The Toronto Maple Leafs gave it their all, but couldn’t defeat their Goliath in the Boston Bruins. Although we can discuss a few things that the Leafs need to fix in order to improve for next season, there’s one aspect of the team that may seem so minor, but its addition could go a long way in making a difference.
That aspect is the team’s captaincy.
The Leafs haven’t had a captain since February 2016, after the team traded then-captain Dion Phaneuf to the Ottawa Senators in a nine-player trade. Three years later, the Leafs have rebuilt this team from the ground up and gone from having no candidates for the captaincy to having multiple legitimate choices for the ideal team captain.