For too long, many Leaf fans have been wondering which one of their players would wear the C. After Mats it was hard to choose from the bad roster that John Ferguson and Cliff Fletcher left behind. Fans were thinking Matt Stajan, Alexander Steen, or the veteran Thomas Kaberle. Well wonder no more Toronto sports fans, your new captain is the one and only Dion Phaneuf. Coming from Calgary Flames last season in trade that saw seven players switching jerseys, Dion helped the struggling Leafs to a pretty good ending of their 09-10 season.
Will he be another great captain for the Leafs?
Dion will be good captain, but not a great captain. For this reason, he isn't a forward, he isn't going to score every night or have much of a impact on the offense side of things which Leaf fans and media are used to. You can't pressure this Defense man to put up big stats like Mike Green on the Capitals. I actually really like this move by the leafs and not just cause Phil Kessel is American but because Dion Phaneuf is hard working and hard hitting player. He is also very vocal and in my opinion not overrated and still as talented as he was on Calgary. Some say he is washed up but you have to remember two things out of all this, first he was on a washed up Flames team. He's also only 25 and young players sometimes have bad seasons. Lets hope he can pick himself back up with a organization that trust him enough to wear the C. The one thing I don't like about this is that he as played for the leafs for only a short period of time, 26 games isn't enough to prove your the best leader on the team in my mind. All in all this was a great choice by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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