Maple Leafs inundated with hate after demoting John Tavares

Matthews is going to be the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, which means John Tavares has officially been demoted from his role.

The news was broken earlier today by none other than Darren Dreger of TSN. As we noted, this was a decision that was made with John Tavares' approval, which just goes to show that there were no ill intentions here, whatsoever.

However, as you can see down below, some fans beg to differ. As it stands, the Maple Leafs, Matthews, and Tavares are all receiving a fair amount of hate over all of this. Needless to say, there is going to be a lot riding on whether or not the Leafs may have messed up this offseason. Hopefully, Matthews turns out to be the leader the Leafs believe he can be.

Do you think this was really that bad of a decision? Let us know in the poll down below. Additionally, stay tuned to Hockey Unplugged for the latest news and updates from around the hockey world.

Source: Darren Dreger on X
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