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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I'll never understand teams that name their best player their captain just because he's their best player. If he's their best player and a great leader? Sure. But naming a kid that hasn't played a full season, heck, barely half a season your captain is ridiculous. But then you look at who's running the team so it makes sense. He'll be named captain of the Oilers in a few weeks too just because.
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With players of this talent level and pedigree, you can name them captain. Who else is it going to be?
Crosby was 19, Toews 20, Yzerman 21.
Examples of this not working are Lecavalier and Landeskog (depending how you feel about this one - Lecavalier straight up wasn't ready for it). Both were 19.