The plan for Auston Matthews is to be, well, Auston Matthews. On Thursday, Matthews was named the captain of Team USA for the 4 Nations Face-Off, the international best-on-best tournament that will pit the US, Canada, Sweden and Finland against each other in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20.

As captain of Team USA, Auston Matthews expects he’ll be seen, but not heard in the 4 Nations Face-off. Let’s just say it won’t take any speeches from the current Maple Leafs skipper to rev up a talented team of fellow red,

Auston Matthews will serve as captain for the United States in the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, and his team is the only one involved without a glaring injury question to answer.