It's a media move. Media talks about even on Leafs Digest is calling it "This is guy called Darius Domingues says "This is Auston Matthews Team" !! Yes folks, you heard it. He also has the nerve to say, "Auston Matthews plays to his best every game". Now, Matthews, to be far, did not play every game especially in the playoffs his very best. You seen that clip where Matthews, Marner, Nylander were arguing on the bench in that colossal loss to the Bruins. So, as I said, the media people are "demanding" Tavares step aside to Auston Matthews for Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the "sooner the better". Edmonton Oilers have definitely put shock waves in the Leafs Camp and Management for how they almost won the Stanley Cup, just one goal difference. It's interesting in the first meeting with the new coach Berubi, that they were "assessing" things. It's the Oilers Playoffs and McDavid's triumphs with Conn Smythe Cup that have the Leafs reeling and making moves faster than any Team, including change of Captain. I don't know if Matthews would be a good Captain to replace Tavares. Media's job is to state facts, not a gossip corner which is dangerous because most rumouirs eventually disappear.
You People that say lets strip the C from Tavares, should remember that BOTH Tavares and Marner played ALL 7 games in the playoffs, can you say that about Nylander -3 or Matthews -2.5, NO YOU CAN'T!!! Instead of talking about the LETTERS, you should start thinking about Random DRUG TESTING in the NHL!!! And have you seen a Superstar do an interview, stoned out on COCAINE, just ask Edmonton, not pretty!!!
The way I say it, Matthews taking the captaincy is both inevitable and necessary. Official captain aside, Matthews drives the team, whether he's truly the best "leader" is secondary. The team rises and falls with Matthews, team organization will come to reflect that
Stuff happens you know, oh well he didn’t do anything else stupid. Look at Reese McGuire the jays ex catcher was playing with himself in a parking lot in his car. A family plaza families around, that’s worse and it was water under the bridge rather quickly.
You don’t need to change letters on a sweater, you need to make a culture change and core 4-5 change. That may show these privileged few changes can and will be made.
John T is judged by is salary .but he's done more in playoffs then 34 and 16 .imo don't strip him .but wonder if this isn't a move to get him to wave his NMC ?
Hate to say it but no matter where this guy goes he gets treated like a bag of shit. This guy has done nothing but honored his contract. What a cheap way of saying he deserves to be the next captain.."he leads by example" lol..lol..not one bit. Missed 2 key playoff games...Tkachuk had to have teammates dress him to play when they eliminated Toronto 3 yrs ago. A captain doesn't chew out a teammate on the bench on National Tv. Matthews has some growing up to do.
Who cares about who the captain is I just want to play and win and when it comes to the playoffs I hope we make it past the first round and I hope that we make it all the way and we take the cup back to where it belongs and everyone knows that it belongs in Canada and it's a Canadian sport I'm pretty sure anyway lmao I just want to take it back to Canada ❤and who cares about who the captain is and everyone should stop fighting with each other about the leafs everywhere I look at people are fighting about the leafs just be happy and win win win and win 🏆 some more. Stop fighting with each other and win
100%. Even if not AM it would look great on Willy. He always has that dog in him and so many times Matthews looked completely gassed and just out of the game towards the end of last season.
The leafs concerns are keeping Matthews not Tavares. This is Matthew’s team he’s the priority. Tavares is a grown man, he can handle it. Social media like the rest of you are making a bigger deal about it the Tavares is.
Leafs brass obviously don't care if the FANS are pissed they just want to put bodies in the seats pay the high prices for the jerseys with this core not going to win a damn thing.
There going to do it because they don’t want him leaving when his contract is up or demand a trade. His best friend is gonna be gone soon and giving THE man the C makes sense to soften him up to stay forever hopefully
Johnny Toronto will be captain till the end of his contract, And the next won’t be captain underpants, wonder what happened to all the rumours about Marner July 1st as come and gone 🤷♂️
Tavares is way to quiet to be a Captain. You gotta have a C whos vocal and leads by example. Honestly, whos out there the longest in terms of minutes? If it was me, i would have made Captain Morgan Rielly.
