After the incident surrounding Auston Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs will likely go in another direction with the captaincy.
A lot of people thought it would be Matthews that would be the next captain. We thought the Leafs social media team was trolling us with the instagram post of what looks to be a ‘C’ on Matthews’ jersey. Then, there was the picture of Carlton the Bear on a boat with the caption “Ahoy, captain!”, along with a Matthews jersey in the bottom right corner.
Maybe Matthews was destined to be the captain, maybe he wasn’t.