Report: Don Cherry believes player should be stripped of Team Captaincy.

The ever outspoken Don Cherry is not one to mince words. He stayed true to character in tonight's installment of CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada", by suggesting that new leadership is needed for the Toronto Maple Leafs, behind the bench and on the ice as well. The Leafs recent hiring of respected coach Mike Babcock suggests a step in the right direction for the organization. Cherry thinks the Leafs should take their commitment a step further and strip current team Captain Dion Phaneuf of the 'C'. "He'll straighten Dion out. He'll have him back there like he did with Calgary and one thing I would do, and I know I'm going to upset a lot of people, you have to do it gently, I would take the captaincy off him," said Cherry. "Then he can just play, then he doesn't have to worry about all that bologna that goes on." Cherry also suggested that, Phil Kessel came to camp out of shape last season, but fans can expect Kessel to show up looking to impress his new head coach. "I guarantee you Kessel is going to be 10 pounds lighter when he reports and he won't come to camp and laugh about how he was only on skates 10 times," said Cherry. Do you agree with Cherry? Should Babcock strip Phaneuf of the Leafs captaincy?