Editing Toronto Maple Leafs (section)

=== Team captains ===
In all, 25 individuals have served as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{notetag|Three individuals have served two tenures as team captain.}}{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}}<ref name="tav25" /> [[Ken Randall]] served as the team's first captain for two years beginning with the inaugural 1917–18 NHL season.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} [[John Ross Roach]] was the first goaltender to be named captain in the NHL, and the only goaltender to serve as the Leafs' captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/look-and-c-leafs-captains-over-the-years|title=Look and "C": Leafs captains over the years|work=torontosun |publisher=Toronto Sun|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> He was one of only six goalies in NHL history to have been officially recognized as the team captain. [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]] served as captain from 1958 through 1969 and was the longest-serving captain in the team's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/24-7/greatest-maple-leafs-no-14-george-armstrong/|title=Greatest Maple Leafs: No. 14 George Armstrong|work=Sportsnet|publisher=Rogers Digital Media|date=December 18, 2013|first=Arden|last=Zwelling|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215144106/http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/24-7/greatest-maple-leafs-no-14-george-armstrong/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, Mats Sundin became the first non-Canadian to captain the Maple Leafs. His tenure as captain holds the distinction as the longest captaincy for a non-North American-born player in NHL history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundin's extended bio|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Sundin+extended/1092933/story.html|access-date=December 20, 2008|date=December 18, 2008|work=[[The Province]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130052651/http://www.theprovince.com/Sports/Sundin%20extended/1092933/story.html|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref> The most recent player named to the position was Auston Matthews on August 14, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Dave |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/auston-matthews-named-toronto-captain-replaces-john-tavares |title=Matthews named Maple Leafs captain, replaces Tavares |website=NHL.com |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref>

Three captains of the Maple Leafs have held the position at multiple points in their careers. Syl Apps' first tenure as the captain began from 1940 to 1943, before he stepped down and left the club to enlist in the Canadian Army. [[Bob Davidson (ice hockey)|Bob Davidson]] served as the Maple Leafs captain until Apps' return from the Army in 1945 and resumed his captaincy until 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep196101.shtml|title=One on One with Syl Apps|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|access-date=July 11, 2017|date=December 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803211609/https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep196101.shtml|archive-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> Ted Kennedy's first tenure as captain was from 1948 to 1955. He announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the 1954–55 season, with [[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]] succeeding him as captain.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} Although Kennedy missed the entire 1955–56 season, he came out of retirement to play the second half of the 1956–57 season. During that half-season, Kennedy served his second tenure as the Maple Leafs' captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/the-ted-kennedy-story/c-728250|title=The Ted Kennedy Story|work=Toronto Maple Leafs|publisher=Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment|date=August 14, 2014|access-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012146/https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/the-ted-kennedy-story/c-728250|archive-date=August 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Darryl Sittler was the third player to have been named the team's captain twice. As a result of a dispute between Sittler and the Maple Leafs' general manager [[Punch Imlach]], Sittler relinquished the captaincy on December 29, 1979. The dispute was resolved in the following off-season after a heart attack hospitalized Imlach. Sittler arranged talks with Ballard to resolve the issue, eventually resuming his captaincy on September 24, 1980.<ref>"Peace is wonderful, but ...," Frank Orr, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 5, 1980, p. D1.</ref> No replacement captain was named during the interim period.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2016|p=240–241}}

[[File:Syl Apps.jpg|thumb|alt=Syl Apps skating with the Stanley Cup.|[[Syl Apps]] led the team to three Stanley Cups as captain from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1948. From 1943 to 1945, Apps was serving with the [[Canadian Army]].]]
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* [[Ken Randall]], 1917–1919
* [[Frank Heffernan]], 1919–1920
* [[Reg Noble]], 1920–1922
* [[Jack Adams]], 1922–1924
* [[John Ross Roach]], 1924–1925
* [[Babe Dye]], 1925–1926
* [[Bert Corbeau]], 1926–1927
* [[Hap Day]], 1927–1937
* [[Charlie Conacher]], 1937–1938
* [[Red Horner]], 1938–1940
* [[Syl Apps]], 1940–1943
* [[Bob Davidson (ice hockey)|Bob Davidson]], 1943–1945
* Syl Apps, 1945–1948
* [[Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)|Ted Kennedy]], 1948–1955
* [[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]], 1955–1956
* [[Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey, born 1927)|Jimmy Thomson]], 1956–1957
* Ted Kennedy, 1957
* [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]], 1958–1969
* [[Dave Keon]], 1969–1975
* [[Darryl Sittler]], 1975–1979, 1980–1982
* [[Rick Vaive]], 1982–1986
* [[Rob Ramage]], 1989–1991
* [[Wendel Clark]], 1991–1994
* [[Doug Gilmour]], 1994–1997
* [[Mats Sundin]], 1997–2008
* [[Dion Phaneuf]], 2010–2016
* [[John Tavares]], 2019–2024
* [[Auston Matthews]], 2024–present
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