Thinking about it some more, I agree we should be looking for a captain for during this transitional period. Cammy and Gio strike me as ideal candidates. Right now I'm thinking Cammy is the better choice. Gio, while certainly capable (or at least that's what he should us last year needs to sort out his own play on the ice first before anything else. He could probably be the new face of the franchise in 2-3 years once he settles in playing up to expectations.
Cammy has been a solid veteran on the team. He may be a smurf but he's been our smurf who's shown he cares through his play and produced as a result of it. Example being that while most of us thought (myself included) he should have been sat for the first 2 weeks in favor of Bartschi, Cammy's engine eventually kicked in and is one of our leading scorers in goals and team leader in points now.
Move Tanguay off the team ideally, and we'll have a solid balance between the kids and veterans.
For people including Brodie and Backlund, give them 3-4 years before even considering it. They still need to prove that we can expect more of them.
In the end I would still rather not have anybody at all and leave the spot vacant for up to 2 years even.
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