Maple Leafs to name Auston Matthews captain

[Sidney the Kidney]

Shanahan's got JT in a Spock Vulcan grip whispering "Smile, Johnny, if you know what's good for ya"

 

[Ugene Magic]

Tavares is a solid guy on and off the ice. This change is less about him and more about the transition to it being Matthews' team. Whether Matthews (and the Leafs) get to the next level by wearing the "C" remains to be seen.

Tavares is a perpetual loser, has never lead a team to success in the post season. He's a nice guy, but how does that make him a great leader or captain?

He's a negative come playoff time going back to the Islander days where his team never made it past the 2nd round.

How he left the Islanders.

It was another blunder by a blunder-ous ORG. signing him to 11.0 x 7 and making him captain over an obvious future of the team player in Mathews.

I wouldn't fallow Tavares into anything.

 

[Enniskillen]

Mark Stone named captain of the Knights, crickets, nobody cares, we move on. Matthews is the new Leafs captain, hf trolls immediately lose their sh.t.

 

[Enniskillen]

You must have a miserable life.

His only joy in life lmao

 

[Mr Nogatco]

yes



(good excuse to post this great classic)

Vroom vroom

 

[leafsfan2point0]

Amazing, incredible player. Don't know how he is as a leader, but seems like an awful person.

Guy is a great ambassador, and he regularly visits the sick kids hospital. I’ve never heard one bad thing said about him by anyone who’s ever met him.

He made a mistake 6 years ago and pulled his pants down to reveal his underwear. It’s obvious a lot of you won’t let that go and I’m sure none of you have actually met him or know his character.

 

[SEALBound]

Mark Stone named captain of the Knights, crickets, nobody cares, we move on. Matthews is the new Leafs captain, hf trolls immediately lose their sh.t.

We like Mark Stone.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

We like Mark Stone.

Now reverse it. Would you guys like Stone if he was on the Leafs and Matthews was on the Golden Knights?

Matthews would be a god on here.

 

[mattihp]

Now reverse it. Would you guys like Stone if he was on the Leafs and Matthews was on the Golden Knights?

Matthews would be a god on here.

So untrue. Plenty of non-leafers like Marner, Nylander and Reilly and sing their praises when some leafers fling crap on them

 

[njdevils1982]

0:14 ... lord bettman asks josh harris to button up his shirt

 

[leafsfan2point0]

So untrue. Plenty of non-leafers like Marner, Nylander and Reilly and sing their praises when some leafers fling crap on them

I think if Matthews wasn’t on the Leafs he would have a much better reputation because he would no longer be the star player of the most hated franchise in the league.

 

[General Fanager]

Why not just wait until next year when Tavares leaves as FA?

This way gives them 2 chances at distractions.

This years loss = New coach, captain and minor changes to the line up.

If they flame out next year they will distract the fans with all the cap space when JT leaves or signs for less.

 

[mattihp]

I think if Matthews wasn’t on the Leafs he would have a much better reputation because he would no longer be the star player of the most hated franchise in the league.

I don't think so. He has gotten to where he is by his own accord.

 

[DearDiary]

I wouldn't say he's an awful person, but he definitely looks the part of an absolute douchebag.

Well he did pull down his pants and try to break into a womans car past midnight, obviously to say hello. Not something a good person does.

 

[Sheppy]

Well he did pull down his pants and try to break into a womans car past midnight, obviously to say hello. Not something a good person does.

I mean, sure. I kind of forgot about that stuff to be honest...

Douchebag stands.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Congrats Auston

 

[HockeyVirus]

Amazing, incredible player. Don't know how he is as a leader, but seems like an awful person.

Posts like this make you realize how bad this board is in the offseason

 

[BostonBob]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's complete BS - Matthews could never grow such a nice stache.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Well he did pull down his pants and try to break into a womans car past midnight, obviously to say hello. Not something a good person does.

So showing his underwear to a security guard makes him a terrible person. Forget all the community work, forget being the most active Leaf at sick kids. Must be nice to live such a perfect life.

I can only assume you have never done anything regrettable?

 

[Mr Nogatco]

Is this the first Hispanic to Hispanic captaincy transfer in NHL history?

 

[Arthur Morgan]

God this is amazing. Tavares would have been immortalized on Long Island. Now he has the legacy of the guy that went home, couldn’t lead the dream team to success in the playoffs or a cup, and to top it off he embarrassingly gets the “C” taken away.

I wouldnt say embarrassingly got it taken away. he likely wasn't suppose to even be the captain from the start anyways, they wanted to give Matthews it but after that night he jumped in that girls car and then mooned her and it made the news they had to go with a plan b.
his era of being a captain has been embarrassing but I dont think he lost it in that kinda way.
we all knew at this point in his contract he wouldn't be worth the money anymore and he's not the first to have this done. SJ in recent memory did it with Marleau, Pavelski and Thornton

 

[Maple Leaf]

I wouldnt say embarrassingly got it taken away. he likely wasn't suppose to even be the captain from the start anyways, they wanted to give Matthews it but after that night he jumped in that girls car and then mooned her and it made the news they had to go with a plan b.
his era of being a captain has been embarrassing but I dont think he lost it in that kinda way.
we all knew at this point in his contract he wouldn't be worth the money anymore and he's not the first to have this done. SJ in recent memory did it with Marleau, Pavelski and Thornton

islanders still mad on the island should talk to robidas or something

 

[FrozenJagrt]

I mean, sure. I kind of forgot about that stuff to be honest...

Douchebag stands.

The number of hockey players I've encountered that *aren't* douchebags is pretty low. The sport is infested with the dude-bro frat boy personality types. It got to a point where I absolutely couldn't stand being around most of my teammates in my final years playing.

 

[njdevils1982]

Is this the first Hispanic to Hispanic captaincy transfer in NHL history?

juan tavares

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Mark Stone named captain of the Knights, crickets, nobody cares, we move on. Matthews is the new Leafs captain, hf trolls immediately lose their sh.t.

Don't disrespect Mark Stone like this.