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in all honesty, i think the best thing for all parties, is go captainless this year, name Tavares for years 2 through 7, name Matthews captain after that.
Dont overthink too muchTerrible idea.
Matthews hasn’t been signed. Tavares has.
If you give Matthews the ‘C’ over Tavares, you immediately declare Matthews is “more valuable” and you can’t argue he gets a lower contract.
Some of you may think Matthews is worth more, and maybe he is, but you don’t want to play poker with your cards facing out.
So from a strategic POV, you pretty much have to not give Matthews the ‘C’.
If you HAD to name someone this season, I would pick Marleau.
He’s gone soon, by then Matthews is signed, you’ve gotten a look at Tavares and Matthews and how they handle the room, and who is better suited for the role. Plus no one is gonna be upset that Marleau is named captain because it’s temporary.
Yup sounds about right. Matthew's will still be young enough anyway.in all honesty, i think the best thing for all parties, is go captainless this year, name Tavares for years 2 through 7, name Matthews captain after that.
Matthews with a couple snipes in this one for those craving some hockey highlights.
Dont overthink too much
tavares will be captain. mark my words.
plus it makes sense to name tavares captain. he's older and mature and can handle the pressure. this protects matthews during his youth years who will probably wear an 'A'. once tavares' contract is up, matthews will be 27/28 yrs old and then he can take over as captain.
I don't care who it is, just as long as it's a long term captain.
Honestly I don’t care all that much about it, I think it’s mostly relevant for the fans/PR stuff. Leaders will lead in the dressing room regardless of what letter is on their jersey.
From an optic’s perspective though I suppose I’d like Matthews to get it, he represents the face of the new era Leafs is he best player on the team (or will be after this season). And I also don’t want him to feel alienated with JT coming here. But I don’t really have a strong preference either way
Except that not a single player on the team other than maybe Kadri even knows him personally or has played a single shift with him.Toronto boy comes home leads team to Cup victory. That headline is why JT will be the Captain. Well that and he is the most qualified on every level to be the Captain.
Except that not a single player on the team other than maybe Kadri even knows him personally or has played a single shift with him.
How do you name him a captain until hes battled in the trenches with the rest of the boys on the team and has earned it?
I wait a year and let the captaincy decide itself. The only caveat is if Matthews signs an under market deal, like say 9.5-10m for 8 years.
If he's willing to take that big of a haircut to show his team what it takes to sacrifice for the ultimate goal (a cup or 3) then I name him a captain immediately.
You have a good point but that was also Burkie running the show, and also if you look at that Phaneuf team it was a bunch of scrubs and cast-offs. There wasn't exactly 2 or 3 good candidates to choose from like there is now.How long did it take to promote Dion? I think it will be that quick and spurred on by Babcock and good pro philosophy, being a Man not a boy and all that Babcockian stuff.