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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Lanny and Peplinski were co-captains. In game 6 of the Final, Peplinski sat in the press box because other players demonstrated they were better choices to be on the ice. It's not a punishment or an insult, and if you're a leader one of the ways you lead is by showing that you can take the same treatment as anyone else on the team.
I'm not saying he should sit. But if he does, it's not unprecedented, and it's not an insult.
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Actually, I think Crisp made the choice for Lanny to play just because he wanted him on the ice for the win. Peplinksi was a better player, and Lanny had been benched earlier.
But that was a whole different secenario - two Captains playing the same position, and Lanny was almost a figurehead captain by that time, not like Gio, who was the best player on the team the year before.