actually rally around him. JT is a great guy and all but he just doesn't have that influence you want your captain to have, probably gonna be a little awkward but I like the move. Better it's done now, rather than mid-season with media guys going nuts about it in the locker room.

 

[francis246]

Kipper was right once again. But I think this is the right time to do this. Start ushering in a new era

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Meh thought they’d wait the year for Tavares’s contract to run out and do the changing of captaincy then.

The Tavares-era leafs should be remembered as the most disappointing era of the leafs.

 

[hamzarocks]

Rielly + Marner/Nylandwr alternating A's?

Do we run 2 sets of A's still?

 

[francis246]

That tells you everything you need to know about JTs leadership abilities if they're stripping the C with a year left.

Does it? Or maybe Matthews really wanted it. It was pretty evident from the all star game that Matthews wanted the C and it was bound to happen. With Matthews extension kicking in seems like the perfect time. Highest paid guy, lots of the guys were talking about him being more of a leader this past season.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Damn, you'd think they'd wait until Tavares contract was done before changing Captains

The other option was to have Tavares involved in the process. They chose that option.

 

[Jozay]

JT’s comments after the series loss pretty much sealed his fate

 

[francis246]

Meh thought they’d wait the year for Tavares’s contract to run out and do the changing of captaincy then.

The Tavares-era leafs should be remembered as the most disappointing era of the leafs.

No it won’t. Nothing will ever be as garbage as the Phaneuf era.

 

[MarMarSab3]

Rielly + Marner/Nylandwr alternating A's?

Do we run 2 sets of A's still?

Tavares gets an A

 

[AvroArrow]

No it won’t. Nothing will ever be as garbage as the Phaneuf era.

Phaneuf era team had guts and played their heart out every night. They weren't as skilled, but they never quit and almost everyone battled on a nightly basis. Nothing but love and respect for the guys of the Kessel/Phaneuf era.

 

[Leaf Fans]

That tells you everything you need to know about JTs leadership abilities if they're stripping the C with a year left.

Yup, having him involved in the process and on board withe situation was definitely leadership. It is not as if the Leafs striped him of the captaincy.