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Originally Posted by Robbob
Plain a simple the oilers are no good. It isn't the media's fault the garbage franchise rushed to make him one of the youngest captains ever ahead of Crosby. Instead of insulating him from extra responsibility and scrutiny that comes with the captaincy, especially in a hockey market, they pinned it on him like it would be some sort of badge of honor.
If you want to blame anyone, blame the franchise for putting him on the island because they are no good.
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The Pens offered the captaincy to Sid pretty early (after year one IIRC) but he turned it down. At the time they may not have had grizzled vets (well, they had Hendricks) but they had RNH, Pouliot, Sekera (plus Hall and Eberle, but they weren't captain material either).