There is no need to give the C to Mathews. The personnel is not going to change and the personalities aren't changing either. Marner would probably make a better captain than Mathews. He 's the guy who manages the team when he's on the ice, not Mathews or Tavares or anyone else. I can't say what goes on in the locker room and neither can you. But one thing we all know is that Mitch has improved every player he's played with. Mathews does not, and does not seem capable of that.
Your best player doesn't need to be your Captain.. many examples when the best player wasn't the team captain and that role doesn't suit every best player. Austin Matthews is a weak performer in the playoffs, if he wasn't I'd say maybe consider this, but there's nothing to be gained from this but disruption. Tavares is one of the very few Canadian players who chose to not only return to play in Canada but took a paycut to do so, Matthews wouldn't do that for Toronto. Horrible idea. To even discuss Matthews in the same sentence as McDavid makes no sense. Completely different characters. Not to mention Tavares will probably sign a cap friendly deal to stay in Toronto after next year, why risk that by insulting him like this.
If Matthews did something in the playoffs, different story. Matthews has more than ample time to prove himself in the playoffs. He got his record contract and doesn't care anymore. Typical American player. Pay them more, they do less.
I think JT really should have considered taking the lead and passing the torch to Matthews and take the A instead. That way there is no shame involved and makes him look magnanimous. It may be too late to seem credible now.
Honestly matthews is the best player on the roster it's time for change with this team with the so called core 4 but with no trade clauses hard to move these guys if they can move 1 of them then it's real change I think matthews can wear the c but will it really change the team for playoff success Honestly I think these guys are going to make marner an offer on a new deal and low ball Tavares on a new deal to create more salary cap space to sign another key peace the following season and they are going to ride this season out with these 4 guys again
Barring the winning goal in the only series they won ( that would be the series Mitch Marner lead the team in scoring in) ,Tavares has brought very little to this team , his emotionless play to the point of cowardice on the ice and his generic monotone answers in the press are not of Captain quality. The only thing he's brought to the Leafs is he taught young up and coming stars how to avoid accountability and milk as much money out of the team as they could. The biggest mistake of many made by Kyle Dumbass was signing him instead of bolstering the defense. $11 million dollars 7 yrs ago would have went a long way to a good defense. Hopefully this coming season is his last with this team. WE DON'T NEED HIM.
Do you guys not realize taking away the Captain from Travers and all of the talk around Marner is doing to the Leafs' reputation in the league. Already, some Free Agent players are saying they do not want anything to do with the Leafs. So how about you take a page out of the GM's playbook and keep it behind closed doors. It can be Matthews team with Travers being the Captain also has to face the media 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The player has to accept that fact and appear available to the media. He can not simply decide to take a day off because he does not want to answer questions. It is also based on personality types, and Matthews does not seem to be a person who craves media attention 24 hours a day 365 days a year...😢
If anything. Let JT keep the C until end of Contract. Theb give it to Papii34 If Leafs are thinking about bringing back JT. Treat him with the up most respect. Don’t treat him like the fans did on the island with JT’s first game back since signing with the Leafs. Show him respect. Maybe he’ll show tue same when te-signing with the Leafs at a lower cost. I feel for JT. As I know he was hoping for success with him on tue team. But there hasn’t been. Sadly.
I have no problem with Matthews getting the C, but they should wait 'til Tavares's contract is over; he's been a great pro and has worked hard. It would be a bit of a dick move to do this; it's not like he's been a crybaby whiner during his tenure here. Just let his contract end and then give it to Matthews.
Not sure why it seems to be a forgone conclusion that Tavares will return on a cheaper contract. He is slow and becoming more innefective. He is owed nothing Nd infact has bee overpaid since the beginning. He can play somewhere else. Overrated.
Toronto will always have dead weight on the team and they have to get bargain players cause no really good players want to play for toronto the core 4 will always be the problem if that doesn't change first round exits every single year even mathews can't get it done in the playoffs I'd rather have any other teams core players.
who cares what tavares wants? he's the biggest mistake of the matthews era. his robotic demeanor pisses me off so much! they even had a press conference to announce the tavares captaincy as if he led the islanders to a bunch of cup finals.
He may be slow but he is the only Leaf that goes to the front of the net and takes a beating.You wont see Matthews or Marner there,Wearing the C wont get him 70 goals.
