When preparing to situate themselves as contenders, it would be easy to set a list of priorities that Shanahan and his crew need to focus on. However, you would fail to find ‘name a new captain’ anywhere near the top of the Toronto Maple Leafs checklist for next season.
Leafs Unlikely to name a Captain in the Near Future
General Manager Lou Lamoriello provided Leafs nation with a rare piece of insight today. In an interview with TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, Lamoriello said naming a captain “isn’t something at the forefront”. The Leafs GM went as far as saying that he “would not be surprised if we did not have a captain next year”.