It’s very possible, but the Toronto Maple Leafs have a big pool of players to choose from. However, it wouldn’t be odd to see the face of the organization be the next captain.
And even Auston Matthews knows that, “We’ve got a lot of good candidates,” Matthews tells The Athletic, “guys that have been in the League for a while, guys that have been captains before like John Tavares, and guys that have worn letters for quite some time.”
There are a ton of candidates to choose from, such as Tavares, like Matthews said, who was the captain of the New York Islanders for five years before coming to Toronto.