Does Marner lose his 'A' with the leadership changes?

[Gary Nylund]

This.
You don’t pull a letter from the teams most popular player. The letters will remain with the same players, Tavares will just go back to an A.

Nylander is too immature and selfish to be given a letter.

This mentality is exactly what's wrong with this organization. We have zero accountability, and apparently popularity is what really counts. And if we're going talk about immature players, Marner's at the top of the list.

 

[Arzak]

This.
You don’t pull a letter from the teams most popular player. The letters will remain with the same players, Tavares will just go back to an A.

Nylander is too immature and selfish to be given a letter.

Nowhere else to go now after so many double downs?

He is closer to least popular. What makes him popular exactly? His playoff performance? Crying on the bench? Or the way he presents himself in media interviews? Add his refusal to wave and we have the most popular anchor ever


Nylander @6M selfish Mitch @11M market? ROFL Nylander scoring = selfish, Mitch crying= mature?

 

[Hellcat]

In a contract year, when you want to convince a 100 point guy to stay, they way you go about doing that is to NOT rip the A off his sweater. JT is probably gone in a year, why create unnecessary noise by doing that, the A means nothing in winning or losing games but it means something to the player.

If you are going scorched earth, I think Tanev and OEL have both worn letters in the past, why not take an honest look at your team and give the letters to the players that represent what you want your team to be?

 

[Hellcat]

Nowhere else to go now after so many double downs?

He is closer to least popular. What makes him popular exactly? His playoff performance? Crying on the bench? Or the way he presents himself in media interviews? Add his refusal to wave and we have the most popular anchor ever

How can you refuse to waive when you were clearly never asked? Making up stuff again eh?

 

[conFABulator]

It's a great question and another opportunity to changes this up a bit.

Having said this,

Matthews - C
Rielly - A
Tavares - A

Marner not having a letter is another way to make him start earning what he gets here. I could see a season where Marner doesn't have a letter, a new contract, or Matthews on his line. Let's see what he does with this. Maybe it is the kick in the pants he needs?

I don't see Tavares not having a full-time A on his jersey, so it is easy to explain to Marner and the fanbase. Everyone can save face a bit. I also think Tavares is a fine A for this season, he is playing to prove something too.

Next year, if it didn't work out we can look at Tanev or Nylander taking that A.

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

Will he lose the A? No

Should he? Yeah, he should've been traded years ago

 

[HolyCrap]

This mentality is exactly what's wrong with this organization. We have zero accountability, and apparently popularity is what really counts. And if we're going talk about immature players, Marner's at the top of the list.

That poster is a troll. We all know that. Hopefully everyone puts him in ignore so he can argue with himself.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

There should be enough 'A's to go around without the team having to resort to such a measure.

"You get an A, you get an A, you get an A, everybody gets an A"!

-Oprah-

 

[57 Years No Cup]

All I know is that if Marner loses his "A" he will also lose his "S"...

And so will his fanboys.

 

[Torontonian]

Everyone should have a "A" so no one feels left out!

 

[HolyCrap]

All I know is that if Marner loses his "A" he will also lose his "S"...

And so will his fanboys.

They are already upset. I think they expected him to be Captain. lol.

 

[LeafEgo]

It would probably be better if he lost the A and just went about his way. Would make him seem less high maintenance with less time in front of the cameras.

Most likely JT takes Mattys spots and rotates with Mitch, or they have three A's if allowed. Everything with Mitch always feels awkward and forced...

 

[The Iceman]

None of them have been, but Nylander has been at least as good as any of them, with the possible exception of Rielly.

Personally I don't see them taking the C from JT, so it's moot.

I will bet you a toonie they do.......

 

[Arzak]

In a contract year, when you want to convince a 100 point guy to stay, they way you go about doing that is to NOT rip the A off his sweater. JT is probably gone in a year, why create unnecessary noise by doing that, the A means nothing in winning or losing games but it means something to the player.

If you are going scorched earth, I think Tanev and OEL have both worn letters in the past, why not take an honest look at your team and give the letters to the players that represent what you want your team to be?

Leafs can't get rid of him, no one is trying to convince homeboy to stay. Also he never reached 100 points and that's with the benefit of the best goal scorer in the league on his line.

Mitch is 70 point winger on D sounded team if tasked to carry his own line. And I'm being generous.

 

[aingefan]

Curious to see if the C switch comes with a JT extension.
I’m pretty sure this issue wasn’t addressed last year, to distance Mayty’s $ demands from the perceived bump in leadership.
These letters are mostly optics anyway. Not sure what MM has done to usurp the leadership mantle.

 

[notDatsyuk]

I will bet you a toonie they do.......

I guess I read the new threads in the wrong order! "The cheque is in the mail."

I do think that it's more likely he gave it up, either at his suggestion or theirs, rather than them 'taking' it from him. We may never know, but it looks like that's the party line anyway.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

I think everyone should have a letter on their jersey so nobody feels left out.

 

[ULF_55]

Matthews C
Rielly A
Tavares A

It was split between Matthews and Marner before depending on the game location. Would Tavares do that or is this another change to leadership group?

I could see that or

Matthews - C
Rielly / Tanev - A
Tavares / marner / Nylander


In Calgary

 

[Buds17]

"You get an A, you get an A, you get an A, everybody gets an A"!

-Oprah-

I obviously meant that in the sense of Marner being significantly younger than Tavares (even though both have the same amount of time left on their contracts).

 

[banks]

They could alternate the alternates. Teams have done it before.

Tavares and Nylander for home games, Rielly and Marner for away. Something like that.

Chicago did it before Toews became the captain, picking new alternates every month. Buffalo did it with co-captains Briere and Drury.

 

[Madap]

Doubt it. His ego has taken quite the hit already this offseason and I doubt the organization will want to ruffle his feathers any more. He’s not known to control his emotions well.

 

[ULF_55]

Doubt it. His ego has taken quite the hit already this offseason and I doubt the organization will want to ruffle his feathers any more. He’s not known to control his emotions well.

I doubt the organization would base their decision on whether he'd pout or not.

 

[Madap]

I doubt the organization would base their decision on whether he'd pout or not.

The leafs have done plenty over the years to show they cater to Matthews and Marner. Can’t upset the stars!

Maybe that will change this off-season, but doubt it.

 

[egd27]

What does it matter?

 

[Mess]

With the official press conference scheduled to take place tomorrow morning to announce Matthews as the 26th captain in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history, I'll be eager to see if they also announce who will be wearing an "A" under new head coach Craig Berube.