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Originally Posted by schteve_d
That's true, but does he need to be a top pairing guy to be the best choice to lead a rebuild flush with young talent?
I think there are an awful lot of factors that need to be considered: Leadership, drive, professionalism, optimism, resilience, hate of the Oilers, and the list could go on.
The one guy left standing as the guy to lead this rebuild and mentor these kids is going to have a challenging few years in this organization, and it is going to take some character. We are going to need an exceptional captain if this is going to work.
I think that Backlund is pretty well regarded as a leader and a captain. He is not our number one centre.
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No and I don’t think we need a vet to be leading the rebuild either. It’s has to be the young players who take charge and take over the team.
We didn’t have Iginla or Regher to lead our last rebuild. We had a Stajan who only had a few years left and handed it off to Gio and Johnny and Monny. Those guys brought in the Chucky and Andersson onto the team.
One guy hating the Oilers and Canucks probably isn’t enough. I just don’t see it in the athletes now. A lot of them train together are friends off the ice to have the type of hatred you or I would have of those suckers.