Golden Knights name Mark Stone captain

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[PoutineSp00nZ]

Well deserved

 

[Rabid Ranger]

No Max?

 

[SensFactor]

Should have been the Sens captain

Brannstrom hopefully turns into something really good.

 

[HanSolo]

Gasp

Well deserved obviously, but Knights fans and many others have seen this coming for the last year. Walked right on the roster and more or less became the team's leader immediately. Either way, cool to have it finally happen and a well deserved first captain in team history.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Well deserved, Should have been in Ottawa but now he’s in the history books as the first captain in Golden Knights history! Good for you Stoner!!!

 

[jetsforever]

Expected good choice
I guess the main other contender could have been Pietrangelo but he just arrived.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Did Petro sign with Vegas knowing that he wouldn't get the C? I guess so. Good for Stone, though. Well deserved.

 

[Morbo]

Good for him. Glad the sens traded him away, underrated player.

 

[HanSolo]

No Max?

AFAIK, Patches didn't want it.

 

[Sureves]

To the surprise of absolutely NO ONE in Ottawa.

Great player, great leader, just a terrific choice.

 

[dedutchhockey]

Helluva player !

 

[Fatass]

AFAIK, Pa

 

[GOilers88]

Didn't realize they'd gone three years without a captain.

 

[Machinehead]

Not surprising

 

[Fatass]

Didn't realize they'd gone three years without a captain.

Me too. Stone is a good choice now though. Solid character guy, who plays the right way.

 

[HanSolo]

Didn't realize they'd gone three years without a captain.

Stone may as well have been. Marchessault kind of acted like the de facto captain before and even after Stone arrived but he's always been...well let's just say a bit of an immature hothead. Lots of VGK fans wanted him as a captain but I never liked the idea.

Stone being the captain was never in doubt. He's already more or less been the team's leader since he arrived.

 

[GOilers88]

Stone may as well have been. Marchessault kind of acted like the de facto captain before and even after Stone arrived but he's always been...well let's just say a bit of an immature hothead. Lots of VGK fans wanted him as a captain but I never liked the idea.

Stone being the captain was never in doubt. He's already more or less been the team's leader since he arrived.

I have no idea how I got it in my head but I could have sworn Dave Engelland had it, lol.

 

[HanSolo]

I have no idea how I got it in my head but I could have sworn Dave Engelland had it, lol.

Probably because he was the guy to deliver the team's speech at the inaugural game to address the Mandalay Bay shooting. Engelland's speech and history having played for Vegas' ECHL team and had a home here was pretty instrumental in building the bond between the people of the city and the VGK. If Vegas had won the cup in their first year, he (or Fleury) likely would have been the guy to lift it first.

But beyond that he wasn't really much of a team leader. At least it didn't seem so. He wore the "A" for a while though.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Probably because he was the guy to deliver the team's speech at the inaugural game to address the Mandalay Bay shooting. Engelland's speech and history having played for Vegas' ECHL team and had a home here was pretty instrumental in building the bond between the people of the city and the VGK. If Vegas had won the cup in their first year, he (or Fleury) likely would have been the guy to lift it first.

But beyond that he wasn't really much of a team leader. At least it didn't seem so. He wore the "A" for a while though.

This underrates what he meant to the team. Engelland absolutely was like a de facto captain the first few years, that's why they waited for him to retire to actually hand out the C rather than doing it last year.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Did Petro sign with Vegas knowing that he wouldn't get the C? I guess so. Good for Stone, though. Well deserved.

Free agents don't usually walk into a new dressing room and instantly become captain. Chara and Messier did it, but I can't think of anyone else.

 

[Human]

Worst kept secret...

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Pietrangelo robbed

 

[SenzZen]

What a beauty!

 

[Bandit]

So how many days until he's on the block?