Bennett. With what experts are saying and obviously if he lives up to it, we're likely looking at Sam Bennett as being a true franchise number #1 centre. He also seems like a firecracker with a huge ambition to win hockey games.
I guess for me with my limited knowledge of our young players, I see Sam Bennett as a young Mark Giordano in every way except playing position.
I kind of feel like Monahan gets a leg up as next captain on CP because he was the true first young star after the Iginla era and obviously had a very successful first two seasons. But I honestly think after 5 years or so go by and we start actually getting to new captain time, Sam will be an established first line star with the perfect fiery leader personality to a lead a team.
That's nothing against Monahan, and none of us really know anything, but a lot of Monahan's almost guaranteed next captain status on CP seems to be "He seems like the quiet leader type", which very well may be true, but I'm willing to bet it goes to Sam if he's still here.
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