Captaincy is the most overrated thing in sports.
Success has more to do with the makeup and development of the overall team than an individual player.
Gio has been perfectly fine as a captain, as was Iginla. There are far more factors to success than either of these guys could ever take care of themselves.
All I expect from a captain is consistency in effort and performance. Putting a winning team together beyond that is up to management and coaches.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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