Tavares is horrible he needs to b traded 11 mil for a 2 mill player means dump him lol.. doesnt matter if he takes a beating he not no where close to worth that money...@bigjim383
@@JoshFran yeah that’s not how contract negotiations work for big players, teams know the $ value goes down substantially in the last year or two. You can’t all of a sudden say “Hey, he’s not worth $11M” when both sides knew damn well he wouldn’t be.
Easy put tavares on waivers for purpose of buyout. Nobody will take him at 11mil. Wala...cap space. Top player in the league. What are you watching?? You could see him several times this year on the bench after coming off the ice. Slamming hus stick for missing his assignment, losing battles. He's degraded ALOT. So much so he was primarily a 3rd line center. Much like kampf being the highest paid 4th liner, tavares is the highest paid 3rd liner. For the betterment of the team, you need to waive him and gain the cap space through a buyout. Cap issues solved.
@@user-lg1rd7jb5m He's already been paid $10 of the $11 million, so he's only owed $1M left. Anyone with $11M of cap space would grab him for basically free. So THAT ain't gonna happen.
Leafs biggest mistake in our long history was signing JT, the 2nd was putting the C on him. And to say JT always stepped up to plate when it mattered the most. WE as the leafs wouldnt be in the current situation and its his LACK of leadership and work ethic totally effected real leaders staying after we traded for them. And then putting the C on him hurt our locker room bad as having a toxic captain for 5 plus years was a direct slap in the face of Matthews. Its about time to get JT off the roster at no matter the cost. It would literally be addition by subtraction.
Long suffering Leaf fan here…..The way we treat our Stars in Toronto is appalling, why would any elite player want to play here?
The best player doesn't necessarily mean the best captain
No disrespect but the Captain being Tavares that has not yielded the results we want, just the results we are used to
Well Tavares isn't the guy either
tavares have you heard him talk? he's hot garbage to be a captain.
It's a media move. Media talks about even on Leafs Digest is calling it "This is guy called Darius Domingues says "This is Auston Matthews Team" !! Yes folks, you heard it. He also has the nerve to say, "Auston Matthews plays to his best every game". Now, Matthews, to be far, did not play every game especially in the playoffs his very best. You seen that clip where Matthews, Marner, Nylander were arguing on the bench in that colossal loss to the Bruins. So, as I said, the media people are "demanding" Tavares step aside to Auston Matthews for Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the "sooner the better". Edmonton Oilers have definitely put shock waves in the Leafs Camp and Management for how they almost won the Stanley Cup, just one goal difference. It's interesting in the first meeting with the new coach Berubi, that they were "assessing" things. It's the Oilers Playoffs and McDavid's triumphs with Conn Smythe Cup that have the Leafs reeling and making moves faster than any Team, including change of Captain. I don't know if Matthews would be a good Captain to replace Tavares. Media's job is to state facts, not a gossip corner which is dangerous because most rumouirs eventually disappear.
@@djreid
What?
Mathews takes too many playoff games off to be captain...JT has earned his C... disrespectful to not wait a year to take it from him
Right on !!!
JT is a class act he will do what is best for the team where ever he is playing,he would be happy with a A go Leafs go
If Tavares can’t do it then Matthews is definitely not up to the job. Matthews is all about him and that’s where the leafs fall short on all sides.
wrong
just an absolute loser take by an oilers fan.
@@halla8083 Matthews and Marner both fall apart come playoff time and Tavares is getting ancient
Oilers fans salty after being oh so close to the cup.
What a clown comment
You People that say lets strip the C from Tavares, should remember that BOTH Tavares and Marner played ALL 7 games in the playoffs, can you say that about Nylander -3 or Matthews -2.5, NO YOU CAN'T!!!
Instead of talking about the LETTERS, you should start thinking about Random DRUG TESTING in the NHL!!!
And have you seen a Superstar do an interview, stoned out on COCAINE, just ask Edmonton, not pretty!!!
agree wit John . did Mitch play all 7 I did not see him ?
Ya he did, you dont remember him whining about penalty calls and him throwing his gloves like a 10 year old? 😂 @@chris2words
@@chris2wordsAnd then finished rehabbing his ankle sprain 3 weeks after the last game against the Bruins.
