Country by country captains : who would be your choice?

[MissCanuck]

Canada: Lemieux
USA: Let me be the first, CONROY
Russia: Zhamnov
Czech Republic: Jagr
Sweden: Naslund
Finland: Koivu
Slovakia: Satan
Germany: Sturm

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Mario not a leader? People have short memories...yeah Yzerman battled through a bad knee, showing his grit and leadership...
Gee what has Mario done, other than hold the respect of the entire NHL, his teammates watched him play when he could tie his own skates because of his back, and play after being zapped with radiation for his cancer...
Funny, because of the three mentioned, Yzerman, Sakic and Lemieux, they are all lead by example leaders, not vocal in the dressing room...if any Mario is now the most vocal now that he's had to embrace the media spotlight as an owner...

Mario has quit on his team 2 of the last 3 years because he "had more important goals". Yzerman and Sakic would never do that.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

He wasnt the captain in the world champs. My vote goes to Reichel, for sure.

yes he was.

 

[arrbez]

Mario has quit on his team 2 of the last 3 years because he "had more important goals". Yzerman and Sakic would never do that.

in fairness, yzerman and sakic don't have to play with the penguins. but really, it's kind of obvious lately that mario's main focus has become international play. in his mind, he's made the choice to save himself to play for a team where he can make a difference, instead of risking career ending injuries by pushing himself to play for the penguins (which would probably make little or no difference in the standings for them anyways). i can't see him ever surviving the grind of another full NHL season, but he can still be the best in the world in a short tournament. i have no problem with him being the captain. and if he's as healthy as advertised, i think he's going to light up the tournament as well

 

[endacka]

yes he was.

Jagr said he wanted to focus just on his game and thus refused to wear even "A" on this years world champs.