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Originally Posted by danny darko
Backlund or Lindholm for sure. I think Huberdeau would make a great captain, and likely will be in the future, but I also have a hard time wrapping my head around naming him captain when he hasn't played a single second of meaningful Flames hockey.
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They gave him a buyout proof $84M max term contract before he played a game for the team so I don’t see how giving him a letter is tough to understand. He is the franchise player, the face of the team, and along with Weegar has the longest future with the team contractually.
The way he has talked in the media and carried himself also give the impression that he gets it and is a leader. I was a believer he was going to get the C and thought they would hold off until later in the year but perhaps they feel comfortable giving to him now. I thought Kadri had an outside chance of getting it but Huberdeau makes a ton of sense to me