I do think that Giordano did a heck of a job the last two seasons. However, did he do a better job than Iginla in his first 2 seasons as captain? I don't know.
I do think that the first few years of Iginla's tenure as captain was without a doubt the best captaincy for quite some time before, and quite some time since. Yep, people will choose to vote for others because of how the rest of his captaincy ended up - the team were far from a hard working lovable team for sure, and there were various (and quite possibly, credible) questions about him as captain. Will Giordano 'slip up' as well?
I chose Lanny simply because he altered the team (seemingly) and was a huge presence (and still is) in the community, and had the respect of every player on that team. Had Iginla kept it up like he did in his first few years - pushing that team like he did at first - I don't think I could have voted Lanny on this one. I personally can't see Giordano ahead of Iginla at this point - really because I don't think he has had quite the same effect as Iginla originally did. Maybe he will get a bit complacent like Iginla did as well. Can anyone say with a straight face that they saw Iginla getting complacent after that '04 run? No way in H E double hockey sticks! Still, I can definitely see why people would vote Giordano ahead of Iginla (or ahead of anyone). He simply has been a very good captain.
Related to captaincy, I really wonder who in fact has more of an effect on the culture and the team - a captain, or a coach? I side with the coach. Best captaincy periods do align fairly well with the best coaching periods. Becomes very difficult to differentiate between the two - at least for me it is.
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