How I hope things shake out prior to opening night

Mo deserves it more than anyone else on the team... Will be interesting to see how this all plays out and whether or not they already promised it to AM, but Dubas seemed pretty pissed when he addressed the media.

Matthews should know that he isn't Captain after this. Not that its that big of a deal, its stupid and immature for sure but as all things are in Leaf Land, this has been blown out of proportion. With that being said, I think its safe to say Matthews isn't ready for Captain if this sort of thing happened and the fact he didn't tell anyone shows he's still not mature enough to do what he needs to be to be Captain in this market.

It may be better for him anyways. He can still be the face of the franchise and a leader on the team but he can just play and not worry about shouldering the load of the entire franchise. Rielly has been doing that for 3 years already, he's done great at it. He's the best ambassador this team has ever seen and how he handled the homophobic slur situation last year was incredible. I am hoping Rielly, JT, and Tavares sit down with Dubas, Babs and Shanahan and have a heart to heart ending with Matthews and JT saying, Rielly is the Captain of this team, just make it happen.

Couldn't agree more. I'd only add that I'd give Muzzin the A this year over AM. These kids have quite a bit of growing up to do still.

I think Dubas and Shanny have every right to be pissed. The leafs finally got the Mitchy Rich drama put to bed and then the Captain Underpants drama shows up without any forewarning.

Rielly - C
JT - A
Muzzin - A

Richie Mitch, Captain Underpants, and Slow to Rise (for work) Willy could use some time out of the spotlight to grow and mature as people.

Giving him the A is a responsibility I think he needs to take on. It's part of his maturation. A learning opportunity.