Most former captains on one team?

[connellc]

Does anyone know the team that held the most former captains at one time? I know that the Dallas stars in the late 1990's had many, as did team Canada in 2010. Remember, I'm talking about former captains and not captains to be.

Thanks.

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[Brainiac]

Not exactly an answer to your question, but...

At the 2006 olympics, Canada lost against Russia, Finland and Switzerland. The three games ended 2-0. Really depressing results for Canada, as we all remember.

These teams were captained by three Habs players: Kovalev, Koivu and Streit.

And the funny thing is that the Habs were clearly lacking in the leadership department at the time!?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

probably the wild or the sabres when those teams went with revolving captains in the mid-00s. by the end of those runs, damn near half the team would be "former captains."

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

hmm, actually, i'll give this a few shots. going through some of the bloated superteams of the pre-cap, UFA era--


'96 st. louis blues--

corson (actual captain, former oilers captain)
hull (former blues captain, stripped by keenan?)
macinnis (former flames captain-- i think briefly?)
mactavish (former oilers captain)
gretzky (duh)
hawerchuk (former jets captain)

(+ future captain pronger and future flames captain conroy)


or '98 rangers:

leetch (actual captain)
gretzky
lafontaine (former sabres captain)
driver (former devils captain)
keane (former habs captain)
skrudland (former panthers captain)
errey (former sharks captain)
lidster (former canucks captain the year they rotated it between him, linden, and dan quinn)


'04 avs:

sakic (actual captain)
blake (former kings)
kariya (former ducks)
selanne (former ducks when kariya was injured)
gratton (former lightning)

(+ future avs captains foote and hejduk, and future flyers captain forsberg)


'00 stars

hatcher (actual captain)
keane (habs)
carbonneau (habs)
skrudland (panthers)
muller (devils)
nieuwendyk (flames)
hull (blues)

(+ future stars captains modano and morrow, and future devils captain langenbrunner)


'01 blues

pronger (actual captain)
macinnis (former flames captain?)
tkachuk (former jets/coyotes)
turgeon (former islanders)
mellanby (former panthers)

(+ future captain drake, future flames captain conroy and future devils captain salvador)


'04 wings

yzerman (actual captain)
hatcher (stars)
chelios (habs/hawks)
hull (blues)
shanahan (whalers)
whitney (BJs)

(+ future wings captains lidstrom and zetterberg)

 

[Preisst*]

Not exactly an answer to your question, but...

At the 2006 olympics, Canada lost against Russia, Finland and Switzerland. The three games ended 2-0. Really depressing results for Canada, as we all remember.

These teams were captained by three Habs players: Kovalev, Koivu and Streit.

And the funny thing is that the Habs were clearly lacking in the leadership department at the time!?

You're right, this post as literally nothing to do with the topic matter.

I was thinking the late 90s Rangers but see that 'vadim sharifijanov' did a great job covering this already.