i think people make to much about who is a captain on hockey teams, i don't believe it really matters very much at all
that being said, ference is a pretty good choice.... i think the kids are all still too young... hall likely could have handled it, but this season would have been a bad time to be taking on the role of captain, as he is already being asked to single-handedly solve our center depth (because macT is an idiot), so throwing on the duties of captaincy on top of it would have been even more things to worry about.... ference is a work out machine, a professional, won a stanley cup and been to another 2 finals... he's seen it all in hockey, and hopefully some of what makes ference such a competitor will rub off on some other players