Namikaze Minato
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Amazing decision, about time!
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Confirmed with Link: Brad Treliving officially announces Auston Matthews as the first ever US born captain of the Leafs
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Amazing decision, about time!
Franchise altering
The parade is back on
The parade is back on
Kazparov
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LaPlante94
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Damn, you'd think they'd wait until Tavares contract was done before changing Captains
The Masters
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rick moranis - "we are not here to sell jerseys"
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congrats auston. JT was a whatever captain. Too soft. Team was right there my a**
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congrats auston. JT was a whatever captain. Too soft. Team was right there my a**
There was no other option. Maybe Rielly but it's so blatantly obvious it's Auston's team.
Jimmy Firecracker
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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
Excuses are for losers
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
Thought Viktor Loov was going to be a guy
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Figured they'd let it play out until the end of this upcoming season but so be it.
Rob Brown
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hamzarocks
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RIP Bozo - Tavares
Captain Matthews.... now its your turn
Captain Matthews.... now its your turn
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.
Kipper was right once again. But I think this is the right time to do this. Start ushering in a new era
Aashir Mallik
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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.
The Tavares-era leafs should be remembered as the most disappointing era of the leafs.
hamzarocks
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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
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The other option was to have Tavares involved in the process. They chose that option.
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
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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.
