from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star,

Walt Whitman wrote those resonating words as a eulogy after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

(And that’s your American literature lesson for today.)

The Maple Leafs don’t have a captain, of course, and seem in no hurry to award the “C” to anybody.

It’s time.

Captaincy matters in hockey.

Rudderless in Toronto has been an executive decision. The prevailing sentiment is that Auston Matthews will eventually be invested; he just needs a bit more seasoning to grow into the role.

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