[News] Oilers name McDavid captain. Youngest in NHL history

[dash_pinched]

Hey Connor, if MacT calls you via Skype, don't answer.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

"Hey henrihan!..."

[Locke]

Connor McDavid: Captain, Coach, Co-GM, Part-Time Mascot and soon to be part owner.

[SOMBRI2]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

"Hey henrihan!..."

Seriously?

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[Flash Walken]

Is mcdavid even old enough for the tri-wizard tournament?

He must have used something incredibly dimwitted like an ageing potion.

[GioforPM]

Sureloss has a TV? I thought he was just some Skynet being.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Wow that was quick. I predicted GM & President by next season, but it's progressing much faster than expected.

[Benched]

Originally Posted by The Coppernian One

From Wikipedia:

Brian Bellows - Minnesota (Interim) 19 years, 131 days
Connor McDavid - Edmonton - 19 years, 266 days
Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado - 19 years 268 days
Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh - 19 years 297 days
Vincent Lecavalier - Tampa Bay - 19 years, 315 days
Jonathan Toews - Chicago - 20 years, 80 days
Steve Yzerman - Detroit - 21 years, 151 days
Jim Schoenfeld - Buffalo - 21 years, 262 days

So they announced it today (or tomorrow) in order to beat Landeskog's record?
lol.



PS. LOL @ CTV for not even changing their stock standard caption. Happens so much, they probably didn't even notice that this announcement wasn't another coach fired.

[MarkGio]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

If there is no good choice for captain, why name one right now? They could just have the 4 of them wearing A's.

To be fair, sadly McDavid is the last best captain since Weight and Messier. All of them have been unskilled and usually character guys.

-- Ference
-- Horcoff
-- Moreau
-- Smith
-- Weight
-- Buchberger
-- Corson
-- McTavish
-- Lowe


That's a terrible list of players.

[GioforPM]

I'd have thrown it to the Nuge myself.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

To be fair, sadly McDavid is the last best captain since Weight and Messier. All of them have been unskilled and usually character guys.

Unskilled character guys can make good captains. In 89 I recall there were two guys that met that description and the third co-captain was a formerly highly skilled guy but at the very end of his career.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

To be fair, sadly McDavid is the last best captain since Weight and Messier. All of them have been unskilled and usually character guys.

-- Ference
-- Horcoff
-- Moreau
-- Smith
-- Weight
-- Buchberger
-- Corson
-- McTavish
-- Lowe


That's a terrible list of players.

I've never cared how skilled a player is when it comes to naming captains. You want a player who can lead on and off the ice, good character, and will stick up for his teammates. Naming a player captain just because they are the most skilled on the team never made sense to me.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

I've never cared how skilled a player is when it comes to naming captains. You want a player who can lead on and off the ice, good character, and will stick up for his teammates. Naming a player captain just because they are the most skilled on the team never made sense to me.

It did to me... when I was 10.

[The Coppernian One]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

How many times has a team given a letter to a player who has yet to have played a regular season game for the team?

I think Philadelphia made Jason Smith their Captain before he had played a game for them. Could be wrong, but I think that happened.

[The Coppernian One]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

To be fair, sadly McDavid is the last best captain since Weight and Messier. All of them have been unskilled and usually character guys.

-- Ference
-- Horcoff
-- Moreau
-- Smith
-- Weight
-- Buchberger
-- Corson
-- McTavish
-- Lowe


That's a terrible list of players.

Buchberger, Weight, and especially Smith were actually good captains. Non-skill guys can make great leaders too. Moreau might have been the worst Captain to ever captain a hockey team in any league.

[polak]

It's going to be super when he has to answer for the teams failures if they're eliminated by February again.

Now they're all in. They can't strip him of the C if it starts to become an issue.

Just terrible player management. That organization is without a doubt the worst run enterprise in pro sports.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by The Coppernian One

From Wikipedia:

Brian Bellows - Minnesota (Interim) 19 years, 131 days
Connor McDavid - Edmonton - 19 years, 266 days
Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado - 19 years 268 days
Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh - 19 years 297 days
Vincent Lecavalier - Tampa Bay - 19 years, 315 days
Jonathan Toews - Chicago - 20 years, 80 days
Steve Yzerman - Detroit - 21 years, 151 days
Jim Schoenfeld - Buffalo - 21 years, 262 days

Well that list proves that being young doesn't mean you can't be a good captain.

I acknowledge I am probably in the minority but the Oiler bashing wears me out. I will be happy when the season starts and the results can speak for themselves.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Well that list proves that being young doesn't mean you can't be a good captain.

I acknowledge I am probably in the minority but the Oiler bashing wears me out. I will be happy when the season starts and the results can speak for themselves.

You are kidding yourself if you think this will bring any relief to the perpetual "Oilers bashing." They write their own script, and it is guaranteed to be high comedy.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

After captaincy this morning
It was only a matter of time....

[bax]

I'm a little surprised how many people are bashing this. There's plenty of reasons to laugh at the oilers, but this isn't one of them. People actually suggesting Nuge should have been named over McDavid? Come on now