Don't Do It, Toronto. 

2 firsts and a 2nd?

They should ask themselves, why would you give the C to someone that has "tummy aches" in the playoffs and only scoring 1 goal after a 69 goal season. Matthews shouldn't even have a letter. He is a goal scorer, doesn't have passion and shouldn't be a captain. Leafs is a weird one because most of the players don't have passion other than the new player on the roster Domi.

@@anonymous134y You try playing with the flu, like that argument was stupid

@@anonymous134yI’m glad you don’t manage a Sports Team.

@@Goldy02Tkachuk played through a broken sternum

It's not about being a good player, it's about being a leader. Tavars has no charisma at all. Matthews isn't even the best choice, but he scores goals so they'll give it to him...

@@leeham6230 bro what no one in the nhl has charisma

Lmfao fuck off no he’s not!!

@@leeham6230 he i think has charisma it just isn't documented well

​@@ethanparker7900who has charisma? Cardboard Tavares or cardboard Mathews?

I agree with this, I get why they would consider it now given they wouldn’t want to do it the offseason where he could be considering on taking a discount just so that he can stay. But yeah if you are gonna do it in this fashion, leave it to the players.

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shit take

When we were kids, we would vote 🤷‍♂️

Tavares is absolutely not a leader. There is a zero percent chance he’s vocal and giving inspiring pregame or intermission speeches. He’s not a hard ass. And he’s not even one of their top three players, so the lead by example excuse is out the window. Matthews is way more fit to lead.

I strongly disagree. Matthews in interviews comes off as a more composed leader than Tavares. Tavares has been a stoic workhorse for us, but Matthews would do the same or better for the team.

it makes complete sense with mathews's next contract. tavares will almost certainly re sign at a lower price. hes in no way the actual captain. it clearly hasnt worked with tavares as leader.

@@mp40submachinegun81 They should ask themselves, why would you give the C to someone that has "tummy aches" in the playoffs and only scoring 1 goal after a 69 goal season. Matthews shouldn't even have a letter. He is a goal scorer, doesn't have passion and shouldn't be a captain. Leafs is a weird one because most of the players don't have passion other than the new player on the roster Domi....

@@anonymous134y just say you havent watched a game lol. of every top 6 fwd in the league matthews is easily top 10 defensively. he was going to get the captaincy when tavares did but he decided to moon a security guard instead. give even a single source for the reason matthews didnt play being "tummy aches". tavares clearly cant lead his way out of a wet paper bag. hes shown that in NY and toronto.

@@anonymous134ytummy aches? lol wtf are you regarded

Because Matthews wants it. Give it to him. It could actually impact whether or not he re-signs with the team again. Tavares is declining, and he's arguably the quietest guy in the room.

Agreed

matthews should be captain.

@@AbesamisMWhy? Because he’s a better player? That doesn’t decide it.

@@spartannige3296 thats what i've been saying. being a captain isn't about being the best player, its about being a good leader and having experience

​@@spartannige3296 why not? he can lead by example. what you want someone who just gives good speeches and stuff?

dont you mean you still love?

​@@cndnclassics5874American education, they don't understand double negatives.

@@drew651 makes for good comedy hahaha

​@@drew651calm it down there buddy. Don't be so presumptive either. Just because he's an Isles Fan doesn't guarantee that he's American, but keep up the nonsense.

​@@cndnclassics5874so does an idiot, who makes assumptions. Gotta appreciate the Comedy in life.

Why do you think Morgan should have it? He’s not a first pairing guy. Not a shut down D. Doesn’t put up insane amount of points. Idk what you guys see.

@@genericusername9551 Longest tenured Leaf, plays with passion, shows up in the playoffs, great teammate, actually has a personality.

@@genericusername9551 captaincy is not about points, it’s about leadership

@@BlakeKernozickyand a real leader wouldn’t crosscheck someone in the head for scoring on him (referencing Ottawa). Definitely not captain or even assistant captain material

@genericusername9551 I see leadership, I see respect from every teammate, i see someone that can handle the media. I also see an organization that has disrespected almost every captain since Dave Keon.

agree, hes our captain and leadership is by far his best quality for this team, why lose that and damage your relationship with a player?

Difference being other players can step as unofficial captains while he wears the C. If you strip him, you risk shaking up the locker room for no legit reason other than selling Mathews jerseys with a letter on it.

​@@f9w99 Womp Womp. It's a business at the end of the day. Granted I don't think changing the letters on JT jersey is gonna solve anything but this idea that we cannot do anything that might upset the players is nonsense.

@@mil2172 it’s a business but player management is a big component. Especially in a team sport. Bad chemistry or divisiveness an ruin a team. If anything, the priority should be to move his contract or Marner to shake the offence up a bit or allow them to go after a real number one goaltender. I’m a habs fan but find the leafs dynamics pretty fascinating. At this point, I just want a Canadian team to win the cup. I’d even drink to the leafs winning it.

@@f9w99 I want to see Marner traded. That would actually make a big difference to the locker room. I don't really care about this topic so if JT is the captain or not it does not matter to me. I'm saying teams do ruthless things all the time to players and it hasn't affected their ability to sign players or create bad locker rooms. Examples include Vegas, Tampa, and the Rangers. The way they treat their players are imo worse than this rumour and they still have a strong team culture.