@@bbolzicco7080 ohh he was at there .forgot about that ,,,lol
The way I say it, Matthews taking the captaincy is both inevitable and necessary. Official captain aside, Matthews drives the team, whether he's truly the best "leader" is secondary. The team rises and falls with Matthews, team organization will come to reflect that
I don't see him as the captain type. I see Reilly as a better choice. Matthews didn't even want to sign long term with the Leafs.
Mathews never gives it his ALL in the playoffs
Neither does Tavares.
Either does Tavares and Willy and Marner. You want me to go on?
This is where Berube should have an impact.
Seriously, what difference will changing the captain's make?
No difference.
Acquiring Tavares with his bloated contract was Dubas' biggest blunder. it possibly cost the Leafs a legitimate run at the Cup.
BS
Let’s be real. Matthews would have been the captain had he not exposed himself to a female security guard….
Auston “CHEEKS” Matthews 🍑
@@FredFury8268the elevator was going up and his pants were going down
@@FredFury8268
Stuff happens you know, oh well he didn’t do anything else stupid. Look at Reese McGuire the jays ex catcher was playing with himself in a parking lot in his car. A family plaza families around, that’s worse and it was water under the bridge rather quickly.
No 🙄🙄🙄
Nick - Papii34 going in his 8th yr with the Leafs already.
It sure as heck doesn’t feel like 8 years lol.
You don’t need to change letters on a sweater, you need to make a culture change and core 4-5 change. That may show these privileged few changes can and will be made.
With the bruins getting Zadorov I was really hoping to have jani in the team.
Give Mathews the C
John T is judged by is salary .but he's done more in playoffs then 34 and 16 .imo don't strip him .but wonder if this isn't a move to get him to wave his NMC ?
Hate to say it but no matter where this guy goes he gets treated like a bag of shit. This guy has done nothing but honored his contract. What a cheap way of saying he deserves to be the next captain.."he leads by example" lol..lol..not one bit. Missed 2 key playoff games...Tkachuk had to have teammates dress him to play when they eliminated Toronto 3 yrs ago. A captain doesn't chew out a teammate on the bench on National Tv. Matthews has some growing up to do.
Toronto Maple Leafs = NY Islanders 2.0. 😢😢
Who cares about who the captain is I just want to play and win and when it comes to the playoffs I hope we make it past the first round and I hope that we make it all the way and we take the cup back to where it belongs and everyone knows that it belongs in Canada and it's a Canadian sport I'm pretty sure anyway lmao I just want to take it back to Canada ❤and who cares about who the captain is and everyone should stop fighting with each other about the leafs everywhere I look at people are fighting about the leafs just be happy and win win win and win 🏆 some more. Stop fighting with each other and win
It would be long overdue if Matthews gets the C
100%. Even if not AM it would look great on Willy. He always has that dog in him and so many times Matthews looked completely gassed and just out of the game towards the end of last season.
Why can't this be clean? "Hey John, we want you to give the C to Auston. please and thank you"..... why do feelings have to get involved?
If Papii34 ends up with the C.
There are loads of vet presence now to help him out.
Tanev
OEL
JT
Reilly
McCabe
Etc
A slap in the face for JT. No class act.
It’s either Matthews or Reilly
I think you guys better wait Until Chief speaks on the matter. Maybe wait until Training Camp. Berube will make the decision
Trree talked about hakanpaa signing
Do you think Jacob Quillan will crack the lineup?
The C shouldn't be stripped, it should be given in this case.
The leafs concerns are keeping Matthews not Tavares. This is Matthew’s team he’s the priority. Tavares is a grown man, he can handle it. Social media like the rest of you are making a bigger deal about it the Tavares is.
Steve Simmons is a joke not to be taken seriously.
Leafs brass obviously don't care if the FANS are pissed they just want to put bodies in the seats pay the high prices for the jerseys with this core not going to win a damn thing.
The fans that any established team really care about are 15 years of age and under. There is a 5 year waiting list for seasons tickets.Minimum.
@@maxpayne9041 if they only wanted the money, wouldn’t they want a team to go deeper into the playoffs so they make even more money?!?!
wonder why they didn't go for Montour? he signed for $7.14M. Domi and Liljegren are $6.75 TOTAL, should have gone for Montour
There going to do it because they don’t want him leaving when his contract is up or demand a trade. His best friend is gonna be gone soon and giving THE man the C makes sense to soften him up to stay forever hopefully
Heck I would pick Nylander over Matthews...
