Leafs1003

id support Tucker as captain. He plays with emotion, he puts the team before himself. He protects others. Im sure the young players look up to darcy. He is a pro. Mccabes i.q is to low to be a captain. screw him. He takes to many stupid penalties.. He dosen't lead by example. Look at the captains around the league. Jokienen, Alfredsson, SUNDIN, jason smith, Iginla..those guy leads by example. Jason smith isnt a goalscore...and i dont think he is a superstar but as a captain he is second to none. I think darcy would be the same.
The future of our team is on Nik Antropov, Vesa Toskala and Kyle wellwoods back.

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canadiancreed

And hope that they'll find someone better to replace him down the road.

Sorry. I'm a mean one like that

Persoanlyl I think mats sets a positive example for the Leafs (whether they choose to follow is a whole different story), but Tucker? I'd have to disagree with your assessment. IMO he's not the best player on the team, and while he does play with heart he also takes silly penalties and has been pretty much invisible this year (so far). What about Nik as C? That to me would make sense of the candidates post-Sundin.

MaCabe

I decided that the easiest way to identify my opinion and reasoning for it was to walk through all the options listed.

Jason Blake- Blake has always been identified as an individualist and has a history of attitude problems, now as a star player this can be excused as the Jagr syndrome, but as a captain it could not be tolerated as Clarke proved during the Philly-Lindros controversies. I think it is necessary for a Captain to be more of a team guy then say a 155 shots and 5 goals guy.

Bryan McCabe- McCabe has all the makings of a good captain and I for the longest time thought he would be the logically inheritor of the captaincy in Toronto, as he is a great character guy, always gives his all and is a real building stone for the franchise. This all mixed with him being a former captain on NYI and a assistant captain in Toronto since his arrival, but after his contract disputes and him showing that he may desire to play elsewhere, one couldn't not support his petition for captaincy, I think one of the best defining characteristics of a captain like Sundin, is despite knowing he could play elsewhere he never threatened to leave Toronto, though the media has rarely been on his side since he was traded for the Wendel back in the nineties.

Darcy Tucker- Former captain in T-bay and in Montreal Darcy emulates the very essences of leadership, but alas he plays about 50 games a season, and if the captain was a part-time job then he would be the obvious choice, but it is not.

Tomas Kaberle- Team discount, dedication to Toronto after mass media assaults and team's lack of success, apparently a major reason players like Tlusty and Kubinia signed with Toronto (Tlusty was thinking about NEVER playing in North America until a fishing trip with Kaberle which ended with him signing with Toronto and playing in the Sue three weeks after being drafted). All of this from one guy, if he isn't the next captain of this team then it truly speaks volumes of the incompetence of this franchise.

Matt Stajan- Leaps and bounds is all you can say about Matt this season, but he is on a team loaded with veteran presence and has very limited experience outside of being a fringe 3rd liner for the last 4 seasons. He could be the the successor of the successor but I doubt he will even be an assistant captain following Sundin's departure.

they'll sign somebody else -Who do you think we are Chicago? This is a team with more veteran presence then a remembrance day parade, and we are just gonna import our leadership? Doubt it.

Other- With the exception of maybe Kilger, or if Sundin sticks around a couple more seasons, maybe Tlusty, I can't see the Leaf's finding other good captaincy candidates in their roster

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Paul

gotta say McCabe because he has Leader experience, he was team captain for the Islanders i believe. Players like Tucker and Blake dont have this experience. FInally a team captain needs to have the skills to help there team when there losing either by scoring, or getting there team Momentum.

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viperstar

Dude McCabe is not gonna be captain its gonna be Kaberle there is no way it would be McCabe he's over payed doesn't produce while Kaberle is a serious player and is all around at the same level as Sundin.

canadiancreed

Kaberle = Sundin?!

I think I just have coke go up my nose from choaking.

The Rover

I'm voting for Kaberle. Sure he may not be the vocal guy etc etc. But that isn't a requirement of being a Captain. Look at the 80's Oilers, Gretzky was the Captain, but Messier was the vocal guy. The Captain leads by example on and off of the ice. That is exactly why I don't want McCabe. His example on the ice is basically "what not to do", and he answers questions with a "pfft" before every answer as if he has just heard the dumbest question of all time, then rolls out his bag of cliches. McCabe is the Nuke Lalouche of hockey. Yeah, I bash McCabe, but with good reason, imo he would be the Anti-Captain and the absolute worst choice.

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gabriel

I guess McCabe is the man. None from the list is more capable than he is; plus, I agree with the opinion that even though major changes must take place on the squad for the next season, you can´t just purchase a new captain unless he´s unquestionably a hockey star whose position would be respected right away by all the rest of the team.

Anyway, replacing Sundin is a really tough job.

TylerDCA

From what I have seen this year, there is no way it should be Kaberle.

He doesn't lead on the ice. At times he looks completely lazy and disinterested. McCabe or Tucker.

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el cangri

i say kaberle is the best fit.
that's if he somehow isn't dealt.