Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)

[Sypher04]

Well, it's his opinion. You saying he is a good leader holds as much weight.

I do think it's telling that almost right after Canada beat the US last month, there was a thread saying he has a very poor record in elimination games.

I'm unsure if that's directly part of leadership, but it's not the most flattering association.

To be clear, I’m not saying he is a good leader. I’m saying none of us are in a position to really be able to assess.

 

[Stephen]

How would you know anything about Tavares' qualities as a captain?

Consistent motivation, energy levels, playing organized, confident and effectively in big moments and empowered, confident role players would be outward signs of leadership for me. Everything we lack, basically. We don’t have leadership.

 

[Stephen]

To be clear, I’m not saying he is a good leader. I’m saying none of us are in a position to really be able to assess.

You can only assess externally by how the group behaves and it doesn’t look like we have any kind of leadership.

The team often looks unprepared to start a game. They go brain dead during a game. Energy levels are up and down. They don’t seem organized. They don’t seem consistently motivated. Role players and depth players don’t feel empowered to grab a situation by the scruff of the neck and be massive contributors (see how buzz worthy Domi’s Florida game was). The quality control of our leadership players is all over the map.

 

[34]

He should’ve been placed on injured reserve at the trade deadline, and the leafs should have tried to pick up some better help other than the garbage that they did add

 

[thewave]

He’s no captain. That’s all that needs to be said.

He really is the worst Captain I have ever seen and previously that title was held by mumbles.

 

[The Shadow]

Great game by him. But still is a good alternate captain but not captain of the Toronto maple leafs. It doesn’t have to be a star player. It has to be someone the team listens to when he talks and leads by example

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Great game by him. But still is a good alternate captain but not captain of the Toronto maple leafs. It doesn’t have to be a star player. It has to be someone the team listens to when he talks and leads by example

Not possible, since he is injured.

 

[IPS]

Still just an incredible thing to wrap your head around the fact that he's battling this horrible injury that's got him playing at 50% of his potential yet he just got completely greenlighted to go play in the 4 nations (which he actually played great in!)

 

[IPS]

He should’ve been placed on injured reserve at the trade deadline, and the leafs should have tried to pick up some better help other than the garbage that they did add

Nope he's not injured enough for that.

It's extremely important that you understand that he's far too injured to be playing anywhere near a $13.5M level yet not injured enough to be LTIR'd for deadline help or to play in a completely optional tournament.