Its time for him to have the C . Beside the guys know who are the leaders in the dressing Room, No letter needed, there is still A's
Matty disappears every playoffs. The only round we won in the last 10 years was a clinching goal from JT.
McCabe should be captain
Morgan Riley should be Captain if JT is stripped. Riley has way more leadership than Matthews
Reilly has been there the longest.
It must be Tre's m.o. to sign one broken defenseman every year.
Who cares if they take the C from Tavares he's old and is another liability this team will not get past the first round.
Johnny Toronto will be captain till the end of his contract,
And the next won’t be captain underpants, wonder what happened to all the rumours about Marner July 1st as come and gone 🤷♂️
Matthews as captain makes sense.
For the love of god trade Marner
Tavares is way to quiet to be a Captain. You gotta have a C whos vocal and leads by example. Honestly, whos out there the longest in terms of minutes? If it was me, i would have made Captain Morgan Rielly.
There is no need to give the C to Mathews. The personnel is not going to change and the personalities aren't changing either. Marner would probably make a better captain than Mathews. He 's the guy who manages the team when he's on the ice, not Mathews or Tavares or anyone else. I can't say what goes on in the locker room and neither can you. But one thing we all know is that Mitch has improved every player he's played with. Mathews does not, and does not seem capable of that.
Your best player doesn't need to be your Captain.. many examples when the best player wasn't the team captain and that role doesn't suit every best player. Austin Matthews is a weak performer in the playoffs, if he wasn't I'd say maybe consider this, but there's nothing to be gained from this but disruption. Tavares is one of the very few Canadian players who chose to not only return to play in Canada but took a paycut to do so, Matthews wouldn't do that for Toronto. Horrible idea. To even discuss Matthews in the same sentence as McDavid makes no sense. Completely different characters. Not to mention Tavares will probably sign a cap friendly deal to stay in Toronto after next year, why risk that by insulting him like this.
If Matthews did something in the playoffs, different story. Matthews has more than ample time to prove himself in the playoffs. He got his record contract and doesn't care anymore. Typical American player. Pay them more, they do less.
I think JT really should have considered taking the lead and passing the torch to Matthews and take the A instead. That way there is no shame involved and makes him look magnanimous. It may be too late to seem credible now.
Honestly matthews is the best player on the roster it's time for change with this team with the so called core 4 but with no trade clauses hard to move these guys if they can move 1 of them then it's real change I think matthews can wear the c but will it really change the team for playoff success Honestly I think these guys are going to make marner an offer on a new deal and low ball Tavares on a new deal to create more salary cap space to sign another key peace the following season and they are going to ride this season out with these 4 guys again
@@RobertWiddes thanks for the honesty 🤭🤭🤭
No real hockey player wants to sign with the CLOWN SHOW that is the fan base and Media and management of the Leafs
He's also a fan of BIEBER'S that alone should tell you he should NEVER EVER EVER be a captain of ANYTHING
Jani hakanpaa , sounds Like LTIR . And use that money to stay under the cap and return for playoffs , just a thought .
Absolutely not, he should not be captain
Barring the winning goal in the only series they won ( that would be the series Mitch Marner lead the team in scoring in) ,Tavares has brought very little to this team , his emotionless play to the point of cowardice on the ice and his generic monotone answers in the press are not of Captain quality. The only thing he's brought to the Leafs is he taught young up and coming stars how to avoid accountability and milk as much money out of the team as they could. The biggest mistake of many made by Kyle Dumbass was signing him instead of bolstering the defense. $11 million dollars 7 yrs ago would have went a long way to a good defense. Hopefully this coming season is his last with this team. WE DON'T NEED HIM.
Matthews is no captain.
Do you guys not realize taking away the Captain from Travers and all of the talk around Marner is doing to the Leafs' reputation in the league. Already, some Free Agent players are saying they do not want anything to do with the Leafs. So how about you take a page out of the GM's playbook and keep it behind closed doors. It can be Matthews team with Travers being the Captain also has to face the media 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The player has to accept that fact and appear available to the media. He can not simply decide to take a day off because he does not want to answer questions. It is also based on personality types, and Matthews does not seem to be a person who craves media attention 24 hours a day 365 days a year...😢
No people like you who shit on everything leafs are why people don’t want to play here.
