Dion Phaneuf Gets The C
Posted June 14, 2010 6:08 pm.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are putting the C on defenceman Dion Phaneuf.
He had 10 points in 26 games with the Leafs last season.
The 25-year-old Phaneuf was acquired last January in a blockbuster deal with the Calgary Flames.
“It’s a very special day for me personally and for our team,” Phaneuf said on Monday.
“It is a tremendous honour,” he added.
Toronto hasn’t had a captain since Mats Sundin left the team in the summer of 2008.
“To me, it was a no-brainer,” head coach Ron Wilson said.
Wilson has said the blue-liner had a major influence on the team’s young locker-room after his arrival.
The Maple Leafs finished last in the Eastern Conference last season with 74 points.
