From James Mirtle:
Here’s the question of the day: How do you pick a captain?
Do you go with age and experience? Youth? A forward or a defenceman? A North American or a European? Grit or finesse?
If we assume Joe Sakic’s coming back in Colorado and Mats Sundin’s headed for parts unknown, there are eight NHL clubs searching for a captain in training camp this year: Atlanta, Florida, Los Angeles, the Rangers, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Toronto and Vancouver.
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Mirtle poses an interesting question and really the answer is quite subjective.
For the 8 teams that Mirtle lists, here is who my choices would be for captains:
Atlanta: Ilya Kovalchuk
Florida: Cory Stillman
Los Angeles: Derek Armstrong
New York Rangers: Chris Drury
Philadelphia: Mike Richards
Tampa Bay: Vinny Lecavalier
Toronto: Jamal Mayers
Vancouver: Willie Mitchell
He's closing in on his first game since January 13th.
The 2024 2nd rounder is in Winnipeg where he'll spend the rest of the season…
At the GM meetings GMKC spoke 1-on-1 with Gino Reda.