Ultimately, will Phaneuf have his #3 honoured by the Leafs?

[go_leafs_go02]

Simple yes / no question. Understand it's somewhat early, and his legacy and future is not set in stone... But this is the 5th season Phaneuf is captain.

Looking back at our previous captains:

Mats Sundin - 1997 - 2008: YES
Doug Gilmour - 1994 - 1997: YES
Wendel Clark - 1991 - 1994: YES
Rob Ramage - 1989 - 1991: NO
Rick Vaive - 1981 - 1985: NO
Darryl Sittler - 1975 - 1981: YES
Dave Keon - 1969 - 1975: NO (Personal Choice)
George Armstrong - 1957 - 1969: YES

So going back to 1967, the last cup win, only 2 out of our last 8 captains have not had their numbers honoured by the Leafs. I'm not including Keon in that list because that's his personal preference to not be honoured at this point. The organization will honour him the first second Dave Keon agrees with it.

So, what do you think. Leaving this YES / NO instead of leaving an option called "TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE"

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[HEAVY DUTY]

LOL. no.

unless he wins the cup here or takes the team on at least 3 or 4 deep runs in the playoffs, i honestly don't see it.

that first round exit to boston in a shortened season isn't good enough.

 

[ChrisCall]

Provided he stays on for at least a couple more years...
I think probably it happens eventually even if only for politics.
To make history look better than it was.

If he ultimately leaves sooner than later though, maybe not.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

 

[kihei]

Jesus, no. That would be a travesty.

 

[The Reaper]

Heck no

 

[TootooTrain]

Suspect timing of thread.

 

[JimmyPower]

Frig no

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Sums it up

 

[Amadeus]

One of the worst captains we have ever had.

 

[Leafidelity]

Nah. Dion has been a good foot soldier, but not great. I do think his career in retrospect will gain Phaneuf more appreciation though.

 

[contour]

This shouldn't be a question.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I don't think so, unless his time with them equals what Gilmour, Clark and Sundin did or if he is apart of a team that finally wins a Stanley Cup.

 

[thunderhawk905*]

My exact reaction.

What planet are you living on?

 

[tmlms13]

if he plays out the entire 7 years on his contract then probably will. Does he deserve to? probably not.

But the timing of this thread is really bad. I wonder the results if it showed up after the Boston game.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Suspect timing of thread

 

[Daisy Jane]

didn't we JUST have this thread earlier this week?

 

[Kamiccolo]

I literally made this thread 2 days ago and got laughed off of the leaf board.

 

[Stephen]

Phaneuf should have his number 3 retired outright so future generations won't have to bear that disgraced number.

 

[MajorityRules*]

At this point in his career that's a big NO!

Seriously, do you kids sit in class and dream up these questions when you should be paying attention to what your teacher is saying?

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

This team honoured Wendel Clark's number so anything is possible.

 

[Warden of the North]

Closed. This isnt going to go well.