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Originally Posted by calf
This is why you don't make 19 year olds captain.
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The funny thing is that McDavid could have scored a ton of leadership points had he dropped the gloves with Manning (and didn't get his face smashed in). Iginla would have done it. So would Ovie, Toews... heck, even Sid's been in a few scraps over his career.
Instead, he probably remembers the last time he tried to fight in juniors (and broke his hand); also, McDavid is waaay more valuable on the ice than Manning. Not saying fighting him would have necessarily been the right decision, but whining about Manning not fighting his teammates was the wrong one.