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

[Sypher04]

Provided my salary demands continue to be met or exceeded

Enter virtually any player ever name here

 

[Kazparov]

I'm such a crusty fkn whiner. All I could think when AM34 walked out with he should wear a proper suit , shirt & shoes.

Dear lord I need to lighten up.

 

[JKG33]

I'm such a crusty fkn whiner. All I could think when AM34 walked out with he should wear a proper suit , shirt & shoes.

Dear lord I need to lighten up.

I agree tbh. This ain't the NBA/NFL, keep that streetwear bullshit at home

 

[egd27]

Enter virtually any player ever name here

yea, i should have added the word "exorbitant"

 

[Sypher04]

yea, i should have added the word "exorbitant"

Wouldn’t have improved the low quality of the contribution.

 

[Superstar]

Treliving playing 4D chess...preventing Marner from asking for the "C" on his next contract...

 

[Hellcat]

Why is first US born important?

Who's he gonna drop the gloves with first to stick up for a teammate and show captain leadership?

Why is the Captain leadership? A 69 goal scorer drops the gloves and breaks his hand on a helmet, is that leadership or stupidity...?

 

[WillyC]

John Tavares is so much about the team first… he even has his 3 kids at the presser wearing AM34 jerseys.

Pure Class

 

[PromisedLand]

I mean it will help retain him beyond his next deal

But if he thought the pressure was bad before, now it’s amped up

Matthews was always made available to press before and after Leafs games especially in playoffs. I don't think he will have any more pressure so to speak.

same can't be said for money mitch btw....

 

[PromisedLand]

I suspect they will give Nylander a serious shot at earning the 2C spot this year.

Marner and Minten are other possibilities.

I can see either signing JT at $3-4M for a season or two as a 3C, or letting him retire as a Leaf and moving him upstairs (how about as a faceoff coach - maybe his best chance of getting his name on the Cup?)

I really wouldn't put Minten as a top6 center. I'd rather he develop in bottom 6 for a season or two and then take the top6 reigns.

Tavares IMO really depends on what he is looking for as a pending UFA. if he is looking for a lucrative contract, thats not gonna be with the Leafs IMO

Marner really isn't center material honestly. Just see Crosby's spittin chicklets chat where he says he has to work on his skating as game is getting fast every year and now a days defense pinches so much that if center isn't helping out on the boards your team is toast. And quite frankly Marner absolutely SUCKS with board battles and avoids contact more than I avoid broccoli

 

[ITM]

Another very good step initiated by Treliving.

Hoping Nylander and Reilly get the other letters.

 

[Leaf Fans]

I thought the article specifically said ROR didn't name the players to the source (but might have to Leafs' management).

It did. The podcast is also named Empty Netters Podcast All Things Comedy

 

[PromisedLand]

AAV is irrelevant to whether he is a 1C, or 4C.

He ranked 40th in points for C's... noting that a bunch of listed C's, aren't C's. Whether you go with absolute points, or PPG... 40th - 48th is firmly in the 2C category. Which would be 33rd- 64th in production. He'll firmly be in that category again this season.

He's a 2C.

I don't know about that man. In a cap world; one cannot really discount production given cap hit. If we had no cap then I'd probably agree with you; but with cap constraints; the evolution of speed in the game production given cap hit matters IMO

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

I agree tbh. This ain't the NBA/NFL, keep that streetwear bullshit at home

https://x.com/i/web/status/1446174097365471235

After losing to Montreal this was what was on his mind

 

[Sypher04]

I don't know about that man. In a cap world; one cannot really discount production given cap hit. If we had no cap then I'd probably agree with you; but with cap constraints; the evolution of speed in the game production given cap hit matters IMO

Production vs cap matters. But an overpaid 2C is still a 2C

https://x.com/i/web/status/1446174097365471235

After losing to Montreal this was what was on his mind

He was asked the question. What do you want from him…

 

[ACC1224]

Did Nylander snub Matthews by not attending or was he not invited?

 

[Cleetus]

Another very good step initiated by Treliving.

Hoping Nylander and Reilly get the other letters.

maybe they will alternate the last one?, they already said JT will have an A

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

He was asked the question. What do you want from him…

Remember what happened after this and how quickly it was reversed? Not that it matters, this is the phony who is captain now.

 

[francis246]

I agree tbh. This ain't the NBA/NFL, keep that streetwear bullshit at home

LMAO, again, wearing street clothes to a game has what kind of effect?

The answer is zero. NFL/NBA players are elite and them not wearing suits hasn’t affected that.

I'm such a crusty fkn whiner. All I could think when AM34 walked out with he should wear a proper suit , shirt & shoes.

Dear lord I need to lighten up.

It’s summer, I think all three went with comfortability. With the lights it’s probably not as hell on that stage. Treliving looked like
He was in a swimming pool

 

[Sypher04]

Remember what happened after this and how quickly it was reversed? Not that it matters, this is the phony who is captain now.

Gotta have something to whine about eh? No matter how inane it is.

 

[IPS]

John Tavares is so much about the team first… he even has his 3 kids at the presser wearing AM34 jerseys.

Pure Class

What kind of discount can we expect from Tavares with his team first nature?

 

[WillyC]

What kind of discount can we expect from Tavares with his team first nature?

I honestly believe it could be league minimum.

Did Nylander snub Matthews by not attending or was he not invited?

Styles is likely in Sweden still.

 

[Leaf Fans]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1446174097365471235

After losing to Montreal this was what was on his mind

On David Alter's mind. He had nothing to do with the series though Matthews answered his question all the same.

 

[egd27]

Wouldn’t have improved the low quality of the contribution.

They can't all be gems. But, I don't have to tell a poster like you that.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Gotta have something to whine about eh? No matter how inane it is.

True, everything is hunky dory in Leafland. Why could anyone think otherwise.