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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Naming McDavid captain was a marketing move, pure and simple. Probably mandated by the league. There's no way in normal circumstances that one of the least experienced players on the roster would have been named captain ahead of guys who are far more experienced and accomplished like Saad, Couturier, and Ekblad.
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Sean Couturier is a career 0.44 PPG player in 350 NHL games. He was 9th in Calder voting and this year was 8th in line for the Selke.
Saad has had success, but doesn't even wear a letter on the friggen Blue Jackets.
If Monahan were here, I'd say it's a three way battle between he, Ekblad and McDavid. Since he's not, it's Ekblad or McDavid. And if I coach McDavid in the real world, I'm going to see how he handles a locker room full of young star players before I name him captain of my NHL team.