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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Again, I will reiterate my objection: why do any of us as fans care about which of the players serve as Alternates? We don't actually know why some are selected where others are not, and as far as I can tell this makes virtually no difference to a team's fortunes. I believe the Flames will be a better team with another player playing in Brouwer's spot in the lineup, but do I believe they will be better because he will no longer have an "A" stitched to his jersey? Certainly not.
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Well clearly NHL teams view assistant captains as guys who will help lead on and off the ice or they wouldn’t give them out. Having a guy wear the A who was providing nothing except some OK Penatly killing and nothing no else is not a good look and it’s why he’s gone. Especially when there are guys on the team that bring it every game