Confirmed with Link: New Coyotes Captains
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Coyotedroppings
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Swedish people are completely incapable of leading anything. Just ask our Swiss friend.
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I was totally unaware of such a stigma! Haha. Was there ever one?!? Last I checked Lidstrom and Zetterberg were pretty highly thought of.That old stigma just won't die with some!
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Clearly the team loves Sweden and we need to bring up Mario Kempe to give him an A. Without him there are four Europeans on the roster and one is Antti Raanta who can't be named a captain or alternate because he's a goalie. Clearly the third A is going to go to Tobias Rieder.
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I'm alright with this. This means if OEL doesn't get it, he'll know it's because he didn't step up, not because the Coyotes already had a pre-determined favorite
Well it seems like we arent going to do anything conventional this season haha. 5 A's. One that is rotating.
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Somewhat ironic that we're celebrating changing the "rule by committee" ownership to a single owner, and yet now we have five alternate captains with nobody wearing the "C."
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Thats pretty cool, top pair both A's. Its going to be an interesting year for me. I Was living in Washington state for like a year and a half. Got to see a couple of Thunderbird games in my yotes haha. Huge change since the last time i was at GRA.
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Doan think you can have five, thought you could have four (if no Captain), but based on article it appears to be three?Somewhat ironic that we're celebrating changing the "rule by committee" ownership to a single owner, and yet now we have five alternate captains with nobody wearing the "C."
Meh, he's starting from scratch with no incumbent - it will work itself out in time.
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Semantics - only three can wear the "A" on the ice at a time, but there are five players who are considered alternate captains for the team. Two permanent (OEL and Hjalmarsson) and three rotating.
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I don't see anything about a rotating A in that article? Sounds like OEL and Hjalmarsson are confirmed by a "source" (being that it's McLellan the source is either Rick Tocchet, John Chayka, or Andre Barroway). The third A is one from the list. Not multiple from the list. At least that's how I read it.
I expect it to be Stepan.
I expect it to be Stepan.
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^ nevermind. Thought we were talking McLellan article in OP. Didn't see the article on Yotes dot com.
https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-announce-leadership-group-for-2017-18-season/c-291565576
https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-announce-leadership-group-for-2017-18-season/c-291565576
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I'm a little shocked that Hjalmarsson joins OEL as the only non-ratator. Seems strange. That means one of those two gets the C. Otherwise one or the other gets "demoted" from always A to sometimes A. We all know Hjalmarsson isn't going to be captain. That means OEL will be the captain. Why f*** around like this? I honestly think this was poorly handled. They should have named three permanent As or made all five rotating As. This is needlessly convoluted and has potential for mixed messages and bad feelings.
Better options include:
1. Name one fixed C and two fixed As
2. Name one fixed C and multiple rotating As
3. Name three fixed As
4. Name multiple rotating As
Having some fixed As and some rotating As is actually pretty stupid, in my opinion. It elevates two As over the other three As. Just give one of them the C then. Otherwise you have to "demote" someone later and through no fault of their own. Which is bullshit. There's no upside.
Better options include:
1. Name one fixed C and two fixed As
2. Name one fixed C and multiple rotating As
3. Name three fixed As
4. Name multiple rotating As
Having some fixed As and some rotating As is actually pretty stupid, in my opinion. It elevates two As over the other three As. Just give one of them the C then. Otherwise you have to "demote" someone later and through no fault of their own. Which is bullshit. There's no upside.
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I guess it doesn't really matter but I don't like it. Only one original Coyote in that group when you have Domi who models everything you'd like in a captain, at least from a fan point of view. Talented, tough, a team guy and seems like a really good person who is a role model for people who struggle with diabetes. They went with all vets which isn't at all surprising but I think with there being 5 it would have been a great chance to give the home grown Domi, fan favorite and one of our best players some leadership of the team to see if he's captain material. Instead he picks Richardson who should be gone next year and Goligoski who is over paid and has been disappointing. Hopefully this is just a one year thing to kind of pay respect to Doan for the disrespectful way they handled his exit. Also with Goligoski being our GM's first big signing, I think he goes out of his way to praise him every chance he gets and I suspect this appointment is just another extension of that.
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I agree with Domi. I can see him being that community/ambassador guy for the Yotes that Doan was. He loves his fans. Great guy to help build a fan base off ice.
