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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I'm fine with Giordano being captain, but I have almost no idea what kind of impact he is having. It seems he's well-spoken, so I guess that's good. He does seem pretty vocal at time. He's a great role model - a great do-gooder in the community. Can he motivate the team in the dressing room? No clue.
Wasn't he the same guy that captained a rebuilding team to the second round of the playoffs?
With that being said, I do agree that the team lacks a spine. Gaudreau routinely gets cheap-shotted (this should be covered be the refs) and the team didn't show much physicality after being down 8-0 tonight.
Gone are the days of enforcers, but successful playoff teams are still gritty.
Tkachuk looks like a great future captain, but let's not pull an Oilers and make a 20 year old captain. That's just silly and stupid (like everything else the Oilers tend to do).
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Well Colorado ( Landeskog) , Detroit ( Yzerman) , Senators ( alfredsson), Blackhawks ( Toews), lightning ( Cavalier ) Penguins ( Crosby) ....
There are literally dozens of more examples of making a young guy Captain after a year or 2 in the league. Those captains lasted ten years plus in most some up to 20.
Its a fair question to ask if its time for a change. Would not be the First team to switch captaincy in the year.
If you have a player young that shows he could lead a team you do it. It will be there team for a much longer period than the current captian. There are alot of young guys named captian that grow into leading there team to a cup or two in the matter of just 4 to 5 years.
Personally I think Matt would be a better Captain. He is more straightforward in his interviews than Gio and I think he plays on par if not better than Gio. He drags the team into the dirty areas and into scrums.
I think this team needs a Captian who is going to be the one to drag his team into the fight, into the dirty areas and is a little of his rocker during the games. I think Gio is a great player but I don't think his demnor is going to cut it with this core. He plays hard and is very talented but when you go to war you want the best warrior leading you not the most level headed.