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WWYDW: Oh Captain(s), My Captain(s)

By Shawn Reis
Aug 31, 2016, 17:25 EDTUpdated:
Training camp is just around the corner, and the Leafs will have plenty of important roster decisions to make.
One of those decisions is who to name captain. Alternatively, if they decide to name nobody captain, they have to decide who to give alternate captaincy to, and how many players they want to give that honor and responsibility.
The Leafs have plenty of options on that front — I mean really, they have a lot.
Hunwick, Bozak, Polak, Laich, Kadri, Van Riemsdyk, Rielly, Martin, Komarov…the list goes on.
So, the Leafs have quite a decision to make on that front.
In light of this, today’s question is: who would you give the letters to? Which letters would they be? How many would you give out?
Bonus: if you don’t think they’ll name a captain now, who do you think they’ll eventually name?
For me, I’m going with Hunwick, Bozak, Rielly, and Laich as alternates, with Matthews or Rielly being the future captain a year or two from now.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!
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