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Originally Posted by bax
Because McDavid is the future of that organization. He's been "the go to guy" on every team he's been on his entire life. Nugent Hopkins might be their third line center as early as this season. Why give the C to another young player? So you can strip him of it in a year or two and give it to McDavid then? What does Nuge have over McDavid? A few extra years playing on a bottom feeder?
If the oilers made Nugent Hopkins their captain today the entire NHL would be questioning the decision. Instead they named McDavid and the only people questioning it are on a Flames forum
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So should they have named Hall captain three years ago? Should the Flames have named Iginla captain in his first year. "Future of the franchise" =/= "name him captain right now".
If you don't like making a more complete player captain, because he's young, you pick your best vet. Maybe Lucic despite the fact he hasn't played there before. Maybe a defenceman because he isn't comparable to McD. But IMO it's an unnecessary move to put additional pressure on a half year player.