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Why the time has come for the Leafs to name a captain
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Article has some more info on former captains and breaks down some of the candidates for the C. Do you guys agree it is time? Personally, I do think it's time.
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Let’s start off by saying that the captaincy isn’t some magical element that’s going to put the Leafs over the top. Three straight first-round exits had zero to do with not having a captain. Furthermore, putting a “C” on someone won’t suddenly make the Leafs any more Stanley Cup-viable than they are already.
Leafs GM Kyle Dubas is already on record as a mild skeptic of its sometimes overstated importance, saying as much during a speech to Brock students at training camp in Niagara Falls last fall. He noted that marquee franchises in other sports, like the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, went long stretches without captains and challenged a questioner on what exactly would change on a team that had multiple leaders but no designated captain.
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The franchise has never gone more than three seasons in a row without a captain. An unusual bit of history would be set then if the Leafs proceeded without one again this year. In fact, there are only eight captain-less seasons in Leafs history, five of which have come following Sundin’s decade-long run: 1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-90; 2008-09; 2009-10; and now the past three seasons.
Team president Brendan Shanahan has done plenty to honour more a century’s worth of history, including the reinvention of jerseys that celebrate the past and a Legends Row out front of Scotiabank Arena.
It’s time they start honouring this tradition again.
Article has some more info on former captains and breaks down some of the candidates for the C. Do you guys agree it is time? Personally, I do think it's time.