Was Auston Matthews made to be the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs?

The Maple Leafs are expected to name Auston Matthews as team captain on Wednesday, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. Bryan Hayes and Frankie Corrado join SportsCentre to share their thoughts on Matthews receiving the 'C' and the significance of the leadership shakeup for him and John Tavares.

[dro_dozer]

Strip Hayes of the Overdrive captaincy

[RG-lrpk]

Here comes the pom pom waving from the "toughest media market in the world."

[stephentyler]

Be a leader, Austin. Leave Toronto in the dust.

[aaamm]

Since 1967 the leafs had really good captains, not one of them took the leafs to the cup finals, will Auston do it i don't think so the team needs to be constructed differently, specially the bottom 6 extremely weak

[Mtron]

C'mon Hasey B, Tavares saw this coming a long time ago, totally sure he didn't plan on retiring as captain, it's perfect timing with a new coach 😊
Go Leafs Go 🎉

[Megafoot]

The only answer to the question people need to know is, where was Austin Mathews during last years playoffs ? He was a no show.

Based on that, do fan’s really expect that the Leafs will be successful this year in the
playoffs ? Who’s continually making these assanign decisions ?

John Tavares is thee consummate leader of the Toronto Maple Leafs hands down. Austin Mathews does not deserve to be Captain, no way, no how.

🇨🇦✌🏼🇨🇦🤨

[simonrockwell]

I can not think of a better way to humiliate a player and take the drive completely out of them than to do this. What kindergarten analytic thought that top scorer equates to leadership? Austin is a great player and I'm thrilled they have him locked up for a few years Only in Toronto and only in this environment. Treliving showed why Calgary parted ways with him...

[GP]

Corrado logic: make a 3rd player who's not ready to lead a group captain just because he racks up incredible offensive stats. Meanwhile Matthews was still working on the basics of his defensive game 5 years ago and clearly didn't approach management himself to become captain. Not the sharpest opinion around, Corrado.

[dangraesser]

Now he can be the captain while he fails in the playoffs AGAIN

[showdown]

Ohhh so this is what they meant by changes to the core 4

[srnd]

Opening night expect to see all the players walk in with a purse

[tddongtv]

Morgan Rielly is the true captain of this team and should have been years ago.

[SavedByZero]

So will Tavares get one of the A's?

[MrJabez]

He would have been captain earlier if it wasn't for the time he and his friends attacked and chased a woman to her car at 2am

[MUSIC]

FRANKIE!! that is not the correct use of "man-child" lmao

[tommya]

Oh well start the parade Toronto. Putting a C on a jersey doesnt change the team. Get rid of the players who like eggs in their pants that don't break when they play. If a ship is sinking, changing the captain doesn't plug the whole.

[aaamm]

After this breaking news Mitch will be leaving for sure

[Tokenblackguru]

Naming Auston Matthews as captain is like putting Bronny James Jr as the lakers Captain and Lebron James as an Assistant…

[magus]

Only doing it because he is their franchise player..only reason

[phils]

I’m glad someone mentioned sundin, he also was a great leader, JT did score the series clinching goal against tampa. I think matthews deserved the C from the beginning, hopefully all these changes GM, head coach etc turns his team into a playoff team.