There’s a fine line how much a player, even a captain, can criticize their given teams makeup. It might be obvious to everyone the team isn’t built to win but saying so is essentially calling out your GM and that generally doesn’t end well.

Rielly shoulda been the captain instead of Tavares to begin with. He's been the only leader in the group this whole time.

Great comment, that's bang on mate. I feel like Tavares lacks charisma, passion, and a dedication to the welfare of his teammates, and a commitment to do the right thing for the team to succeed. I am in NO way saying that JT is egotistical, or self-centered, but I do think he's not a great captain. Morgan would have been a better choice in my eyes, and moving forward, I think it MUST be AM34.

Agreed. Unless Tavares chooses to grant it to Matthews, it should not be done. It just can’t be smart to introduce that kind of drama for the locker room.

That's if he does play.

@@lauig yea if he can comeback from that injury

I think he had arthroscopic surgery on his knee, his return is definitely a crapshoot

@@AyyItsLyndon your right is as just looking he may never play again :(

He’s actually terrible 😂

I hope it's that simple tbh as a Leafs fan. If that's the case then the problems are simpler. In my opinion that's not the case, the entire cour four just needs to show up and play like they do in the regular season.

Nurse is objectively more over payed for the Oilers. Tavares is a useful hockey player 😂

Sells new jerseys, which is good for Matthews cus he's only about the money. Once money is off the table, he doesn't show up. His playoff history and performance are evidence as well as his deal - max money for very little time.

Mathews is more worried about what Bieber is up to than actually winning games for his team.

Is that you Mike Babcock?

We??? Go cheer for Ottawa. The leafs don’t need pretend fans like you.

@@JohnnyWick9733 "Run it back again! No way it can fail nine times in a row!" 🤣

There's no trade you can make that you win. Your defense is pretty much set, your goalies are set. So who are you going to trade for that will improve over Marner? You might as well sign him, Tavares' contract comes off next year. I get that fans don't want to run it back but I believe Berube and a new coaching staff could make a huge difference. You're just not going to win a Marner trade at this point and what good is that? Just to say you made a change?

@@curtf5647 It's not about "winning the trade," as any open cap space would be very beneficial to fill in the rest of the open positions. I would take two Bertuzzi''s over one Marner every day of the week. Leafs only have 11 forwards signed currently, and still need 2 top6 forwards, one of them being a center. Anyone that's willing to go dig for the puck in the corners or along the boards will be a huge improvement, because it's not just points that matter. Winning a game 8-2 and inflating your stats that way doesn't matter, and Marner doesn't have what it takes to win games in the playoffs. Just go look for "Marner avoids hit" and you'll see what I mean.

@@JohnnyWick9733 I love how the internet can’t let people have opinions

Just trade him. Only loser teams strip their captain of the “C”. JT can handle the heat from the media. Reilly is the best option when JT leaves.

@@BramStoked-uq4hp I want him to stay with the team. He's still a very good player, veteran and I want him as support leadership

Canadian humility vs American ego

Goals>assists

How did McDavid enter the conversation? It's crazy how only haters insist on making the McDavid/Matthews comparison just to post completely irrelevant comments.

Lmao that’s hilarious. For all we know Mcdavid would have fought to sign a 4 year deal off his ELC if he wasn’t given the captaincy. Furthermore yeah Matthews scores more than he assists because he’s clearly the best goal scorer in the entire league. Why the fuck would you want the best goalscorer in the league to not score goals? Also btw goals are more valuable than assists. The whole purpose of assists is just an indirect way of measuring goals. Btw lmao Mcdavid absolutely could not hit the goal totals of Matthews. Like lmao if you take away every single power play goal from Matthews this year, he still has 19 more goals at even strength than McDavid had all year in all situations. Like it’s not even fucking close. Also not coming out for the Conn Smythe is a narcissists behaviour. Awards are beneficial not only for the player but for the league itself. When you have players who put their own emotions (piss-baby because L) ahead of the league it actually just shits on every fan of the sport.

It’s ok I believe you… TF do you know about what these players think?

Once upon a time the Leafs had George Armstrong. Neither of these two could carry his jock strap. Maybe this is a big part of their problem. They have no leader. They have cardboard.

The leafs had rotational assistant captains a couple years ago, which sounds like a similar concept

How did Austin do this summer leading the States in the worlds? I didn't watch. What has Austin won?

@@Marixa1979 who is Austin?

They'll do it next season, after Tavares either walks or re-signs a very team friendly deal.

Diddnt johnny t leave isles cuz he didnt want the captain pressure

@@sneakybeaky3423 Doesn't seem likely that he would accept the C in a market like TOR if he couldn't handle it with NYI. He probably left just because it was a childhood dream to play for his favourite team growing up.

A class act that lied to his GM telling him not to trade him at the deadline just to sign with Toronto on free agency😂yup a real class act😂

@TheChronicFiend so what if he wanted to come home! He did a lot for the islanders and I get being upset but for how far they take it like when he got his 1,000th point, they couldn't even congratulate him on his HUGE achievement, which is horrible, be angry, but there's also a way to show respect! And he is a class act, whether it's in Toronto, New York, or fkn Vagas, Taveras has passion, he may not be the player he once was, but he deserves better than the shit he receives