@@serenitynow6513 I don’t know what you’re reading but the original poster was not crapping on the team…
leafs need a strong, tough guy , Matthews is not one of them
Give it to mitch
I laughed so hard I all most peed
Marner has captain experience when playing in London.
If anything. Let JT keep the C until end of Contract. Theb give it to Papii34
If Leafs are thinking about bringing back JT. Treat him with the up most respect.
Don’t treat him like the fans did on the island with JT’s first game back since signing with the Leafs.
Show him respect. Maybe he’ll show tue same when te-signing with the Leafs at a lower cost.
I feel for JT. As I know he was hoping for success with him on tue team. But there hasn’t been. Sadly.
JT should leave that team ASAP!
Doesn't matter what the leafs do.... they will get bounced again from the playoffs. You can count on it.
They cannot score in the playoffs!!!!
Does nothing in the playoffs, in two years.
Get out of that cancer team John!
I have no problem with Matthews getting the C, but they should wait 'til Tavares's contract is over; he's been a great pro and has worked hard. It would be a bit of a dick move to do this; it's not like he's been a crybaby whiner during his tenure here. Just let his contract end and then give it to Matthews.
sulked on the bench because he didn't pot number 70 during the last game then bowed out from playing in the playoffs because of a tummy ache?
Finally he cannot motivate himself. He should have never been a captain for the team
Not sure why it seems to be a forgone conclusion that Tavares will return on a cheaper contract. He is slow and becoming more innefective. He is owed nothing Nd infact has bee overpaid since the beginning. He can play somewhere else. Overrated.
Toronto will always have dead weight on the team and they have to get bargain players cause no really good players want to play for toronto the core 4 will always be the problem if that doesn't change first round exits every single year even mathews can't get it done in the playoffs I'd rather have any other teams core players.
who cares what tavares wants? he's the biggest mistake of the matthews era. his robotic demeanor pisses me off so much!
they even had a press conference to announce the tavares captaincy as if he led the islanders to a bunch of cup finals.
Give the C to Tanev
Give it to Marner, he is the one driving the team.........into the ditch
Get rid of JT is too slow!
He may be slow but he is the only Leaf that goes to the front of the net and takes a beating.You wont see Matthews or Marner there,Wearing the C wont get him 70 goals.
Tavares is horrible he needs to b traded 11 mil for a 2 mill player means dump him lol.. doesnt matter if he takes a beating he not no where close to worth that money...@bigjim383
@@JoshFran yeah that’s not how contract negotiations work for big players, teams know the $ value goes down substantially in the last year or two. You can’t all of a sudden say “Hey, he’s not worth $11M” when both sides knew damn well he wouldn’t be.
Easy put tavares on waivers for purpose of buyout. Nobody will take him at 11mil. Wala...cap space. Top player in the league. What are you watching?? You could see him several times this year on the bench after coming off the ice. Slamming hus stick for missing his assignment, losing battles. He's degraded ALOT. So much so he was primarily a 3rd line center. Much like kampf being the highest paid 4th liner, tavares is the highest paid 3rd liner. For the betterment of the team, you need to waive him and gain the cap space through a buyout. Cap issues solved.
@@user-lg1rd7jb5m He's already been paid $10 of the $11 million, so he's only owed $1M left. Anyone with $11M of cap space would grab him for basically free. So THAT ain't gonna happen.
Should of been stripped it two years ago
Leafs biggest mistake in our long history was signing JT, the 2nd was putting the C on him. And to say JT always stepped up to plate when it mattered the most. WE as the leafs wouldnt be in the current situation and its his LACK of leadership and work ethic totally effected real leaders staying after we traded for them. And then putting the C on him hurt our locker room bad as having a toxic captain for 5 plus years was a direct slap in the face of Matthews. Its about time to get JT off the roster at no matter the cost. It would literally be addition by subtraction.
That is a bunch of crap. Toxic? Look in the mirror.
@@johnsummerhill8323 truth hurts doesn't brah, and I looked in the mirror and still feel the sameway. Beautifully Blessed as per usual.
@@MegaFletcherb Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you heal soon.