According to former NHL executive and current hockey analyst Brian Burke, Auston Matthews will not be named the next captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. While appearing on Sportsnet 650 The Fan, Burke said he's confident the Leafs will appoint John Tavares the next captain of the franchise, and says it was a decision made by the team internally before the whole issue of Matthews receiving a disorderly conduct charge became public.
Burke says naming Tavares is "the right choice", although be believes Matthews will be named captain some day.
Matthews has found himself in somewhat of an embarrassing position after it came to light that he had not informed Toronto GM Kyle Dubas of the incident, even though it took place in July. Dubas told the media Wednesday night that he found out about it on Twitter, the same way most other people did, and that he was disappointed Matthews hadn't come to him sooner. It is alleged that Matthews and a group of friends attempted to get into the car of a security guard at a condo complex in Arizona earlier this summer at two in the morning. She states the group was intoxicated, and that Matthews pulled his pants down around his ankles while going back towards the building.
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