I think my order would be Backlund, Tanev and Lucic.
Backlund doesn't complain about his usage, and he has been very pro-Flames (remember his "Luongo Sucks" comment when playing video games?). One of the hardest workers in the community. Longest tenured Flame here too.
Tanev - workhorse and is supposedly really good in the room.
Lucic - the only drawback here in my mind is that he has a bloated salary, and if there is ever an option to dump him, the Flames would be foolish not to do so. Other than that, he would be a great captain.
Tkachuk I can't see. A 'rat' should never be a captain. He may be our rat, but he is still a rat and I would rather one not be the captain. Besides, he is constantly involved with extra-curriculars out on the ice, it doesn't make sense for me to have him as the captain. Disagree with this, and that's fine - but if Tkachuk isn't willing to sign long-term soon, Flames should trade him this off-season, and I would rather they not put themselves in the situation of once again losing their captain in the off-season two seasons in a row.
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